योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-107, verse-5

केशोण्ड्रकनदीवाहधूमालीमौक्तिकादिवत् ।
यत्नं कचति तत्रास्ति नानुभूतेऽपि वस्तुता ॥ ५ ॥

keśoṇḍrakanadīvāhadhūmālīmauktikādivat ,
yatnaṃ kacati tatrāsti nānubhūte'pi vastutā 5

5. keśoṇḍrakanadīvāhadhūmālīmauktikādivat yatnam
kacati tatra asti na anubhūte api vastutā

5. keśoṇḍrakanadīvāhadhūmālīmauktikādivat yatra
yatnam kacati tatra vastutā na asti api anubhūte

5. Just like hair-worms, the flow of a mirage-river, a line of smoke, or illusory pearls, wherever such an appearance arises, there is no reality (vastutā) even in what is experienced.

Words meanings summery:

• केशोण्ड्रकनदीवाहधूमालीमौक्तिकादिवत् (keśoṇḍrakanadīvāhadhūmālīmauktikādivat) - like hair-worms, the flow of mirage-rivers, smoke-mirages, pearls, and so on

• यत्नम् (yatnam) - appearance, manifestation (as if an object of perception) (effort, exertion, appearance, manifestation)

• कचति (kacati) - appears, shines, manifests

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• न (na) - not, no

• अनुभूते (anubhūte) - in what is experienced, in the experienced

• अपि (api) - even, also

• वस्तुता (vastutā) - reality, substantiality, true nature

Words meanings and morphology

केशोण्ड्रकनदीवाहधूमालीमौक्तिकादिवत् (keśoṇḍrakanadīvāhadhūmālīmauktikādivat) - like hair-worms, the flow of mirage-rivers, smoke-mirages, pearls, and so on

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (keśoṇḍraka+nadīvāha+dhūmālī+mauktika+ādi+vat)

• keśoṇḍraka – hair-worm, speck before the eyes (visual illusion)
  noun (masculine)
• nadīvāha – river-flow (referring to a mirage)
  noun (masculine)
• dhūmālī – line of smoke, smoke-mirage
  noun (feminine)
• mauktika – pearl (here, referring to illusory pearls)
  noun (neuter)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etcetera
  noun (masculine)
• vat – like, as, similar to
  indeclinable

यत्नम् (yatnam) - appearance, manifestation (as if an object of perception) (effort, exertion, appearance, manifestation)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yatna

yatna - effort, exertion, endeavor; appearance, manifestation

कचति (kacati) - appears, shines, manifests

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of kac

Root: kac (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अनुभूते (anubhūte) - in what is experienced, in the experienced

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of anubhūta

anubhūta - experienced, perceived

Past Passive Participle

Derived from anu-bhū (to experience)

Prefix: anu

Root: bhū (class 1)

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

वस्तुता (vastutā) - reality, substantiality, true nature

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vastutā

vastutā - reality, substantiality, true nature, existence

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