योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-32, verse-43

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असत्येव शरीरेऽस्मिन्कृतकृत्रिमभावना ।
नयत्यसत्यं सत्यत्वं सत्यं चासत्यतामपि ॥ ४३ ॥

asatyeva śarīre'sminkṛtakṛtrimabhāvanā ,
nayatyasatyaṃ satyatvaṃ satyaṃ cāsatyatāmapi 43

43. asati eva śarīre asmin kṛtakṛtrimabhāvanā | nayati
asatyam satyatvam satyam ca asatyatām api ||

43. asati eva asmin śarīre,
kṛtakṛtrimabhāvanā asatyam satyatvam nayati ca satyam asatyatām api nayati

43. Even when this body is non-existent, [the conscious principle], having created an artificial mental impression (bhāvanā), transforms the unreal into reality and also the real into unreality.

Words meanings summery:

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असति (asati) - when this body is non-existent (locative absolute construction) (when non-existent, being non-existent)

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

शरीरे (śarīre) - in this body (in the body)

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this, on this

कृतकृत्रिमभावना (kṛtakṛtrimabhāvanā) - having created an artificial mental impression/conception

नयति (nayati) - transforms, causes to become (leads, guides, brings)

असत्यम् (asatyam) - the unreal, the non-existent, falsehood

सत्यत्वम् (satyatvam) - reality, truth, state of being real

सत्यम् (satyam) - the real, the true, truth

च (ca) - and, also

असत्यताम् (asatyatām) - unreality, falsehood, state of being unreal

अपि (api) - also, even, too

Words meanings and morphology

असति (asati) - when this body is non-existent (locative absolute construction) (when non-existent, being non-existent)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, false, bad

Present Active Participle

Negated form of sat (existent, real).

Prefix: a

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Locative singular form, used in a locative absolute construction with 'śarīre'.

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

(indeclinable)

शरीरे (śarīre) - in this body (in the body)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, physical form

Root: śṛ (class 1)

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this, on this

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Locative singular, neuter, agreeing with 'śarīre'.

कृतकृत्रिमभावना (kṛtakṛtrimabhāvanā) - having created an artificial mental impression/conception

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṛtakṛtrimabhāvanā

kṛtakṛtrimabhāvanā - an artificial/imagined conception, an impression that has been artificially made

Compound meaning 'a bhāvanā that is kṛtakṛtrima (made artificial)'.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (kṛta+kṛtrima+bhāvanā)

kṛta – done, made, performed
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
From root kṛ (to do, make).
Root: kṛ (class 8)
kṛtrima – artificial, factitious, imaginary
adjective (masculine)
From kṛ (to do) with trima suffix.
Root: kṛ (class 8)
bhāvanā – contemplation, imagination, conception, mental realization
noun (feminine)
From root bhū (to be) + ṇic + yuṭ
Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Agent of the verb 'nayati'.

नयति (nayati) - transforms, causes to become (leads, guides, brings)

(verb)

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

present indicative

Present tense, 3rd person singular, active voice.

Root: nī (class 1)

असत्यम् (asatyam) - the unreal, the non-existent, falsehood

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of asatya

asatya - unreal, untrue, false, non-existent

'a' (not) + 'satya' (true, real).