योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-143, verse-40

स्वयं स्वप्न इवाभाति मृतस्य परलोकधीः ।
तमेव पश्यति चिरं न तत्राप्यस्ति सत्यता ॥ ४० ॥

svayaṃ svapna ivābhāti mṛtasya paralokadhīḥ ,
tameva paśyati ciraṃ na tatrāpyasti satyatā 40

40. svayam svapnaḥ iva ābhāti mṛtasya paralokadhīḥ
tam eva paśyati ciram na tatra api asti satyatā

40. mṛtasya paralokadhīḥ svayam svapnaḥ iva ābhāti
tam eva ciram paśyati tatra api satyatā na asti

40. For the deceased, the perception of the other world (paraloka) itself appears like a dream. They perceive that very (imagined) world for a long time, yet even there, no reality (satyatā) truly exists.

Words meanings summery:

• स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by oneself, of one's own accord

• स्वप्नः (svapnaḥ) - dream, sleep

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• आभाति (ābhāti) - appears, shines, seems

• मृतस्य (mṛtasya) - of the dead person, deceased

• परलोकधीः (paralokadhīḥ) - the perception of the other world, idea of the other world

• तम् (tam) - that (accusative)

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

• पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, perceives

• चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time, long

• न (na) - not, no

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• अस्ति (asti) - exists, is

• सत्यता (satyatā) - reality, truth, truthfulness

Words meanings and morphology

स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by oneself, of one's own accord

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of a reflexive pronoun

स्वप्नः (svapnaḥ) - dream, sleep

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - dream, sleep

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

आभाति (ābhāti) - appears, shines, seems

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of ā-bhā

Prefix: ā

Root: bhā (class 2)

मृतस्य (mṛtasya) - of the dead person, deceased

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root mṛ (to die)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

परलोकधीः (paralokadhīḥ) - the perception of the other world, idea of the other world

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of paralokadhī

paralokadhī - perception/understanding of the other world

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (paraloka+dhī)

• paraloka – other world, next world
  noun (masculine)
• dhī – thought, understanding, perception, intellect
  noun (feminine)

तम् (tam) - that (accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

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

(indeclinable)

पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, perceives

(verb)

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

Present stem 'paśya' from root dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time, long

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - exists, is

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

सत्यता (satyatā) - reality, truth, truthfulness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of satyatā

satyatā - reality, truth, truthfulness

Derived from 'satya' (true) with suffix '-tā'