योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-44, verse-29

विद्यमानमपि ह्येतच्चित्तं बोधाद्विलीयते ।
सदप्यसदिवाभाति ताम्रं हेमीकृतं यथा ॥ २९ ॥

vidyamānamapi hyetaccittaṃ bodhādvilīyate ,
sadapyasadivābhāti tāmraṃ hemīkṛtaṃ yathā 29

29. vidyamānam api hi etat cittam bodhāt vilīyate
sat api asat iva ābhāti tāmram hemīkṛtam yathā

29. hi etat vidyamānam api cittam bodhāt vilīyate
sat api asat iva ābhāti yathā tāmram hemīkṛtam

29. Indeed, even this existing mind (citta) dissolves through understanding (bodha). Though truly existent, it appears as non-existent, just as copper transformed into gold.

Words meanings summery:

• विद्यमानम् (vidyamānam) - existing, present, being

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

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, for, because)

• एतत् (etat) - this

• चित्तम् (cittam) - mind, thought, consciousness

• बोधात् (bodhāt) - from right understanding (bodha) (from knowledge, from awakening, from understanding)

• विलीयते (vilīyate) - dissolves, melts away, disappears

• सत् (sat) - truly existent (existing, true, good, real)

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

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

• इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

• आभाति (ābhāti) - appears (shines, appears, seems)

• ताम्रम् (tāmram) - copper

• हेमीकृतम् (hemīkṛtam) - made into gold, transformed into gold

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, like)

Words meanings and morphology

विद्यमानम् (vidyamānam) - existing, present, being

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vidyamāna

vidyamāna - existing, present, being

Present Middle Participle

From root `vid` (to be, exist) + `śānac` suffix.

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Agrees with `cittam`.

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

(indeclinable)

Preverb/Particle.

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, for, because)

(indeclinable)

Particle.

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

Demonstrative pronoun stem.

Note: Agrees with `cittam`.

चित्तम् (cittam) - mind, thought, consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, thought, consciousness

Past Passive Participle

From root `cit` (to perceive, understand) + `kta` suffix.

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Subject of `vilīyate`.

बोधात् (bodhāt) - from right understanding (bodha) (from knowledge, from awakening, from understanding)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of bodha

bodha - knowledge, understanding, awakening

From root `budh` (to know, awaken).

Root: budh (class 1)

विलीयते (vilīyate) - dissolves, melts away, disappears

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of lī

Present passive indicative / Middle indicative

3rd person singular, from root `lī` with `vi` prefix.

Prefix: vi

Root: lī (class 4)

सत् (sat) - truly existent (existing, true, good, real)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sat

sat - existing, true, good, real

Present Active Participle

From root `as` (to be) + `śatṛ` suffix.

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Agrees with `cittam` (implied).

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

(indeclinable)

Preverb/Particle.

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

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, false

Present Active Participle (negative)

`na` (negation) + root `as` (to be) + `śatṛ` suffix.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sat)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• sat – existing, real
  adjective
  Present Active Participle
  From root `as` (to be) + `śatṛ` suffix.
  Root: as (class 2)

Note: Predicate adjective for `cittam` (implied).

इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Particle expressing comparison.

आभाति (ābhāti) - appears (shines, appears, seems)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of bhā

Present active indicative

3rd person singular, from root `bhā` with `ā` prefix.

Prefix: ā

Root: bhā (class 2)

ताम्रम् (tāmram) - copper

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tāmra

tāmra - copper, coppery

Note: Subject of the implied `ābhāti` in the simile.

हेमीकृतम् (hemīkṛtam) - made into gold, transformed into gold

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of hemīkṛta

hemīkṛta - made into gold, gilded, transformed into gold

Past Passive Participle

From `heman` (gold) + `ī-kṛ` (to make) + `kta` suffix.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with `tāmram`.

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, like)

(indeclinable)

Correlative adverb.