योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-10, verse-3

संबन्धोऽयमसावन्तर्ह्रदि यो व्यपदिश्यते ।
न तं लभामहे सर्पं रज्जुसर्पभ्रमादिव ॥ ३ ॥

saṃbandho'yamasāvantarhradi yo vyapadiśyate ,
na taṃ labhāmahe sarpaṃ rajjusarpabhramādiva 3

3. sambandhaḥ ayam asau antaḥ hṛdi yaḥ vyapadiśyate
na tam labhāmahe sarpam rajjuṣarpabhramāt iva

3. yaḥ ayam asau sambandhaḥ antaḥ hṛdi vyapadiśyate
tam sarpam rajjuṣarpabhramāt iva na labhāmahe

3. This particular connection, which is designated within the heart (mind), we do not truly obtain, just as one does not grasp a real snake from the illusion of a rope-snake.

Words meanings summery:

• सम्बन्धः (sambandhaḥ) - connection, relation, attachment

• अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

• असौ (asau) - that, yonder (masculine)

• अन्तः (antaḥ) - within, inside

• हृदि (hṛdi) - in the heart, in the mind

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which (masculine)

• व्यपदिश्यते (vyapadiśyate) - is designated, is spoken of, is taught

• न (na) - not, no

• तम् (tam) - that (masculine accusative)

• लभामहे (labhāmahe) - we obtain, we grasp

• सर्पम् (sarpam) - snake

• रज्जुषर्पभ्रमात् (rajjuṣarpabhramāt) - from the illusion of a rope-snake

• इव (iva) - like, as, just as

Words meanings and morphology

सम्बन्धः (sambandhaḥ) - connection, relation, attachment

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sambandha

sambandha - connection, relation, attachment

Prefix: sam

Root: bandh (class 9)

अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

असौ (asau) - that, yonder (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, yonder

अन्तः (antaḥ) - within, inside

(indeclinable)

हृदि (hṛdi) - in the heart, in the mind

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of hṛd

hṛd - heart, mind

यः (yaḥ) - who, which (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which

व्यपदिश्यते (vyapadiśyate) - is designated, is spoken of, is taught

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vyapadiś

Prefixes: vi+apa

Root: diś (class 6)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

तम् (tam) - that (masculine accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, it

लभामहे (labhāmahe) - we obtain, we grasp

(verb)

1st person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of labh

Root: labh (class 1)

सर्पम् (sarpam) - snake

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sarpa

sarpa - snake

रज्जुषर्पभ्रमात् (rajjuṣarpabhramāt) - from the illusion of a rope-snake

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of rajjuṣarpabhrama

rajjuṣarpabhrama - illusion of a rope-snake

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rajju+sarpa+bhrama)

• rajju – rope
  noun (feminine)
• sarpa – snake
  noun (masculine)
• bhrama – illusion, error, delusion
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhram (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as, just as

(indeclinable)