योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-105, verse-18

यथा द्वौ सदृशौ सूर्यौ यथा द्वौ सदृशौ नरौ ।
जाग्रत्स्वप्नौ तथैवैतौ मनागप्यत्र नान्यता ॥ १८ ॥

yathā dvau sadṛśau sūryau yathā dvau sadṛśau narau ,
jāgratsvapnau tathaivaitau manāgapyatra nānyatā 18

18. yathā dvau sadṛśau sūryau yathā dvau sadṛśau narau
jāgratsvapnau tathaiva etau manāk api atra na anyatā

18. yathā dvau sūryau sadṛśau,
yathā dvau narau sadṛśau,
tathaiva etau jāgratsvapnau api.
atra manāk api anyatā na.

18. Just as two suns appear similar, and just as two men appear similar, similarly, these two, the waking and dream states, are identical; there is not the slightest difference between them here.

Words meanings summery:

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

• द्वौ (dvau) - two

• सदृशौ (sadṛśau) - similar, alike, resembling

• सूर्यौ (sūryau) - suns

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

• द्वौ (dvau) - two

• सदृशौ (sadṛśau) - similar, alike, resembling

• नरौ (narau) - men

• जाग्रत्स्वप्नौ (jāgratsvapnau) - waking and dream (states)

• तथैव (tathaiva) - similarly, just so, in the same way

• एतौ (etau) - these two

• मनाक् (manāk) - a little, slightly, the slightest

• अपि (api) - even, also, too, moreover

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this place, in this matter

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• अन्यता (anyatā) - difference, otherness

Words meanings and morphology

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

(indeclinable)

द्वौ (dvau) - two

(numeral)

सदृशौ (sadṛśau) - similar, alike, resembling

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of sadṛśa

sadṛśa - similar, like, resembling, uniform

Derived from 'sa' (with) and 'dṛś' (sight, appearance), meaning 'having similar appearance'.

सूर्यौ (sūryau) - suns

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of sūrya

sūrya - sun, the sun-god

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

(indeclinable)

द्वौ (dvau) - two

(numeral)

सदृशौ (sadṛśau) - similar, alike, resembling

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of sadṛśa

sadṛśa - similar, like, resembling, uniform

Derived from 'sa' (with) and 'dṛś' (sight, appearance), meaning 'having similar appearance'.

नरौ (narau) - men

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of nara

nara - man, human being, hero

जाग्रत्स्वप्नौ (jāgratsvapnau) - waking and dream (states)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of jāgratsvapna

jāgratsvapna - waking and dream

Compound type : dvandva (jāgrat+svapna)

• jāgrat – waking, awake, waking state
  adjective (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  Derived from root √jāgṛ (class 2) with the śatṛ suffix. Used as a stem in the compound.
  Root: √jāgṛ (class 2)
• svapna – dream, sleep, dream state
  noun (masculine)
  Root: √svap (class 2)

तथैव (tathaiva) - similarly, just so, in the same way

(indeclinable)

Combination of tathā (thus) and eva (indeed).

एतौ (etau) - these two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of etad

etad - this, these

Note: Refers to the pair 'waking and dream'.

मनाक् (manāk) - a little, slightly, the slightest

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also, too, moreover

(indeclinable)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this place, in this matter

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

अन्यता (anyatā) - difference, otherness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anyatā

anyatā - difference, distinctness, otherness

Derived from 'anya' (other) with the suffix '-tā' to form an abstract feminine noun.

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