योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-95, verse-8

अयं भूतोपलम्भो हि मृगतृष्णाम्ब्विवोदितः ।
विचाराद्विलयं याति शुक्तौ रजतधीरिव ॥ ८ ॥

ayaṃ bhūtopalambho hi mṛgatṛṣṇāmbvivoditaḥ ,
vicārādvilayaṃ yāti śuktau rajatadhīriva 8

8. ayam bhūtopalambhaḥ hi mṛgatṛṣṇāmbu iva uditaḥ
| vicārāt vilayam yāti śuktau rajatadhīḥ iva

8. Ayam bhūtopalambhaḥ hi mṛgatṛṣṇāmbu iva uditaḥ.
Vicārāt (saḥ) śuktau rajatadhīḥ iva vilayam yāti.

8. This perception of reality (bhūtopalambhaḥ), indeed, arises like water in a mirage (mṛgatṛṣṇāmbu iva uditaḥ). Through proper inquiry (vicāra), it dissolves, just like the illusion of silver in a conch shell (śuktau rajatadhīḥ iva).

Words meanings summery:

• अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

• भूतोपलम्भः (bhūtopalambhaḥ) - perception of elements/beings/reality, apprehension of existent things

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• मृगतृष्णाम्बु (mṛgatṛṣṇāmbu) - mirage water

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• उदितः (uditaḥ) - arisen, appeared, manifested

• विचारात् (vicārāt) - from inquiry, through discrimination, by examination

• विलयम् (vilayam) - dissolution, absorption, disappearance

• याति (yāti) - goes, proceeds, comes, attains

• शुक्तौ (śuktau) - in a conch shell, in mother-of-pearl

• रजतधीः (rajatadhīḥ) - the perception/idea of silver, silver-perception

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, that

Demonstrative pronoun, nominative singular masculine.

भूतोपलम्भः (bhūtopalambhaḥ) - perception of elements/beings/reality, apprehension of existent things

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhūtopalambha

bhūtopalambha - perception of elements/beings/reality, apprehension of existent things

Tatpuruṣa compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūta+upalambha)

• bhūta – being, existent, element, reality
  noun (neuter)
  past passive participle
  Past passive participle of root bhū (to be).
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• upalambha – perception, apprehension, attainment, finding
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root labh (to obtain) with prefix upa.
  Prefix: upa
  Root: labh (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

Emphatic or causal particle.

मृगतृष्णाम्बु (mṛgatṛṣṇāmbu) - mirage water

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mṛgatṛṣṇāmbu

mṛgatṛṣṇāmbu - mirage water, water of a desert illusion

Tatpuruṣa compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛgatṛṣṇā+ambu)

• mṛgatṛṣṇā – mirage, deer's thirst, optical illusion
  noun (feminine)
  Tatpuruṣa compound "mṛga-tṛṣṇā" (deer's thirst).
• ambu – water
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison.

उदितः (uditaḥ) - arisen, appeared, manifested

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of udita

udita - arisen, appeared, manifested, said

past passive participle

Past passive participle of root vad (to speak) with prefix ud, or root i (to go) with prefix ud (ud-i-ta). Here, ud-i-ta (risen, appeared) is more fitting.

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

विचारात् (vicārāt) - from inquiry, through discrimination, by examination

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of vicāra

vicāra - inquiry, investigation, discrimination, reflection, deliberation

Derived from root car (to move, go) with prefix vi.

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)

विलयम् (vilayam) - dissolution, absorption, disappearance

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vilaya

vilaya - dissolution, absorption, disappearance, merging

Derived from root lī (to cling, dissolve) with prefix vi.

Prefix: vi

Root: lī (class 4)

याति (yāti) - goes, proceeds, comes, attains

(verb)

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

present active

Present active third person singular form of root yā (class 2).

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: The subject is implied 'bhūtopalambhaḥ'.

शुक्तौ (śuktau) - in a conch shell, in mother-of-pearl

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of śukti

śukti - conch shell, oyster shell, mother-of-pearl (often confused with silver)

Root: śuc (class 1)

रजतधीः (rajatadhīḥ) - the perception/idea of silver, silver-perception

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of rajatadhī

rajatadhī - the perception/idea of silver, silver-perception, illusion of silver

Tatpuruṣa compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rajata+dhī)

• rajata – silver, white
  noun (neuter)
  Root: raj (class 1)
• dhī – thought, intellect, understanding, perception, idea
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root dhyai (to meditate) or dhā (to place).
  Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Acts as the subject of the implied verb 'dissolves' in the simile.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison.