योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-31, verse-42

प्रतिभासत एवात्मन्यसत्स्वप्न इवाततः ।
मनागपि न सत्यात्म मृगतृष्णाम्बुवत्स्थितम् ॥ ४२ ॥

pratibhāsata evātmanyasatsvapna ivātataḥ ,
manāgapi na satyātma mṛgatṛṣṇāmbuvatsthitam 42

42. pratibhāsate eva ātmani asat svapnaḥ iva ātataḥ
manāk api na satya ātman mṛgatṛṣṇāmbuvat sthitam

42. ātman! (idam) eva ātmani pratibhāsate ātataḥ asat
svapnaḥ iva manāk api satyam na mṛgatṛṣṇāmbuvat sthitam

42. This cycle (implied from previous verse) indeed appears in the self (ātman), like an expansive, non-existent dream. O Self (ātman), it is not real in the slightest, but exists like the water of a mirage.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रतिभासते (pratibhāsate) - it appears, it shines forth, it manifests

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the self, in the soul, in the (ātman)

• असत् (asat) - non-existent, unreal, false

• स्वप्नः (svapnaḥ) - dream, sleep

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• आततः (ātataḥ) - spread out, extended, vast

• मनाक् (manāk) - a little, slightly, even a jot

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• न (na) - not, no

• सत्य (satya) - true, real, existent

• आत्मन् (ātman) - O Self, O soul (ātman)

• मृगतृष्णाम्बुवत् (mṛgatṛṣṇāmbuvat) - like mirage water

• स्थितम् (sthitam) - existing, situated, standing

Words meanings and morphology

प्रतिभासते (pratibhāsate) - it appears, it shines forth, it manifests

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of pratibhās

present indicative

3rd person singular present indicative middle voice

Prefix: prati

Root: bhās (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the self, in the soul, in the (ātman)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, ego

Root: an (class 2)

असत् (asat) - non-existent, unreal, false

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, false, bad

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+sat)

• a – not, non-
  prefix
• sat – existing, real, true, good
  adjective (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  present active participle of √as (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)

स्वप्नः (svapnaḥ) - dream, sleep

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - dream, sleep, slumber

Root: svap (class 2)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

आततः (ātataḥ) - spread out, extended, vast

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātata

ātata - stretched, extended, vast, spread out

Past Passive Participle

derived from ā + √tan (to stretch, extend)

Prefix: ā

Root: tan (class 8)

मनाक् (manāk) - a little, slightly, even a jot

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

सत्य (satya) - true, real, existent

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - true, real, actual, sincere, truth

derived from sat (existing) + ya suffix

Root: as (class 2)

आत्मन् (ātman) - O Self, O soul (ātman)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, ego

Root: an (class 2)

मृगतृष्णाम्बुवत् (mṛgatṛṣṇāmbuvat) - like mirage water

(indeclinable)

derived from mṛgatṛṣṇāambu + vat (suffix 'like')

Compound type : tatpurusha (mṛgatṛṣṇā+ambu+vat)

• mṛgatṛṣṇā – mirage (lit. 'deer's thirst')
  noun (feminine)
• ambu – water
  noun (neuter)
• vat – like, as, similar to
  indeclinable
  suffix
  suffix added to nouns to form adverbs of comparison

स्थितम् (sthitam) - existing, situated, standing

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sthita

sthita - standing, existing, situated, firm, stable

Past Passive Participle

derived from √sthā (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)