योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-54, verse-17

यावत्कालक्रियादेशास्त्वमहंसैनिका इव ।
ब्रह्मणीव परिस्पन्दा नात्र स्तः सदसद्भ्रमौ ॥ १७ ॥

yāvatkālakriyādeśāstvamahaṃsainikā iva ,
brahmaṇīva parispandā nātra staḥ sadasadbhramau 17

17. yāvat kāla kriyā deśāḥ tvam aham sainikāḥ iva brahmaṇi
iva parispandāḥ na atra staḥ sat asat bhramau

17. yāvat kāla kriyā deśāḥ (santah) tvam aham sainikāḥ iva (bhavanti).
brahmaṇi iva parispandāḥ (bhavanti).
atra sat asat bhramau na staḥ.

17. As long as there are (concepts of) time, action, and space, "I" and "you" are like soldiers, or merely pulsations within the Absolute (brahman). In this state (of brahman), the delusions of existing and not existing do not hold true.

Words meanings summery:

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as, until, as many as

• काल (kāla) - time

• क्रिया (kriyā) - action, activity, rite

• देशाः (deśāḥ) - spaces, places, regions

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• अहम् (aham) - I

• सैनिकाः (sainikāḥ) - soldiers, military men

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• ब्रह्मणि (brahmaṇi) - in (brahman), in the Absolute

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• परिस्पन्दाः (parispandāḥ) - movements, vibrations, pulsations, tremors

• न (na) - not, no

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this place, in this matter

• स्तः (staḥ) - they two are, exist

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

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

• भ्रमौ (bhramau) - delusions, errors, confusions (dual)

Words meanings and morphology

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as, until, as many as

(indeclinable)

काल (kāla) - time

(noun)

of kāla

kāla - time, period, season, death

Note: First part of a Dvandva compound

क्रिया (kriyā) - action, activity, rite

(noun)

of kriyā

kriyā - action, activity, performance, rite, verb

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Second part of a Dvandva compound

देशाः (deśāḥ) - spaces, places, regions

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of deśa

deśa - place, space, region, country

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

सैनिकाः (sainikāḥ) - soldiers, military men

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sainika

sainika - soldier, pertaining to an army

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

ब्रह्मणि (brahmaṇi) - in (brahman), in the Absolute

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - the Absolute Reality, universal spirit

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

परिस्पन्दाः (parispandāḥ) - movements, vibrations, pulsations, tremors

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of parispanda

parispanda - movement, vibration, pulsation, tremor

Prefix: pari

Root: spand (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this place, in this matter

(indeclinable)

स्तः (staḥ) - they two are, exist

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

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

(adjective)

of sat

sat - existent, real, true, good, being

present active participle

Present active participle of root as (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

Note: First part of a Dvandva compound

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

(adjective)

of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, false, evil, non-being

present active participle (negative)

Negative particle 'a' + present active participle of root as (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Second part of a Dvandva compound

भ्रमौ (bhramau) - delusions, errors, confusions (dual)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of bhrama

bhrama - delusion, error, confusion, wandering

Root: bhram (class 1)