योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-69, verse-24

मनः पश्यति वै देहं बालो वेतालकं यथा ।
स्वात्मानं विलयं नीत्वा न भूयस्तं प्रपश्यति ॥ २४ ॥

manaḥ paśyati vai dehaṃ bālo vetālakaṃ yathā ,
svātmānaṃ vilayaṃ nītvā na bhūyastaṃ prapaśyati 24

24. manaḥ paśyati vai deham bālaḥ vetālakam yathā
svātmānam vilayam nītvā na bhūyaḥ tam prapaśyati

24. manaḥ vai deham paśyati yathā bālaḥ vetālakam
svātmānam vilayam nītvā bhūyaḥ tam na prapaśyati

24. The mind (manas) truly perceives the body, just as a child perceives a goblin (vetālaka). However, having led its own self (svātman) to dissolution, it no longer sees that (body).

Words meanings summery:

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, heart

• पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, perceives

• वै (vai) - indeed, truly, certainly

• देहम् (deham) - body

• बालः (bālaḥ) - child, boy, young person

• वेतालकम् (vetālakam) - a frightening phantom or ghost-like image (goblin, ghost, phantom (diminutive/affectionate))

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

• स्वात्मानम् (svātmānam) - the mind's own intrinsic nature or deeper self (one's own self, the individual self (ātman))

• विलयम् (vilayam) - a state of non-existence or merging back into the source (dissolution, merging, disappearance)

• नीत्वा (nītvā) - having brought to dissolution (having led, having carried, having brought)

• न (na) - not, no

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, further, no more

• तम् (tam) - that (body) (that, him, it)

• प्रपश्यति (prapaśyati) - sees, perceives, discerns

Words meanings and morphology

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, heart

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought, understanding, heart

from man 'to think'

Root: man (class 4)

पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, perceives

(verb)

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

present active indicative

Root dṛś, but paśya- is the present stem

Root: dṛś (class 1)

वै (vai) - indeed, truly, certainly

(indeclinable)

देहम् (deham) - body

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form, person

from dih 'to smear, to plaster', implying 'that which is built up or covered'

Root: dih (class 4)

बालः (bālaḥ) - child, boy, young person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bāla

bāla - child, boy, young, ignorant, foolish

वेतालकम् (vetālakam) - a frightening phantom or ghost-like image (goblin, ghost, phantom (diminutive/affectionate))

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vetālaka

vetālaka - a small vetāla (goblin, ghost, vampire); an imp

from vetāla + -ka (diminutive suffix)

Note: The -ka suffix can also indicate contempt or simply be a nominalizing suffix, here referring to a 'ghostly apparition' that a child might imagine.

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

(indeclinable)

स्वात्मानम् (svātmānam) - the mind's own intrinsic nature or deeper self (one's own self, the individual self (ātman))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of svātman

svātman - one's own self (ātman), the individual soul

Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+ātman)

• sva – own, one's own
  pronoun (masculine)
  reflexive possessive pronoun/adjective
• ātman – self, soul, individual essence, vital breath (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
  from an 'to breathe'
  Root: an (class 2)

विलयम् (vilayam) - a state of non-existence or merging back into the source (dissolution, merging, disappearance)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vilaya

vilaya - dissolution, merging, disappearance, destruction

from vi-lī 'to dissolve, to disappear'

Prefix: vi

Root: lī (class 4)

नीत्वा (nītvā) - having brought to dissolution (having led, having carried, having brought)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Root nī (class 1) + -tvā suffix

Root: nī (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, further, no more

(indeclinable)

comparative adverb from bhūri 'much'

तम् (tam) - that (body) (that, him, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

प्रपश्यति (prapaśyati) - sees, perceives, discerns

(verb)

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

present active indicative

Root dṛś (paśya- stem) with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: dṛś (class 1)