योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-106, verse-25

इदं न संभवत्येव दृश्यं पश्यसि यत्पुरः ।
मृगतृष्णाजलमिव द्वैतमिन्दाविवोदितम् ॥ २५ ॥

idaṃ na saṃbhavatyeva dṛśyaṃ paśyasi yatpuraḥ ,
mṛgatṛṣṇājalamiva dvaitamindāvivoditam 25

25. idam na saṃbhavati eva dṛśyam paśyasi yat puraḥ
mṛgatṛṣṇājalam iva dvaitam indau iva uditam

25. yat puraḥ dṛśyam paśyasi idam na saṃbhavati
eva dvaitam mṛgatṛṣṇājalam iva indau iva uditam

25. This visible world that you perceive before you does not exist at all. It is like the water of a mirage, and this duality has arisen like an illusory second moon appearing in the moon.

Words meanings summery:

• इदम् (idam) - this visible world/duality (this, here)

• न (na) - not, no

• संभवति (saṁbhavati) - exists, is possible, originates

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

• दृश्यम् (dṛśyam) - the visible world (the visible, that which is seen, appearance)

• पश्यसि (paśyasi) - you see, you behold, you perceive

• यत् (yat) - which, what, that

• पुरः (puraḥ) - in front, before, eastward

• मृगतृष्णाजलम् (mṛgatṛṣṇājalam) - water of a mirage, mirage water

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• द्वैतम् (dvaitam) - duality, dualism, state of being two

• इन्दौ (indau) - in the moon

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• उदितम् (uditam) - arisen like a second moon (arisen, appeared, manifested)

Words meanings and morphology

इदम् (idam) - this visible world/duality (this, here)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here

Nominative singular neuter of 'idam'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Particle of negation.

संभवति (saṁbhavati) - exists, is possible, originates

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of saṃ-bhū

present indicative

3rd person singular present indicative active with prefix 'sam'.

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

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

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

दृश्यम् (dṛśyam) - the visible world (the visible, that which is seen, appearance)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dṛśya

dṛśya - visible, to be seen, an object of sight, appearance

Gerundive (Potential Passive Participle)

From root √dṛś (to see) + yat suffix. Used substantively here as a neuter noun.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Functions as a noun here, referring to 'the visible world'.

पश्यसि (paśyasi) - you see, you behold, you perceive

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of dṛś

present indicative

2nd person singular present indicative active (root dṛś becomes paśya in present stem).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

यत् (yat) - which, what, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that, who

Nominative singular neuter of 'yad'.

पुरः (puraḥ) - in front, before, eastward

(indeclinable)

Adverb derived from 'pur'.

मृगतृष्णाजलम् (mṛgatṛṣṇājalam) - water of a mirage, mirage water

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mṛgatṛṣṇājala

mṛgatṛṣṇājala - water of a mirage, mirage water

Tatpurusha compound: mṛgatṛṣṇā (mirage) + jala (water).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛgatṛṣṇā+jala)

• mṛgatṛṣṇā – mirage (literally 'deer's thirst')
  noun (feminine)
  Compound of mṛga (deer) and tṛṣṇā (thirst).
• jala – water
  noun (neuter)

Note: Predicate nominative.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

द्वैतम् (dvaitam) - duality, dualism, state of being two

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dvaita

dvaita - duality, dualism, the state of being two

From 'dvi' (two) + aṇ suffix.

Note: Subject of 'uditam' (implied verb 'is').

इन्दौ (indau) - in the moon

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of indu

indu - moon, drop, soma

Locative singular of 'indu'.

Note: Location where the illusion arises.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

उदितम् (uditam) - arisen like a second moon (arisen, appeared, manifested)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of udita

udita - arisen, appeared, manifested, said, spoken

Past Passive Participle

From root √i (to go/arise) with prefix 'ud'.

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'dvaitam'.