योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-61, verse-21

निमेषेण घटो याति पटतां स्वापसंविदि ।
असत्यमपि बुध्येत स्वप्ने स्वमरणं यथा ॥ २१ ॥

nimeṣeṇa ghaṭo yāti paṭatāṃ svāpasaṃvidi ,
asatyamapi budhyeta svapne svamaraṇaṃ yathā 21

21. nimeṣeṇa ghaṭaḥ yāti paṭatām svāpasaṃvidi |
asatyam api budhyeta svapne svamaraṇaṃ yathā

21. svāpasaṃvidi nimeṣeṇa ghaṭaḥ paṭatām yāti
yathā svapne svamaraṇaṃ asatyam api budhyeta

21. In an instant, a pot transforms into a cloth in the awareness of a dream. Similarly, one perceives even the unreal as real, just as one's own death is experienced in a dream.

Words meanings summery:

• निमेषेण (nimeṣeṇa) - by a wink, in an instant, quickly

• घटः (ghaṭaḥ) - a pot, a jar

• याति (yāti) - goes, becomes, attains

• पटताम् (paṭatām) - the state of being a cloth, cloth-ness

• स्वापसंविदि (svāpasaṁvidi) - in dream-awareness, in the consciousness of a dream

• असत्यम् (asatyam) - the unreal, what is false, not true

• अपि (api) - even, also

• बुध्येत (budhyeta) - one would perceive, one would understand

• स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream

• स्वमरणं (svamaraṇaṁ) - one's own death

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

Words meanings and morphology

निमेषेण (nimeṣeṇa) - by a wink, in an instant, quickly

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of nimeṣa

nimeṣa - wink, blink, moment, instant

Root: miṣ (class 1)

घटः (ghaṭaḥ) - a pot, a jar

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ghaṭa

ghaṭa - pot, jar, pitcher

याति (yāti) - goes, becomes, attains

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of yā

Root: yā (class 2)

पटताम् (paṭatām) - the state of being a cloth, cloth-ness

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of paṭatā

paṭatā - the state or quality of being a cloth

Derived from 'paṭa' (cloth) with the suffix -tā (feminine noun indicating abstract quality/state).

स्वापसंविदि (svāpasaṁvidi) - in dream-awareness, in the consciousness of a dream

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of svāpasaṃvid

svāpasaṁvid - dream-consciousness, awareness in sleep

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svāpa+saṃvid)

• svāpa – sleep, dream
  noun (masculine)
  Root: svap (class 2)
• saṃvid – consciousness, knowledge, perception, understanding
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: vid (class 2)

असत्यम् (asatyam) - the unreal, what is false, not true

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asatya

asatya - unreal, false, untrue

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+satya)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• satya – true, real, truth
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Used here as a substantive: 'the unreal'.

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

बुध्येत (budhyeta) - one would perceive, one would understand

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (liṅ) of budh

Root: budh (class 1)

स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - sleep, dream

Root: svap (class 2)

स्वमरणं (svamaraṇaṁ) - one's own death

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of svamaraṇa

svamaraṇa - one's own death

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+maraṇa)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun
• maraṇa – death, dying
  noun (neuter)
  Root: mṛ (class 6)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)