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

अमृतापि मृतास्मीति विपर्यस्तमतिर्वधूः ।
यथा रोदित्यनष्टैव नष्टास्मीति तथैव चित् ॥ २ ॥

amṛtāpi mṛtāsmīti viparyastamatirvadhūḥ ,
yathā rodityanaṣṭaiva naṣṭāsmīti tathaiva cit 2

2. amṛtā api mṛtā asmi iti viparyasta-matiḥ vadhūḥ |
yathā roditi anaṣṭā eva naṣṭā asmi iti tathā eva cit

2. yathā amṛtā api viparyasta-matiḥ vadhūḥ anaṣṭā eva mṛtā asmi iti roditi,
tathā eva cit naṣṭā asmi iti

2. Just as a bride (vadhūḥ), whose mind is deluded, cries 'I am dead' even though she is actually immortal and not lost, similarly, consciousness (cit) laments, thinking 'I am lost.'

Words meanings summery:

• अमृता (amṛtā) - immortal (immortal, undying)

• अपि (api) - though (also, even, though, besides)

• मृता (mṛtā) - dead (dead, deceased)

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• इति (iti) - (marks the end of direct speech/thought) (thus, so, indicating direct speech or thought)

• विपर्यस्त-मतिः (viparyasta-matiḥ) - whose mind is deluded (one whose mind is deluded, confused mind)

• वधूः (vadhūḥ) - bride (bride, young wife, woman)

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

• रोदिति (roditi) - cries (cries, weeps, laments)

• अनष्टा (anaṣṭā) - not lost (not lost, not destroyed, safe)

• एव (eva) - even (only, just, indeed, merely)

• नष्टा (naṣṭā) - lost (lost, destroyed)

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• इति (iti) - (marks the end of direct speech/thought) (thus, so, indicating direct speech or thought)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (similarly, in that manner, so)

• एव (eva) - (emphatic) (only, just, indeed, merely)

• चित् (cit) - consciousness (cit) (consciousness, pure intelligence)

Words meanings and morphology

अमृता (amṛtā) - immortal (immortal, undying)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of amṛta

amṛta - immortal, undying; nectar; not dead

Past Passive Participle

Nanj-tatpurusha compound: `a` (not) + `mṛta` (dead). Feminine form.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+mṛta)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• mṛta – dead, deceased, expired
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root `mṛ` (to die).
  Root: mṛ (class 6)

अपि (api) - though (also, even, though, besides)

(indeclinable)

Connective particle.

मृता (mṛtā) - dead (dead, deceased)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased, expired

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root `mṛ` (to die). Feminine form.

Root: mṛ (class 6)

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

present active

1st person singular, present indicative, active voice (parasmaipada).

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - (marks the end of direct speech/thought) (thus, so, indicating direct speech or thought)

(indeclinable)

विपर्यस्त-मतिः (viparyasta-matiḥ) - whose mind is deluded (one whose mind is deluded, confused mind)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of viparyasta-mati

viparyasta-mati - one whose mind is confused, deluded, perverted mind

Bahuvrīhi compound: 'one whose mind (`mati`) is reversed/confused (`viparyasta`)'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (viparyasta+mati)

• viparyasta – reversed, inverted, confused, deluded
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root `as` with prefixes `vi` and `pari`.
  Prefixes: vi+pari
  Root: as (class 2)
• mati – mind, intellect, thought, understanding
  noun (feminine)
  From root `man` (to think).
  Root: man (class 4)

वधूः (vadhūḥ) - bride (bride, young wife, woman)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vadhū

vadhū - bride, young wife, woman, daughter-in-law

Note: Subject of `roditi`.

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

(indeclinable)

रोदिति (roditi) - cries (cries, weeps, laments)

(verb)

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

present active

3rd person singular, present indicative, active voice (parasmaipada).

Root: rud (class 2)

अनष्टा (anaṣṭā) - not lost (not lost, not destroyed, safe)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anaṣṭa

anaṣṭa - not lost, not destroyed, safe

Past Passive Participle

Nanj-tatpurusha compound: `a` (not) + `naṣṭa` (lost, destroyed). Feminine form.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+naṣṭa)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• naṣṭa – lost, destroyed, ruined
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root `naś` (to be lost, perish).
  Root: naś (class 4)

एव (eva) - even (only, just, indeed, merely)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

नष्टा (naṣṭā) - lost (lost, destroyed)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of naṣṭa

naṣṭa - lost, destroyed, ruined, perished

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root `naś` (to be lost, perish). Feminine form.

Root: naś (class 4)

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

present active

1st person singular, present indicative, active voice (parasmaipada).

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - (marks the end of direct speech/thought) (thus, so, indicating direct speech or thought)

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - similarly (similarly, in that manner, so)

(indeclinable)

Correlative to `yathā`.

एव (eva) - (emphatic) (only, just, indeed, merely)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

चित् (cit) - consciousness (cit) (consciousness, pure intelligence)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, pure intelligence, mind, thought

Root: cit (class 1)