योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-136, verse-10

असुरो नाम तत्रासीत्प्राणी मानी बभूव ह ।
असत्यप्रतिभासात्म पितृमातृपितामहः ॥ १० ॥

asuro nāma tatrāsītprāṇī mānī babhūva ha ,
asatyapratibhāsātma pitṛmātṛpitāmahaḥ 10

10. asuraḥ nāma tatra āsīt prāṇī mānī babhūva
ha asatyapratibhāsātma pitṛmātṛpitāmahaḥ

10. tatra asuraḥ nāma prāṇī āsīt saḥ mānī babhūva
ha asatyapratibhāsātma pitṛmātṛpitāmahaḥ

10. There, a living being (prāṇī) named Asura existed. He was indeed a proud (mānī) one, whose very nature (ātman) was the appearance of unreality. He became the progenitor of fathers, mothers, and grandfathers (pitṛmātṛpitāmaha).

Words meanings summery:

• असुरः (asuraḥ) - a powerful, non-divine being, often associated with ego or illusion in philosophical texts (demon, titan, a powerful being)

• नाम (nāma) - named, by the name of (name, by name, indeed)

• तत्र (tatra) - there (in that created world) (there, in that place)

• आसीत् (āsīt) - he existed, he came into being (he/she/it was)

• प्राणी (prāṇī) - an animate entity, a living creature (a living being, creature, animate)

• मानी (mānī) - proud, egoistic, possessing a mind (proud, arrogant, having self-esteem, having intellect)

• बभूव (babhūva) - he came to be, he manifested (he became, he was)

• ह (ha) - indeed, certainly (indeed, surely)

• असत्यप्रतिभासात्म (asatyapratibhāsātma) - whose essential being (ātman) is characterized by the manifestation of unreality (whose nature is unreal appearance, whose self is illusory manifestation)

• पितृमातृपितामहः (pitṛmātṛpitāmahaḥ) - the original progenitor, the ancestor of fathers, mothers, and grandfathers (father, mother, and grandfather (collectively), or progenitor of these)

Words meanings and morphology

असुरः (asuraḥ) - a powerful, non-divine being, often associated with ego or illusion in philosophical texts (demon, titan, a powerful being)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of asura

asura - demon, titan, powerful being, spiritual being (sometimes older meaning)

Possibly from a (not) + sura (god) or asu (breath, life) + ra (giving).

Note: Subject of āsīt

नाम (nāma) - named, by the name of (name, by name, indeed)

(indeclinable)

Can also be a noun (name). Here used adverbially.

तत्र (tatra) - there (in that created world) (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

Derived from tad (that) + trā suffix (place)

आसीत् (āsīt) - he existed, he came into being (he/she/it was)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of as

Imperfect active, 3rd person singular

Root as (class 2)

Root: as (class 2)

प्राणी (prāṇī) - an animate entity, a living creature (a living being, creature, animate)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prāṇin

prāṇin - living being, animate creature, having breath (prāṇa)

From prāṇa (life breath) + in (possessing)

Note: Qualifies asuraḥ

मानी (mānī) - proud, egoistic, possessing a mind (proud, arrogant, having self-esteem, having intellect)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mānin

mānin - proud, conceited, having a mind, self-esteeming

From root man (to think, to pride oneself) + in suffix.

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Qualifies asuraḥ

बभूव (babhūva) - he came to be, he manifested (he became, he was)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of bhū

Perfect active, 3rd person singular

Root bhū (class 1)

Root: bhū (class 1)

ह (ha) - indeed, certainly (indeed, surely)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

असत्यप्रतिभासात्म (asatyapratibhāsātma) - whose essential being (ātman) is characterized by the manifestation of unreality (whose nature is unreal appearance, whose self is illusory manifestation)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of asatyapratibhāsātman

asatyapratibhāsātman - whose self is unreal appearance, whose nature is illusory manifestation

Bahuvrīhi compound: asatya (unreal) + pratibhāsa (appearance) + ātman (self/nature).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (asatya+pratibhāsa+ātman)

• asatya – untrue, unreal, false
  adjective
  From a (not) + satya (true, real)
• pratibhāsa – appearance, manifestation, splendor
  noun (masculine)
  From prati + bhā (to shine, appear)
  Prefix: prati
  Root: bhā (class 2)
• ātman – self, soul, essence, the ultimate reality (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

Note: Qualifies asuraḥ

पितृमातृपितामहः (pitṛmātṛpitāmahaḥ) - the original progenitor, the ancestor of fathers, mothers, and grandfathers (father, mother, and grandfather (collectively), or progenitor of these)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛmātṛpitāmaha

pitṛmātṛpitāmaha - the ancestor of fathers, mothers, and grandfathers; primordial ancestor

Dvandva compound listing pitṛ (father), mātṛ (mother), pitāmaha (grandfather).

Compound type : dvandva (pitṛ+mātṛ+pitāmaha)

• pitṛ – father, ancestor
  noun (masculine)
• mātṛ – mother
  noun (feminine)
• pitāmaha – grandfather (father's father), ancestor
  noun (masculine)
  pitā (father) + maha (great/chief) or derivative.

Note: Qualifies asuraḥ