योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-143, verse-13

सर्गादावथ देहान्ते भान्ति स्वप्नार्थवन्मिथः ।
यथासंवेदनं जीवाः सन्तोऽसन्तश्च तेन ते ॥ १३ ॥

sargādāvatha dehānte bhānti svapnārthavanmithaḥ ,
yathāsaṃvedanaṃ jīvāḥ santo'santaśca tena te 13

13. sargādau atha dehānte bhānti svapnārthavat mithaḥ
| yathāsaṃvedanam jīvāḥ santaḥ asantaḥ ca tena te

13. sargādau atha dehānte,
jīvāḥ svapnārthavat mithaḥ bhānti tena te yathāsaṃvedanam santaḥ ca asantaḥ (bhavanti)

13. At the beginning of creation (sarga) and at the end of the body (death), individual souls (jīva) appear illusorily, like dream-objects. Therefore, according to their perception (saṃvedanam), they are both existent and non-existent.

Words meanings summery:

• सर्गादौ (sargādau) - at the beginning of creation

• अथ (atha) - then, and, now

• देहान्ते (dehānte) - at the end of the body, at death

• भान्ति (bhānti) - they appear, they shine, they exist

• स्वप्नार्थवत् (svapnārthavat) - like dream-objects, like the objects of a dream

• मिथः (mithaḥ) - falsely, illusorily

• यथासंवेदनम् (yathāsaṁvedanam) - according to perception, according to consciousness

• जीवाः (jīvāḥ) - individual souls, living beings

• सन्तः (santaḥ) - existing, real, true

• असन्तः (asantaḥ) - non-existent, unreal, false

• च (ca) - and, also

• तेन (tena) - by that, therefore, by him/it

• ते (te) - they, those

Words meanings and morphology

सर्गादौ (sargādau) - at the beginning of creation

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of sargādi

sargādi - beginning of creation, beginning of an emanation

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarga+ādi)

• sarga – creation, emanation
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sṛj (class 6)
• ādi – beginning, commencement
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: ā-dā (class 3)

अथ (atha) - then, and, now

(indeclinable)

देहान्ते (dehānte) - at the end of the body, at death

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of dehānta

dehānta - end of the body, death

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deha+anta)

• deha – body
  noun (masculine)
• anta – end, limit, termination
  noun (masculine)
  Root: am (class 1)

भान्ति (bhānti) - they appear, they shine, they exist

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of bhā

Root: bhā (class 2)

स्वप्नार्थवत् (svapnārthavat) - like dream-objects, like the objects of a dream

(indeclinable)

Derived from svapnārtha with suffix -vat (possessive/similitude)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svapnārtha)

• svapnārtha – object of a dream, dream-object
  noun (masculine)

मिथः (mithaḥ) - falsely, illusorily

(indeclinable)

यथासंवेदनम् (yathāsaṁvedanam) - according to perception, according to consciousness

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+saṃvedana)

• yathā – as, according to
  indeclinable
• saṃvedana – perception, knowledge, consciousness
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: vid (class 2)

जीवाः (jīvāḥ) - individual souls, living beings

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jīva

jīva - individual soul, living being, life

सन्तः (santaḥ) - existing, real, true

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sat

sat - existing, being, good, real, true

Present Active Participle

Derived from root as

Root: as (class 2)

असन्तः (asantaḥ) - non-existent, unreal, false

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, bad, false

Present Active Participle (negative)

Negation of present active participle of root as

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (na+sat)

• na – not, no
  indeclinable
• sat – existing, real
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  Derived from root as
  Root: as (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तेन (tena) - by that, therefore, by him/it

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine/neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

ते (te) - they, those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, it