योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-9, verse-30

सारसाः सरसीवैते सर्वस्मिञ्जनचेतसि ।
भोगा एव स्फुरन्त्यन्तर्न तु स्वपददृष्टयः ॥ ३० ॥

sārasāḥ sarasīvaite sarvasmiñjanacetasi ,
bhogā eva sphurantyantarna tu svapadadṛṣṭayaḥ 30

30. sārasāḥ sarasī iva ete sarvasmin jana-cetasi
bhogāḥ eva sphuranti antaḥ na tu svapada-dṛṣṭayaḥ

30. ete bhogāḥ sārasāḥ sarasī iva sarvasmin jana-cetasi eva antaḥ sphuranti,
tu svapada-dṛṣṭayaḥ na (sphuranti).

30. Like cranes in a lake, these worldly enjoyments (bhoga) alone flash forth within all people's minds; but not insights into their own true (svapada) nature.

Words meanings summery:

• सारसाः (sārasāḥ) - cranes (as a comparison for enjoyments) (cranes, a kind of bird)

• सरसी (sarasī) - in a lake (in a lake, pond)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• एते (ete) - these (referring to the bhogāḥ) (these, those)

• सर्वस्मिन् (sarvasmin) - in all (people's) (in all)

• जन-चेतसि (jana-cetasi) - in people's minds (in the mind of people)

• भोगाः (bhogāḥ) - worldly enjoyments (enjoyments, worldly pleasures, experiences)

• एव (eva) - only (only, just, indeed, truly)

• स्फुरन्ति (sphuranti) - they flicker, they manifest (they flash, vibrate, manifest, appear)

• अन्तः (antaḥ) - within (the mind) (inside, within, in the interior)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• तु (tu) - but (but, on the other hand, however)

• स्वपद-दृष्टयः (svapada-dṛṣṭayaḥ) - insights into one's true (svapada) nature (visions of one's own nature/state)

Words meanings and morphology

सारसाः (sārasāḥ) - cranes (as a comparison for enjoyments) (cranes, a kind of bird)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sārasa

sārasa - crane, marshy, watery

Note: Used in simile.

सरसी (sarasī) - in a lake (in a lake, pond)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of sarasī

sarasī - lake, pond, pool

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

particle of comparison

एते (ete) - these (referring to the bhogāḥ) (these, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, that

demonstrative pronoun

Note: Refers to bhogāḥ.

सर्वस्मिन् (sarvasmin) - in all (people's) (in all)

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

pronominal adjective

जन-चेतसि (jana-cetasi) - in people's minds (in the mind of people)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of janacetas

janacetas - mind of a person, people's mind

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jana+cetas)

• jana – person, people, man
  noun (masculine)
• cetas – mind, intelligence, heart
  noun (neuter)

भोगाः (bhogāḥ) - worldly enjoyments (enjoyments, worldly pleasures, experiences)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhoga

bhoga - enjoyment, pleasure, experience, possession, food

from root bhuj- (to enjoy, eat)

Root: bhuj (class 7)

Note: Subject of sphuranti.

एव (eva) - only (only, just, indeed, truly)

(indeclinable)

emphatic particle

स्फुरन्ति (sphuranti) - they flicker, they manifest (they flash, vibrate, manifest, appear)

(verb)

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

Present Active

from root sphur- (to throb, flash)

Root: sphur (class 6)

अन्तः (antaḥ) - within (the mind) (inside, within, in the interior)

(indeclinable)

adverb of place

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

negative particle

तु (tu) - but (but, on the other hand, however)

(indeclinable)

particle of contrast

स्वपद-दृष्टयः (svapada-dṛṣṭayaḥ) - insights into one's true (svapada) nature (visions of one's own nature/state)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of svapadadṛṣṭi

svapadadṛṣṭi - insight into one's own nature/state

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+pada+dṛṣṭi)

• sva – one's own, self
  pronoun (masculine)
• pada – foot, step, position, state, nature, word
  noun (neuter)
• dṛṣṭi – seeing, vision, insight, view
  noun (feminine)
  from root dṛś- (to see)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Object of implied sphuranti (or dṛśyante).