योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-52, verse-4

स्वप्नात्स्वप्नान्तरमिव गच्छन्तो जीवजीवकाः ।
असत्यमेव पश्यन्ति घनसत्यतयानघ ॥ ४ ॥

svapnātsvapnāntaramiva gacchanto jīvajīvakāḥ ,
asatyameva paśyanti ghanasatyatayānagha 4

4. svapnāt svapnāntaram iva gacchantah jīvajīvakāḥ
asatyam eva paśyanti ghanasatatyayā anagha

4. anagha jīvajīvakāḥ svapnāt svapnāntaram iva
gacchantah asatyam eva ghanasatatyayā paśyanti

4. O sinless one, living beings (jīvas), moving from one dream to another, perceive only unreal things as if they possess solid reality.

Words meanings summery:

• स्वप्नात् (svapnāt) - from a dream

• स्वप्नान्तरम् (svapnāntaram) - another dream

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• गच्छन्तह् (gacchantah) - going, moving

• जीवजीवकाः (jīvajīvakāḥ) - living beings, individual souls (jīvas)

• असत्यम् (asatyam) - unreal things, falsehood

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, certainly

• पश्यन्ति (paśyanti) - they see, they perceive

• घनसतत्यया (ghanasatatyayā) - with solid reality, as dense truth

• अनघ (anagha) - O sinless one, blameless one

Words meanings and morphology

स्वप्नात् (svapnāt) - from a dream

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - dream, sleep

Root: svap (class 2)

स्वप्नान्तरम् (svapnāntaram) - another dream

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of svapnāntara

svapnāntara - another dream, an intervening dream

Compound 'svapna' + 'antara'.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svapna+antara)

• svapna – dream, sleep
  noun (masculine)
  Root: svap (class 2)
• antara – other, another, intermediate, difference
  adjective (neuter)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

गच्छन्तह् (gacchantah) - going, moving

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gacchat

gacchat - going, moving, walking

Present Active Participle

From root 'gam' (to go) + 'śatṛ' suffix.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'jīvajīvakāḥ'.

जीवजीवकाः (jīvajīvakāḥ) - living beings, individual souls (jīvas)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jīvajīvaka

jīvajīvaka - living being, individual soul, jīva

Reduplicative compound or emphasis of 'jīva'.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (jīva+jīvaka)

• jīva – living being, soul, life
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jīv (class 1)
• jīvaka – living, living being, a specific kind of living being
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from 'jīva' with 'ka' suffix.
  Root: jīv (class 1)

असत्यम् (asatyam) - unreal things, falsehood

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of asatya

asatya - unreal, false, untrue

Derived from 'a' (not) + 'satya' (true).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+satya)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• satya – true, real, existent
  adjective (neuter)
  Derived from 'sat' (being, existing).
  Root: as (class 2)

एव (eva) - only, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

पश्यन्ति (paśyanti) - they see, they perceive

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of paś

Present 3rd person plural

Present stem 'paśya' from root 'dṛś' (to see), 3rd person plural present indicative.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

घनसतत्यया (ghanasatatyayā) - with solid reality, as dense truth

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of ghanasatyatā

ghanasatyatā - solid reality, dense truth

Compound 'ghana' (dense/solid) + 'satya' (truth/reality) + 'tā' (abstract suffix).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ghana+satya+tā)

• ghana – dense, solid, compact, thick
  adjective (neuter)
• satya – truth, reality, existent
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from 'sat' (being, existing).
  Root: as (class 2)
• tā – -ness, -hood (abstract suffix)
  suffix (feminine)
  Forms abstract nouns.

अनघ (anagha) - O sinless one, blameless one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of anagha

anagha - sinless, blameless, pure

Derived from 'a' (not) + 'agha' (sin, impurity).

Compound type : nañ-bahuvrīhi (a+agha)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• agha – sin, evil, distress, impurity
  noun (neuter)