योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-63, verse-33

भावनैव स्वमात्मानं देहोऽयमिति पश्यति ।
असत्तामात्रविस्तारं गुल्मकत्वमिवाङ्कुरः ॥ ३३ ॥

bhāvanaiva svamātmānaṃ deho'yamiti paśyati ,
asattāmātravistāraṃ gulmakatvamivāṅkuraḥ 33

33. bhāvanā eva svam ātmānam dehaḥ ayam iti paśyati
asattāmātravistāram gulmakatvam iva aṅkuraḥ

33. bhāvanā eva svam ātmānam ayam dehaḥ
asattāmātravistāram iti gulmakatvam iva aṅkuraḥ paśyati

33. Mental fabrication (bhāvanā) alone perceives one's own self (ātman) as 'this body,' which is merely an expansion of non-existence, much like a sprout [is seen as embodying its future] shrub-ness.

Words meanings summery:

• भावना (bhāvanā) - mental fabrication, the mind's tendency to create or project (conception, imagination, mental fabrication, idea, thought, meditation, feeling, becoming)

• एव (eva) - alone, only (only, just, indeed, certainly)

• स्वम् (svam) - one's own (one's own, self, property, wealth)

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - the self (ātman) (the self, soul, spirit, essence, body, mind)

• देहः (dehaḥ) - body (body, physical form)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (this, this one)

• इति (iti) - indicates a quotation or a specific identification (thus, so, in this manner, indicates quotation)

• पश्यति (paśyati) - perceives (sees, perceives, beholds, observes)

• असत्तामात्रविस्तारम् (asattāmātravistāram) - an expansion characterized solely by non-existence (an expansion consisting merely of non-existence)

• गुल्मकत्वम् (gulmakatvam) - the state of being a fully grown shrub (shrub-ness, the state of being a shrub)

• इव (iva) - much like (like, as, as if)

• अङ्कुरः (aṅkuraḥ) - sprout, seedling (sprout, shoot, seedling)

Words meanings and morphology

भावना (bhāvanā) - mental fabrication, the mind's tendency to create or project (conception, imagination, mental fabrication, idea, thought, meditation, feeling, becoming)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhāvanā

bhāvanā - conception, imagination, mental fabrication, idea, thought, meditation, feeling, causing to be, demonstrating

from root bhū (to be) with causative suffix niC + suffix yuc (ana) + feminine ā

Root: bhū (class 1)

एव (eva) - alone, only (only, just, indeed, certainly)

(indeclinable)

स्वम् (svam) - one's own (one's own, self, property, wealth)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sva

sva - one's own, self, property, wealth, kinsman

Note: Can be used as an adjective for 'ātman'.

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - the self (ātman) (the self, soul, spirit, essence, body, mind)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, life, body, mind

देहः (dehaḥ) - body (body, physical form)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, physical form, mass, bulk

from root dih (to smear, grow)

Root: dih (class 4)

अयम् (ayam) - this (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, here, now

Note: Masculine nominative singular of 'idam'.

इति (iti) - indicates a quotation or a specific identification (thus, so, in this manner, indicates quotation)

(indeclinable)

पश्यति (paśyati) - perceives (sees, perceives, beholds, observes)

(verb)

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

present stem of root dṛś (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

असत्तामात्रविस्तारम् (asattāmātravistāram) - an expansion characterized solely by non-existence (an expansion consisting merely of non-existence)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of asattāmātravistāra

asattāmātravistāra - an expansion of mere non-existence

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (asattā+mātra+vistāra)

• asattā – non-existence, unreality
  noun (feminine)
  from a (negation) + sattā (existence)
  Prefix: a
• mātra – only, mere, merely, size, measure
  indeclinable
• vistāra – expansion, extension, diffusion, detail
  noun (masculine)
  from vi-stṛ (to spread out)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: stṛ (class 5)

Note: Agrees with 'dehaḥ ayam' (accusative form here used as an adverbial or predicative adjective for the object of 'paśyati').

गुल्मकत्वम् (gulmakatvam) - the state of being a fully grown shrub (shrub-ness, the state of being a shrub)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of gulmakatva

gulmakatva - shrub-ness, the state of being a shrub

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (gulmaka+tva)

• gulmaka – shrub, bush, cluster, thicket
  noun (masculine)
• tva – suffix for abstract noun, -ness, -hood
  suffix (neuter)
  suffix 'tva' added to nouns/adjectives to form abstract neuter nouns

Note: Used as the object of comparison with 'iva'.

इव (iva) - much like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

अङ्कुरः (aṅkuraḥ) - sprout, seedling (sprout, shoot, seedling)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṅkura

aṅkura - sprout, shoot, seedling, germ

from root aṅk (to bend) + uraC suffix

Root: aṅk (class 1)

Note: Acts as the subject of the implied verb in the comparison, like 'as a sprout is'.