योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-70, verse-2

मृगतृष्णाजलमिव मनोऽहंतादि दृश्यते ।
असदेव मनागेव तद्विचारात्प्रलीयते ॥ २ ॥

mṛgatṛṣṇājalamiva mano'haṃtādi dṛśyate ,
asadeva manāgeva tadvicārātpralīyate 2

2. mṛgatṛṣṇājalam iva manaḥ ahaṃtā ādi dṛśyate
asat eva manāk eva tat vicārāt pralīyate

2. manaḥ ahaṃtā ādi mṛgatṛṣṇājalam iva dṛśyate.
(tat) asat eva.
manāk eva tat vicārāt pralīyate.

2. The mind, ego (ahaṃtā), and so on, appear like water in a mirage; they are indeed unreal, and merely by (self-)inquiry (vicāra), that (unreality) dissolves.

Words meanings summery:

• मृगतृष्णाजलम् (mṛgatṛṣṇājalam) - mirage water

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, consciousness

• अहंता (ahaṁtā) - ego, egohood, I-ness

• आदि (ādi) - and so on, beginning, etc.

• दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen, appears, is perceived

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

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

• मनाक् (manāk) - merely, just a little (a little, slightly, just)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• तत् (tat) - that (unreality, referring to mind/ego) (that, it)

• विचारात् (vicārāt) - by (self-)inquiry (by inquiry, through discrimination)

• प्रलीयते (pralīyate) - dissolves, merges, vanishes

Words meanings and morphology

मृगतृष्णाजलम् (mṛgatṛṣṇājalam) - mirage water

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mṛgatṛṣṇājala

mṛgatṛṣṇājala - water of a mirage, mirage-water

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (mṛgatṛṣṇā+jala)

• mṛgatṛṣṇā – mirage, deer's thirst
  noun (feminine)
• jala – water
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, understanding, thought

अहंता (ahaṁtā) - ego, egohood, I-ness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ahaṃtā

ahaṁtā - ego, egohood, I-ness, individuality

आदि (ādi) - and so on, beginning, etc.

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ādi

ādi - beginning, first, and so on, et cetera

दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen, appears, is perceived

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of dṛś

Present passive 3rd singular form of root 'dṛś'.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

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

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - unreal, non-existent, false, bad

Present Active Participle

Negation of 'sat' (being, existing). From root 'as' (to be) with negation 'a-'.

Compound type : Nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sat)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• sat – existing, real, true, good
  adjective
  Present Active Participle
  Present active participle of root 'as' (to be).
  Root: as (class 2)

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

(indeclinable)

मनाक् (manāk) - merely, just a little (a little, slightly, just)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that (unreality, referring to mind/ego) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

विचारात् (vicārāt) - by (self-)inquiry (by inquiry, through discrimination)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of vicāra

vicāra - inquiry, investigation, discrimination, reflection, consideration

प्रलीयते (pralīyate) - dissolves, merges, vanishes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of lī

Present middle/passive 3rd singular form of root 'lī' with prefix 'pra-'.

Prefix: pra

Root: lī (class 4)

Note: Often considered passive in context of vanishing subjects.