योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-86, verse-16

वयमात्मेति यैषा वो बभूव किल वासना ।
तत्त्वविस्मृतिजाता हि दृष्टरज्जुभुजङ्गवत् ॥ १६ ॥

vayamātmeti yaiṣā vo babhūva kila vāsanā ,
tattvavismṛtijātā hi dṛṣṭarajjubhujaṅgavat 16

16. vayam ātmā iti yā eṣā vaḥ babhūva kila vāsanā
tattva-vismṛti-jātā hi dṛṣṭa-rajju-bhujaṅgavat

16. yā eṣā vāsanā vaḥ vayam ātmā iti kila babhūva
hi tattva-vismṛti-jātā dṛṣṭa-rajju-bhujaṅgavat

16. Indeed, this mental impression (vāsanā) that has arisen for you, thinking 'we are the self (ātman),' is born from the forgetting of truth, just like mistaking a seen rope for a snake.

Words meanings summery:

• वयम् (vayam) - we, us

• आत्मा (ātmā) - self, soul, spirit

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner, quotation marker

• या (yā) - which, who (feminine)

• एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

• वः (vaḥ) - to you, for you, your (plural)

• बभूव (babhūva) - has been, has come to be, arose

• किल (kila) - indeed, certainly, perhaps, it is said

• वासना (vāsanā) - mental impression, latent tendency, habit

• तत्त्व-विस्मृति-जाता (tattva-vismṛti-jātā) - born from the forgetting of truth

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

• दृष्ट-रज्जु-भुजङ्गवत् (dṛṣṭa-rajju-bhujaṅgavat) - like a snake seen in a rope (mistaking a rope for a snake)

Words meanings and morphology

वयम् (vayam) - we, us

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we, us

आत्मा (ātmā) - self, soul, spirit

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner, quotation marker

(indeclinable)

या (yā) - which, who (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

वः (vaḥ) - to you, for you, your (plural)

(pronoun)

plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

बभूव (babhūva) - has been, has come to be, arose

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

किल (kila) - indeed, certainly, perhaps, it is said

(indeclinable)

वासना (vāsanā) - mental impression, latent tendency, habit

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vāsanā

vāsanā - mental impression, latent tendency, habit, desire

Root: vas (class 1)

तत्त्व-विस्मृति-जाता (tattva-vismṛti-jātā) - born from the forgetting of truth

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tattvavismṛtijāta

tattvavismṛtijāta - born from the forgetting of truth

Compound type : tatpurusha (tattva+vismṛti+jāta)

• tattva – truth, reality, principle, essence
  noun (neuter)
• vismṛti – forgetting, oblivion, error
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: smṛ
• jāta – born, produced, arisen, happened
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root jan- (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Agrees with vāsanā

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

(indeclinable)

दृष्ट-रज्जु-भुजङ्गवत् (dṛṣṭa-rajju-bhujaṅgavat) - like a snake seen in a rope (mistaking a rope for a snake)

(indeclinable)

Formed with -vat suffix indicating similarity

Compound type : tatpurusha (dṛṣṭa+rajju+bhujaṅga+vat)

• dṛṣṭa – seen, observed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root dṛś- (to see)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• rajju – rope, cord
  noun (feminine)
• bhujaṅga – snake, serpent
  noun (masculine)
• vat – like, as, similar to
  indeclinable
  Suffix forming adverbs of comparison