योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-2, verse-31

देहे यावदहंभावो दृश्येऽस्मिन्यावदात्मना ।
यावन्ममेदमित्यास्था तावच्चित्तादिविभ्रमः ॥ ३१ ॥

dehe yāvadahaṃbhāvo dṛśye'sminyāvadātmanā ,
yāvanmamedamityāsthā tāvaccittādivibhramaḥ 31

31. dehe yāvat ahaṃbhāvaḥ dṛśye asmin yāvat ātmanā
yāvat mama idam iti āsthā tāvat cittādivibhramaḥ

31. yāvat dehe ahaṃbhāvaḥ,
yāvat asmin dṛśye ātmanā (buddhiḥ),
yāvat mama idam iti āsthā,
tāvat cittādivibhramaḥ

31. As long as there is the feeling of 'I' in the body, as long as there is identification of the self (ātman) with this visible world, as long as there is the conviction 'this is mine,' just so long will there be the delusion of the mind and similar errors.

Words meanings summery:

• देहे (dehe) - in the body

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as, until

• अहंभावः (ahaṁbhāvaḥ) - the sense of 'I' being identified with the body or individual self (ahaṅkāra) (the notion of 'I', ego-sense)

• दृश्ये (dṛśye) - in this visible world or objects of perception (in the visible, in the perceived, in the object of sight)

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as, until

• आत्मना (ātmanā) - by the individual self (ātman), or as a reference to identification with the self. (by the self, with the self)

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as, until

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• इदम् (idam) - this, this one

• इति (iti) - thus, so, indicates direct speech or thought

• आस्था (āsthā) - belief, conviction, attachment, reliance

• तावत् (tāvat) - so long, then, to that extent

• चित्तादिविभ्रमः (cittādivibhramaḥ) - delusion of mind and so on, mental errors etc.

Words meanings and morphology

देहे (dehe) - in the body

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, corporeal frame

Root: dih (class 4)

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as, until

(indeclinable)

अहंभावः (ahaṁbhāvaḥ) - the sense of 'I' being identified with the body or individual self (ahaṅkāra) (the notion of 'I', ego-sense)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ahaṃbhāva

ahaṁbhāva - egoism, self-consciousness, the notion of 'I'

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aham+bhāva)

• aham – I, ego
  pronoun
• bhāva – state, condition, existence, feeling, notion, nature
  noun (masculine)
  derived from root bhū
  Root: bhū (class 1)

दृश्ये (dṛśye) - in this visible world or objects of perception (in the visible, in the perceived, in the object of sight)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of dṛśya

dṛśya - visible, perceptible, an object of sight, the phenomenal world

Gerundive

from root dṛś with suffix -ya

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: It is an adjective but functions as a noun here, referring to 'the visible world'.

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: It agrees with `dṛśye` (neuter locative singular).

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as, until

(indeclinable)

आत्मना (ātmanā) - by the individual self (ātman), or as a reference to identification with the self. (by the self, with the self)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, individual soul, the ultimate reality (brahman)

Root: at (class 1)

Note: Here used to indicate identification of the true self with perceived objects.

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as, until

(indeclinable)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

इदम् (idam) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Used here with `iti` to indicate a direct thought or statement.

इति (iti) - thus, so, indicates direct speech or thought

(indeclinable)

आस्था (āsthā) - belief, conviction, attachment, reliance

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āsthā

āsthā - belief, conviction, attachment, reliance, interest, regard

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

तावत् (tāvat) - so long, then, to that extent

(indeclinable)

चित्तादिविभ्रमः (cittādivibhramaḥ) - delusion of mind and so on, mental errors etc.

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cittādivibhrama

cittādivibhrama - delusion of mind and so on, mental errors etc.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (citta+ādi+vibhrama)

• citta – mind, consciousness, thought
  noun (neuter)
  past passive participle of cit
  Root: cit (class 1)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etc.
  indeclinable
• vibhrama – delusion, error, confusion, bewilderment
  noun (masculine)
  from root bhram with prefix vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: bhram (class 1)