योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-137, verse-33

अनिद्र एव किं स्वप्नं पश्यामीति मया ततः ।
परिचिन्तयता ज्ञातमिदं व्याध विबोधिना ॥ ३३ ॥

anidra eva kiṃ svapnaṃ paśyāmīti mayā tataḥ ,
paricintayatā jñātamidaṃ vyādha vibodhinā 33

33. anidraḥ eva kim svapnam paśyāmi iti mayā tataḥ
paricintayatā jñātam idam vyādha vibodhinā

33. vyādha,
mayā tataḥ paricintayatā,
'anidraḥ eva kim svapnam paśyāmi' iti,
idam vibodhinā jñātam.

33. Then, pondering to myself, 'Am I seeing a dream (svapna) even though I am not truly asleep (anidra)?' – this truth was realized by me, O Vyādha (hunter), upon becoming fully aware.

Words meanings summery:

• अनिद्रः (anidraḥ) - the state of not being in actual sleep (sleepless, not asleep)

• एव (eva) - emphasizes the condition of being sleepless (indeed, only, just)

• किम् (kim) - introduces a rhetorical question (what? whether? (interrogative particle))

• स्वप्नम् (svapnam) - a dream (svapna) or dream-like state (dream, sleep)

• पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I am experiencing (the dream) (I see, I behold)

• इति (iti) - marks the end of the direct speech/thought (thus, so saying)

• मया (mayā) - the speaker is the agent of the action of thinking/knowing (by me)

• ततः (tataḥ) - subsequently, after the previous realization (then, from that, therefore)

• परिचिन्तयता (paricintayatā) - by me, while deeply pondering the situation (by one thinking thoroughly, by one contemplating)

• ज्ञातम् (jñātam) - this truth was understood (known, understood, realized)

• इदम् (idam) - this particular truth or realization (this, this one)

• व्याध (vyādha) - direct address to an interlocutor named Vyādha (O hunter, O fowler)

• विबोधिना (vibodhinā) - by me, having achieved full awareness of the situation (by an awakened one, by one who has become fully aware)

Words meanings and morphology

अनिद्रः (anidraḥ) - the state of not being in actual sleep (sleepless, not asleep)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anidra

anidra - sleepless, awake, not sleeping

Compound type : nah-tatpuruṣa (a+nidrā)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• nidrā – sleep, slumber
  noun (feminine)
  Root: √drā (class 1)

Note: Qualifies an implied 'I'.

एव (eva) - emphasizes the condition of being sleepless (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

किम् (kim) - introduces a rhetorical question (what? whether? (interrogative particle))

(indeclinable)

स्वप्नम् (svapnam) - a dream (svapna) or dream-like state (dream, sleep)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - dream, sleep

Root: √svap (class 2)

पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I am experiencing (the dream) (I see, I behold)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of paś

Present Active

Root √dṛś (irregular replacement paśya-), 1st conjugation, Parasmaipada, 1st person singular.

Root: √dṛś (class 1)

इति (iti) - marks the end of the direct speech/thought (thus, so saying)

(indeclinable)

मया (mayā) - the speaker is the agent of the action of thinking/knowing (by me)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of mad

mad - I, me

Note: Agent in passive construction 'jñātam'.

ततः (tataḥ) - subsequently, after the previous realization (then, from that, therefore)

(indeclinable)

परिचिन्तयता (paricintayatā) - by me, while deeply pondering the situation (by one thinking thoroughly, by one contemplating)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of paricintayat

paricintayat - thinking carefully, contemplating

Present Active Participle

Derived from root √cint (to think) with prefix 'pari'.

Prefix: pari

Root: √cint (class 10)

Note: Agrees with 'mayā' (by me).

ज्ञातम् (jñātam) - this truth was understood (known, understood, realized)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jñāta

jñāta - known, understood, perceived

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √jñā (to know).

Root: √jñā (class 9)

Note: Agrees with 'idam' (this).

इदम् (idam) - this particular truth or realization (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here

Note: Refers to the realization that the dream was seen while sleepless.

व्याध (vyādha) - direct address to an interlocutor named Vyādha (O hunter, O fowler)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vyādha

vyādha - hunter, fowler, killer

विबोधिना (vibodhinā) - by me, having achieved full awareness of the situation (by an awakened one, by one who has become fully aware)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vibodhin

vibodhin - awakening, making aware, an awakened one

Agent Noun

Derived from root √budh (to awaken, to know) with prefix 'vi' and suffix '-in'.

Prefix: vi

Root: √budh (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'mayā' as the agent of knowing, indicating a state of heightened awareness.