योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-55, verse-8

न तथा परिपश्यन्ति विदितात्मान उत्तमाः ।
पश्यन्त्यनात्मनात्मानं स्वमात्मन्यात्ममानिनः ॥ ८ ॥

na tathā paripaśyanti viditātmāna uttamāḥ ,
paśyantyanātmanātmānaṃ svamātmanyātmamāninaḥ 8

8. na tathā paripaśyanti viditātmānaḥ uttamāḥ
paśyanti anātmanā ātmānam svam ātmani ātmamāninaḥ

8. viditātmānaḥ uttamāḥ tathā na paripaśyanti
ātmamāninaḥ svam ātmānam ātmani anātmanā paśyanti

8. The excellent ones, those who know the self (ātman), do not perceive in that manner. [On the other hand,] those who mistakenly identify the non-self with the self (ātman) perceive their own self (ātman) as non-self, [even though it resides] within the self (ātman) itself.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• तथा (tathā) - thus, in that manner, so

• परिपश्यन्ति (paripaśyanti) - they perceive, they see, they comprehend

• विदितात्मानः (viditātmānaḥ) - knowers of the self (ātman), those who have known the self

• उत्तमाः (uttamāḥ) - the excellent ones, the best, supreme ones

• पश्यन्ति (paśyanti) - they see, they perceive

• अनात्मना (anātmanā) - by the non-self, as the non-self

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - the self, the soul, the spirit

• स्वम् (svam) - one's own

• आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the self, within the self

• आत्ममानिनः (ātmamāninaḥ) - those who mistakenly identify the non-self (e.g., body, mind, ego) with the self (ātman) (those who regard as self, those who identify (something) as the self)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - thus, in that manner, so

(indeclinable)

परिपश्यन्ति (paripaśyanti) - they perceive, they see, they comprehend

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of pari-dṛś

Prefix: pari

Root: dṛś (class 4)

विदितात्मानः (viditātmānaḥ) - knowers of the self (ātman), those who have known the self

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of viditātman

viditātman - one whose self is known, one who knows the self

bahuvrīhi compound: 'vidita' (known) + 'ātman' (self)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vidita+ātman)

• vidita – known, understood, perceived
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of root 'vid'
  Root: vid (class 2)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

उत्तमाः (uttamāḥ) - the excellent ones, the best, supreme ones

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of uttama

uttama - highest, best, excellent, chief, supreme

पश्यन्ति (paśyanti) - they see, they perceive

(verb)

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

Root: dṛś (class 4)

अनात्मना (anātmanā) - by the non-self, as the non-self

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of anātman

anātman - non-self, not the self (referring to body, mind, senses, ego)

negation compound of 'a' and 'ātman'

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+ātman)

• a – not, non-, un- (negation prefix)
  indeclinable
  negation prefix
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - the self, the soul, the spirit

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, ego

स्वम् (svam) - one's own

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sva

sva - own, one's own, peculiar, inherent; one's own people, relatives, property

Note: Modifies 'ātmānam'.

आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the self, within the self

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, ego

आत्ममानिनः (ātmamāninaḥ) - those who mistakenly identify the non-self (e.g., body, mind, ego) with the self (ātman) (those who regard as self, those who identify (something) as the self)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ātmamānin

ātmamānin - one who considers himself (his body/ego) to be the self, one who identifies with the self (ātman) mistakenly

compound of 'ātman' (self) and 'mānin' (one who thinks/considers)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātman+mānin)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)
• mānin – thinking, considering, regarding, proud of
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun/participial adjective
  derived from root 'man' with suffix '-in'
  Root: man (class 4)