योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-111, verse-35

असदेव यथा द्वित्वं मोहादिन्दौ विलोक्यते ।
तथा स्फुरत्यहंकारो न सत्यो वाप्यसन्न च ॥ ३५ ॥

asadeva yathā dvitvaṃ mohādindau vilokyate ,
tathā sphuratyahaṃkāro na satyo vāpyasanna ca 35

35. asat eva yathā dvitvaṃ mohāt indau vilokyate tathā
sphurati ahaṅkāraḥ na satyaḥ vā api asan na ca

35. yathā mohāt indau asat eva dvitvaṃ vilokyate
tathā ahaṅkāraḥ sphurati na satyaḥ na ca api asan

35. Just as a non-existent duality is perceived in the moon due to delusion, similarly, the ego (ahaṅkāra) manifests, being neither truly real nor truly unreal.

Words meanings summery:

• असत् (asat) - non-existent, unreal (non-existent, unreal, untrue, bad)

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

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

• द्वित्वं (dvitvaṁ) - duality (duality, two-ness, the state of being two)

• मोहात् (mohāt) - due to delusion (from delusion, due to illusion, out of ignorance)

• इन्दौ (indau) - in the moon (where duality is perceived) (in the moon)

• विलोक्यते (vilokyate) - is perceived (is seen, is perceived, is observed)

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

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

• अहङ्कारः (ahaṅkāraḥ) - the ego (ego, egoism, self-sense, 'I-maker')

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• सत्यः (satyaḥ) - truly real (real, true, existent)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either)

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

• असन् (asan) - truly unreal (non-existent, unreal, being not)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

Words meanings and morphology

असत् (asat) - non-existent, unreal (non-existent, unreal, untrue, bad)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, untrue, bad, evil

present active participle

From root `as` (to be), negation `a-`

Root: as (class 2)

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

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

द्वित्वं (dvitvaṁ) - duality (duality, two-ness, the state of being two)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dvitva

dvitva - duality, two-ness, the state of being two

Derived from `dvi` (two) + `tva` (suffix for abstract noun)

Note: Subject of the passive verb vilokyate.

मोहात् (mohāt) - due to delusion (from delusion, due to illusion, out of ignorance)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of moha

moha - delusion, illusion, ignorance, infatuation

From root `muh` (to be bewildered, deluded)

Root: muh (class 4)

इन्दौ (indau) - in the moon (where duality is perceived) (in the moon)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of indu

indu - moon, drop, soma

विलोक्यते (vilokyate) - is perceived (is seen, is perceived, is observed)

(verb)

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

present passive

3rd person singular, present indicative, passive voice. Root `lok` (लोक्) class 10 with upasarga `vi`

Prefix: vi

Root: lok (class 10)

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

(indeclinable)

स्फुरति (sphurati) - manifests (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)

अहङ्कारः (ahaṅkāraḥ) - the ego (ego, egoism, self-sense, 'I-maker')

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ahaṅkāra

ahaṅkāra - ego, egoism, self-sense, the faculty of self-identification, 'I-maker'

From `aham` (I) + `kāra` (maker, doing). A specific philosophical term.

Compound type : tatpurusha (aham+kāra)

• aham – I, ego
  pronoun
• kāra – making, doing, maker
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root `kṛ` (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Subject of sphurati.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

सत्यः (satyaḥ) - truly real (real, true, existent)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of satya

satya - true, real, existent, veracity, truth

From `sat` (being, existent)

Root: as (class 2)

वा (vā) - or (or, either)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

असन् (asan) - truly unreal (non-existent, unreal, being not)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, untrue, bad, evil

present active participle

From root `as` (to be), negation `a-`. Nominative singular masculine form is `asan`.

Root: as (class 2)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)