योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-111, verse-34

यथा रज्ज्वां भुजंगत्वं मरावम्बुमतिर्यथा ।
मिथ्यावभासः स्फुरति तथा मिथ्याप्यहंकृतिः ॥ ३४ ॥

yathā rajjvāṃ bhujaṃgatvaṃ marāvambumatiryathā ,
mithyāvabhāsaḥ sphurati tathā mithyāpyahaṃkṛtiḥ 34

34. yathā rajjvāṃ bhujaṅgatvaṃ marau ambumatiḥ yathā
mithyāvabhāsaḥ sphurati tathā mithyā api ahaṅkṛtiḥ

34. yathā rajjvāṃ bhujaṅgatvaṃ mithyāvabhāsaḥ sphurati
yathā marau ambumatiḥ tathā mithyā api ahaṅkṛtiḥ

34. Just as the appearance of a snake in a rope, or water in a mirage, is illusory, similarly, the ego also appears falsely.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, according to)

• रज्ज्वां (rajjvāṁ) - in a rope (in a rope, on a rope)

• भुजङ्गत्वं (bhujaṅgatvaṁ) - the nature of a snake, being a snake (snake-ness, state of being a snake, condition of being a snake)

• मरौ (marau) - in a desert (referring to a mirage) (in a desert, in a wilderness)

• अम्बुमतिः (ambumatiḥ) - the perception of water (in a mirage) (water-perception, illusion of water)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, according to)

• मिथ्यावभासः (mithyāvabhāsaḥ) - illusory appearance (false appearance, illusory manifestation, deception)

• स्फुरति (sphurati) - appears (flashes, trembles, appears, becomes manifest)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, similarly)

• मिथ्या (mithyā) - false, illusory (falsely, illusory, untrue)

• अपि (api) - also, even (also, even, too)

• अहङ्कृतिः (ahaṅkṛtiḥ) - the ego (ego, egoism, self-sense, 'I-making')

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, according to)

(indeclinable)

रज्ज्वां (rajjvāṁ) - in a rope (in a rope, on a rope)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of rajju

rajju - rope, cord, line

भुजङ्गत्वं (bhujaṅgatvaṁ) - the nature of a snake, being a snake (snake-ness, state of being a snake, condition of being a snake)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhujaṅgatva

bhujaṅgatva - snake-ness, state of being a snake, condition of being a snake

Derived from `bhujaṅga` (snake) + `tva` (suffix for abstract noun)

Note: Subject of the implied verb of appearance, parallel to mithyāvabhāsaḥ.

मरौ (marau) - in a desert (referring to a mirage) (in a desert, in a wilderness)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of maru

maru - desert, wilderness, sandy region

अम्बुमतिः (ambumatiḥ) - the perception of water (in a mirage) (water-perception, illusion of water)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ambumati

ambumati - water-perception, water-thought, illusion of water

Compound of `ambu` (water) and `mati` (mind, perception, thought)

Compound type : tatpurusha (ambu+mati)

• ambu – water
  noun (neuter)
• mati – mind, intellect, thought, perception, illusion
  noun (feminine)

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, according to)

(indeclinable)

मिथ्यावभासः (mithyāvabhāsaḥ) - illusory appearance (false appearance, illusory manifestation, deception)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mithyāvabhāsa

mithyāvabhāsa - false appearance, illusory manifestation

Compound of `mithyā` (falsely) and `avabhāsa` (appearance)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mithyā+avabhāsa)

• mithyā – false, untrue, illusory, falsely (as an adverb)
  indeclinable
• avabhāsa – appearance, manifestation, splendor, illusion
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ava
  Root: bhās (class 1)

Note: Subject of sphurati.

स्फुरति (sphurati) - appears (flashes, trembles, appears, becomes manifest)

(verb)

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

present active

3rd person singular, present indicative, active voice

Root: sphur (class 6)

तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, similarly)

(indeclinable)

मिथ्या (mithyā) - false, illusory (falsely, illusory, untrue)

(indeclinable)

Note: Functions adjectivally with ahaṅkṛtiḥ.

अपि (api) - also, even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

अहङ्कृतिः (ahaṅkṛtiḥ) - the ego (ego, egoism, self-sense, 'I-making')

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ahaṅkṛti

ahaṅkṛti - ego, egoism, self-sense, the faculty of self-identification, 'I-making'

From `aham` (I) + `kṛti` (making, doing). A specific philosophical term.

Compound type : tatpurusha (aham+kṛti)

• aham – I, ego
  pronoun
• kṛti – doing, making, action, creation
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root `kṛ` (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Subject of the implied verb sphurati.