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).

3. כפי שחשיבה משובשת רואה ללא סיבה את העולם החולף כקבוע, כך התודעה הטהורה תופסת אותו עקב אשלית האגו (אַהַנְקָארָה).

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.

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