योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-95, verse-10

मिथ्यादृष्टिप्रेक्षितं तु न कदाचन विद्यते ।
मृगतृष्णाम्भसा केन घटकाः परिपूरिताः ॥ १० ॥

mithyādṛṣṭiprekṣitaṃ tu na kadācana vidyate ,
mṛgatṛṣṇāmbhasā kena ghaṭakāḥ paripūritāḥ 10

10. mithyādṛṣṭi prekṣitam tu na kadācana vidyate
mṛgatṛṣṇāmbhasā kena ghaṭakāḥ paripūritāḥ

10. tu mithyādṛṣṭi prekṣitam kadācana na vidyate
kena mṛgatṛṣṇāmbhasā ghaṭakāḥ paripūritāḥ

10. Indeed, what is perceived by false vision (mithyādṛṣṭi) never truly exists. By what water from a mirage have pitchers ever been completely filled?

Words meanings summery:

• मिथ्यादृष्टि (mithyādṛṣṭi) - false perception, erroneous view (mithyādṛṣṭi)

• प्रेक्षितम् (prekṣitam) - that which is perceived

• तु (tu) - indeed, but

• न (na) - not

• कदाचन (kadācana) - never

• विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found

• मृगतृष्णाम्भसा (mṛgatṛṣṇāmbhasā) - by the water of a mirage

• केन (kena) - by what (means)

• घटकाः (ghaṭakāḥ) - pitchers, pots

• परिपूरिताः (paripūritāḥ) - completely filled

Words meanings and morphology

मिथ्यादृष्टि (mithyādṛṣṭi) - false perception, erroneous view (mithyādṛṣṭi)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mithyādṛṣṭi

mithyādṛṣṭi - false vision, erroneous perception

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mithyā+dṛṣṭi)

• mithyā – falsely, wrongly, illusory
  indeclinable
• dṛṣṭi – vision, sight, view, perception
  noun (feminine)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Used as an adjective or part of a compound modifying 'prekṣitam'.

प्रेक्षितम् (prekṣitam) - that which is perceived

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prekṣita

prekṣita - seen, perceived, observed

Past Passive Participle

From root 'īkṣ' (to see) with prefix 'pra-'

Prefix: pra

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

तु (tu) - indeed, but

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

कदाचन (kadācana) - never

(indeclinable)

विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found

(verb)

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

From root 'vid' (class 4) in the sense of existence.

Root: vid (class 4)

मृगतृष्णाम्भसा (mṛgatṛṣṇāmbhasā) - by the water of a mirage

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of mṛgatṛṣṇāmbhas

mṛgatṛṣṇāmbhas - water of a mirage

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (mṛgatṛṣṇā+ambhas)

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

केन (kena) - by what (means)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine/neuter, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun)

घटकाः (ghaṭakāḥ) - pitchers, pots

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ghaṭaka

ghaṭaka - pitcher, pot, jar, component, creator

परिपूरिताः (paripūritāḥ) - completely filled

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of paripūrita

paripūrita - completely filled, entirely filled

Past Passive Participle

From root 'pṛ' (to fill) with prefix 'pari-'

Prefix: pari

Root: pṛ (class 9)

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