योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-80, verse-12

अज्ञानजन्तुना ह्येते श्लिष्टा जाता निरन्तराः ।
अज्ञाने ज्ञानगिलिते पृथक्तिष्ठन्त्यसन्मयाः ॥ १२ ॥

ajñānajantunā hyete śliṣṭā jātā nirantarāḥ ,
ajñāne jñānagilite pṛthaktiṣṭhantyasanmayāḥ 12

12. ajñānajantunā hi ete śliṣṭāḥ jātāḥ nirantarāḥ |
ajñāne jñānagilite pṛthak tiṣṭhanti asanmayāḥ ||

12. hi ajñānajantunā ete śliṣṭāḥ nirantarāḥ jātāḥ
ajñāne jñānagilite pṛthak asanmayāḥ tiṣṭhanti

12. Indeed, these (perceptions and mental impressions) become continuously intertwined and formed by the ignorant individual (ajñānajantu). When (true) knowledge (jñāna) is swallowed by ignorance (ajñāna), these things remain separate, composed of what is unreal (asat).

Words meanings summery:

• अज्ञानजन्तुना (ajñānajantunā) - by the ignorant individual (ajñānajantu) (by the ignorant being, by the creature of ignorance)

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

• एते (ete) - these (perceptions/experiences) (these)

• श्लिष्टाः (śliṣṭāḥ) - clung, adhered, joined, embraced, intertwined

• जाताः (jātāḥ) - become, arisen, born

• निरन्तराः (nirantarāḥ) - uninterrupted, continuous, contiguous, without interval

• अज्ञाने (ajñāne) - when ignorance (ajñāna) (in ignorance, when ignorance)

• ज्ञानगिलिते (jñānagilite) - when (true) knowledge (jñāna) is swallowed (when knowledge is swallowed/obscured/eclipsed)

• पृथक् (pṛthak) - separately, apart, distinctly

• तिष्ठन्ति (tiṣṭhanti) - they stand, they remain, they exist

• असन्मयाः (asanmayāḥ) - composed of what is unreal (asat) (consisting of unreality, unreal, illusory)

Words meanings and morphology

अज्ञानजन्तुना (ajñānajantunā) - by the ignorant individual (ajñānajantu) (by the ignorant being, by the creature of ignorance)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ajñānajantu

ajñānajantu - ignorant being, creature of ignorance

Compound of 'ignorance' and 'being/creature'.

Compound type : tatpurusha (ajñāna+jantu)

• ajñāna – ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from jñāna with negative prefix a-
  Prefix: a
• jantu – creature, living being, man, person
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jan (class 4)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

(indeclinable)

एते (ete) - these (perceptions/experiences) (these)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

श्लिष्टाः (śliṣṭāḥ) - clung, adhered, joined, embraced, intertwined

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śliṣṭa

śliṣṭa - clung, adhered, joined, embraced

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √śliṣ (to cling, embrace)

Root: śliṣ (class 1)

जाताः (jātāḥ) - become, arisen, born

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jāta

jāta - born, produced, become, happened

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √jan (to be born, produced)

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Used with `śliṣṭāḥ` to indicate the state of 'becoming clung'.

निरन्तराः (nirantarāḥ) - uninterrupted, continuous, contiguous, without interval

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nirantara

nirantara - uninterrupted, continuous, contiguous, without interval

Derived from `nis` (without) + `antara` (interval/difference)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (nis+antara)

• nis – out, forth, away, without
  indeclinable
• antara – interval, space, difference, inner
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with `ete`.

अज्ञाने (ajñāne) - when ignorance (ajñāna) (in ignorance, when ignorance)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ajñāna

ajñāna - ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance

Derived from jñāna with negative prefix a-

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction `ajñāne jñānagilite`.

ज्ञानगिलिते (jñānagilite) - when (true) knowledge (jñāna) is swallowed (when knowledge is swallowed/obscured/eclipsed)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of jñānagilita

jñānagilita - knowledge swallowed, obscured knowledge

Compound. 'knowledge' (jñāna) + 'swallowed' (gilita, PPP of √gṹ)

Compound type : tatpurusha (jñāna+gilita)

• jñāna – knowledge, wisdom, spiritual knowledge
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• gilita – swallowed, consumed, obscured
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √gṹ (to swallow)
  Root: gṹ (class 9)

Note: Agrees with `ajñāne` in the locative absolute construction.

पृथक् (pṛthak) - separately, apart, distinctly

(indeclinable)

तिष्ठन्ति (tiṣṭhanti) - they stand, they remain, they exist

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of sthā

Present Active

3rd person plural, present indicative active

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Subject is `ete` (implied).

असन्मयाः (asanmayāḥ) - composed of what is unreal (asat) (consisting of unreality, unreal, illusory)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of asanmaya

asanmaya - consisting of unreality, unreal, illusory, made of non-existence

Derived from `asat` (non-existent, unreal) + suffix `maya` (consisting of)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (asat+maya)

• asat – non-existent, unreal, false
  adjective (neuter)
  Derived from `sat` (existent) with negative prefix `a-`
  Prefix: a
  Root: as (class 2)
• maya – made of, consisting of, full of
  suffix

Note: Agrees with `ete` (implied subject of `tiṣṭhanti`).