योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-28, verse-16

स्वप्ने स्वप्नावबोधः संस्त्वन्यदा स मुधैव हि ।
बुद्बुदो बुद्बुदविधौ सत्यो मिथ्यैव चान्यदा ॥ १६ ॥

svapne svapnāvabodhaḥ saṃstvanyadā sa mudhaiva hi ,
budbudo budbudavidhau satyo mithyaiva cānyadā 16

16. svapne svapnāvabodhaḥ san tu anyadā saḥ mudhā eva hi
budbudaḥ budbudavidhau satyaḥ mithyā eva ca anyadā

16. svapne svapnāvabodhaḥ san.
tu anyadā saḥ mudhā eva hi.
budbudaḥ budbudavidhau satyaḥ.
ca anyadā eva mithyā.

16. In a dream, the perception of the dream (as reality) is present. But at other times (upon waking), that dream is indeed merely an illusion. Similarly, a bubble is real within its own ephemeral existence as a bubble, but at other times (when it ceases to be a bubble), it is false.

Words meanings summery:

• स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream

• स्वप्नावबोधः (svapnāvabodhaḥ) - dream-cognition, understanding of the dream, perception of the dream

• सन् (san) - being, existing

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

• अन्यदा (anyadā) - at other times (e.g., waking state) (at another time, otherwise)

• सः (saḥ) - that (dream) (that (masculine))

• मुधा (mudhā) - merely an illusion (in vain, uselessly, falsely)

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

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

• बुद्बुदः (budbudaḥ) - a bubble

• बुद्बुदविधौ (budbudavidhau) - in the state of being a bubble, in the manner of a bubble

• सत्यः (satyaḥ) - true, real, existent

• मिथ्या (mithyā) - false (falsely, wrongly, unreal)

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

• च (ca) - and

• अन्यदा (anyadā) - at other times (e.g., when it ceases to be a bubble) (at another time, otherwise)

Words meanings and morphology

स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - dream, sleep

Root: svap (class 2)

स्वप्नावबोधः (svapnāvabodhaḥ) - dream-cognition, understanding of the dream, perception of the dream

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svapnāvabodha

svapnāvabodha - dream-cognition, understanding of the dream

compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svapna+avabodha)

• svapna – dream, sleep
  noun (masculine)
  Root: svap (class 2)
• avabodha – cognition, understanding, awakening
  noun (masculine)
  from ava-budh
  Prefix: ava
  Root: budh (class 1)

सन् (san) - being, existing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sat

sat - being, existing, real

present active participle

present active participle of root as (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Agrees with svapnāvabodhaḥ.

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction expressing contrast.

अन्यदा (anyadā) - at other times (e.g., waking state) (at another time, otherwise)

(indeclinable)

from anya + dā (suffix for 'at that time')

Note: Refers to the waking state.

सः (saḥ) - that (dream) (that (masculine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he

Note: Refers to svapna (the dream).

मुधा (mudhā) - merely an illusion (in vain, uselessly, falsely)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - verily, indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

बुद्बुदः (budbudaḥ) - a bubble

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of budbuda

budbuda - bubble, a drop

बुद्बुदविधौ (budbudavidhau) - in the state of being a bubble, in the manner of a bubble

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of budbudavidhi

budbudavidhi - state/method of a bubble

compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (budbuda+vidhi)

• budbuda – bubble
  noun (masculine)
• vidhi – method, rule, process, state
  noun (masculine)
  from vi-dhā
  Prefix: vi
  Root: dhā (class 3)

सत्यः (satyaḥ) - true, real, existent

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of satya

satya - true, real, existent, genuine

derived from sat

Note: Agrees with budbudaḥ.

मिथ्या (mithyā) - false (falsely, wrongly, unreal)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially or as a predicate adjective meaning 'false'.

एव (eva) - verily, indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अन्यदा (anyadā) - at other times (e.g., when it ceases to be a bubble) (at another time, otherwise)

(indeclinable)

from anya + dā (suffix for 'at that time')

Note: Refers to the state when the bubble is no longer perceived as such.