योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-31, verse-3

अकारणं विपर्यस्ता मतिर्भ्रान्तमपि स्थिरम् ।
यथा जगत्पश्यतीदं तथाहंताभ्रमाच्चितिः ॥ ३ ॥

akāraṇaṃ viparyastā matirbhrāntamapi sthiram ,
yathā jagatpaśyatīdaṃ tathāhaṃtābhramāccitiḥ 3

3. akāraṇam viparyastā matiḥ bhrāntam api sthiram |
yathā jagat paśyati idam tathā ahaṃtā-bhramāt citiḥ

3. yathā akāraṇam viparyastā matiḥ idam bhrāntam api jagat sthiram paśyati,
tathā ahaṃtā-bhramāt citiḥ

3. Just as a deluded mind (matiḥ), without cause, perceives this world as permanent, even though it is illusory, similarly, consciousness (cit) acts from the delusion of egoity (ahaṃtā).

Words meanings summery:

• अकारणम् (akāraṇam) - without cause (without cause, causelessly, without reason)

• विपर्यस्ता (viparyastā) - deluded (deluded, confused, reversed)

• मतिः (matiḥ) - mind (mind, intellect, thought)

• भ्रान्तम् (bhrāntam) - illusory (illusory, mistaken, confused, wandered)

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

• स्थिरम् (sthiram) - permanent (stable, firm, permanent, steady)

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

• जगत् (jagat) - world (world, universe, moving)

• पश्यति (paśyati) - perceives (sees, perceives)

• इदम् (idam) - this (this, this one (neuter))

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

• अहंता-भ्रमात् (ahaṁtā-bhramāt) - from the delusion of egoity (ahaṃtā) (from the delusion of egoity, due to the error of ego)

• चितिः (citiḥ) - consciousness (cit) (consciousness, accumulation, pyre)

Words meanings and morphology

अकारणम् (akāraṇam) - without cause (without cause, causelessly, without reason)

(indeclinable)

Nanj-tatpurusha compound: `a` (not) + `kāraṇa` (cause). Neuter nominative/accusative singular form used adverbially.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kāraṇa)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

विपर्यस्ता (viparyastā) - deluded (deluded, confused, reversed)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of viparyasta

viparyasta - reversed, inverted, confused, deluded, perverted

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root `as` (to be) with prefixes `vi` and `pari`.

Prefixes: vi+pari

Root: as (class 2)

मतिः (matiḥ) - mind (mind, intellect, thought)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mati

mati - mind, intellect, thought, understanding

From root `man` (to think).

Root: man (class 4)

भ्रान्तम् (bhrāntam) - illusory (illusory, mistaken, confused, wandered)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhrānta

bhrānta - wandered, confused, deluded, illusory, mistaken

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root `bhram` (to wander, to err).

Root: bhram (class 1)

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

(indeclinable)

Connective particle.

स्थिरम् (sthiram) - permanent (stable, firm, permanent, steady)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sthira

sthira - firm, steady, permanent, stable, fixed

From root `sthā` (to stand).

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Predicate adjective for `jagat`.

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

(indeclinable)

जगत् (jagat) - world (world, universe, moving)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe; moving, living

Present Active Participle

From root `gam` (to go). Functions here as a neuter noun, nominative/accusative singular.

Root: gam (class 1)

पश्यति (paśyati) - perceives (sees, perceives)

(verb)

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

present active

3rd person singular, present indicative, active voice (parasmaipada). Irregular stem `paśya`.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

इदम् (idam) - this (this, this one (neuter))

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, here

Demonstrative pronoun, neuter nominative/accusative singular.

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

(indeclinable)

Correlative to `yathā`.

अहंता-भ्रमात् (ahaṁtā-bhramāt) - from the delusion of egoity (ahaṃtā) (from the delusion of egoity, due to the error of ego)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of ahaṃtā-bhrama

ahaṁtā-bhrama - delusion of egoity, error of ego-sense, mistaken identification with self

Tatpurusha compound: `ahaṃtā` (egoity) + `bhrama` (delusion).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ahaṃtā+bhrama)

• ahaṃtā – egoity, self-conceit, individuality, 'I-ness'
  noun (feminine)
  Abstract noun derived from `aham` (I).
• bhrama – delusion, error, wandering, illusion
  noun (masculine)
  From root `bhram` (to wander).
  Root: bhram (class 1)

चितिः (citiḥ) - consciousness (cit) (consciousness, accumulation, pyre)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, pure intelligence, mind; accumulation, pile, pyre

From root `ci` (to collect, perceive, be conscious).

Root: ci (class 5)

Note: Subject, implying a similar action or state to the simile.