योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-71, verse-23

सत्यावलोकनेनैषा मिथ्यादृष्टिर्विनश्यति ।
अवलोकनया साम्यमातपे जलधिर्यथा ॥ २३ ॥

satyāvalokanenaiṣā mithyādṛṣṭirvinaśyati ,
avalokanayā sāmyamātape jaladhiryathā 23

23. satyāvalokanena eṣā mithyādṛṣṭiḥ vinaśyati
| avalokanayā sāmyam ātape jaladhiḥ yathā

23. eṣā mithyādṛṣṭiḥ satyāvalokanena vinaśyati yathā
ātape jaladhiḥ avalokanayā sāmyam (vinaśyati)

23. This false perception (mithyādṛṣṭi) is destroyed by the realization of truth (satya), just as the illusory appearance of an ocean (jaladhi) in the intense sunlight (ātape) disappears through close observation (avalokana).

Words meanings summery:

• सत्यावलोकनेन (satyāvalokanena) - by the realization of truth, by observing truth

• एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

• मिथ्यादृष्टिः (mithyādṛṣṭiḥ) - false perception, erroneous view, illusion

• विनश्यति (vinaśyati) - perishes, is destroyed, disappears

• अवलोकनया (avalokanayā) - by observation, through perceiving, by seeing

• साम्यम् (sāmyam) - the illusory appearance (of water) (likeness, similarity, equality, illusory appearance)

• आतपे (ātape) - in the sunlight, in the heat, in the sunshine

• जलधिः (jaladhiḥ) - an illusory ocean (mirage) (ocean, sea, reservoir of water)

• यथा (yathā) - just as, like, as

Words meanings and morphology

सत्यावलोकनेन (satyāvalokanena) - by the realization of truth, by observing truth

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of satyāvalokana

satyāvalokana - realization of truth, observation of truth

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (satya+avalokana)

• satya – truth, reality, true
  noun (neuter)
• avalokana – seeing, observing, perceiving, looking at
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: ava
  Root: lok (class 1)

एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of eṣa

eṣa - this, that

मिथ्यादृष्टिः (mithyādṛṣṭiḥ) - false perception, erroneous view, illusion

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mithyādṛṣṭi

mithyādṛṣṭi - false view, erroneous perception, illusion

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mithyā+dṛṣṭi)

• mithyā – falsely, wrongly, illusory
  indeclinable
• dṛṣṭi – sight, view, perception, understanding
  noun (feminine)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

विनश्यति (vinaśyati) - perishes, is destroyed, disappears

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of vi-naś

present stem

root 'naś' (class 4) + 'ya' (sign) + 'ti' (ending)

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

अवलोकनया (avalokanayā) - by observation, through perceiving, by seeing

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of avalokanā

avalokanā - looking at, seeing, perception, observation

Prefix: ava

Root: lok (class 1)

साम्यम् (sāmyam) - the illusory appearance (of water) (likeness, similarity, equality, illusory appearance)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sāmya

sāmya - likeness, similarity, equality, impartiality

derived from 'sama' (equal) + 'ya' (suffix)

आतपे (ātape) - in the sunlight, in the heat, in the sunshine

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ātapa

ātapa - sunlight, sunshine, heat, warmth

Prefix: ā

Root: tap (class 1)

जलधिः (jaladhiḥ) - an illusory ocean (mirage) (ocean, sea, reservoir of water)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jaladhi

jaladhi - ocean, sea, reservoir of water (lit. 'water-holder')

Compound type : upapada (jala+dhā)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• dhā – to hold, to contain, to place
  verb
  derived noun part
  root 'dhā' (class 3) used to form a compound
  Root: dhā (class 3)

यथा (yathā) - just as, like, as

(indeclinable)