योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-144, verse-49

भात्यकारणकं ब्रह्म सर्गात्माप्यबुधं प्रति ।
तं प्रत्येव च भात्येष कार्येकारणदृग्भ्रमः ॥ ४९ ॥

bhātyakāraṇakaṃ brahma sargātmāpyabudhaṃ prati ,
taṃ pratyeva ca bhātyeṣa kāryekāraṇadṛgbhramaḥ 49

49. bhāti akāraṇakam brahma sargātmā api abudham prati
tam prati eva ca bhāti eṣaḥ kārya-kāraṇa-dṛk-bhramaḥ

49. akāraṇakam brahma sargātmā api abudham prati bhāti
ca tam prati eva eṣaḥ kārya-kāraṇa-dṛk-bhramaḥ bhāti

49. The uncaused Absolute (brahman) appears as the very essence of creation to an ignorant person. And to that very person, this delusion of perceiving cause and effect also appears as real.

Words meanings summery:

• भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears, manifests

• अकारणकम् (akāraṇakam) - causeless, without cause

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - the Absolute (brahman), the ultimate reality

• सर्गात्मा (sargātmā) - the self of creation, the essence of creation

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• अबुधम् (abudham) - ignorant, foolish, unwise (person)

• प्रति (prati) - towards, to, in relation to, concerning

• तम् (tam) - him, that (person)

• प्रति (prati) - towards, to, in relation to, concerning

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, very, certainly

• च (ca) - and, also

• भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears, manifests

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (one)

• कार्य-कारण-दृक्-भ्रमः (kārya-kāraṇa-dṛk-bhramaḥ) - the delusion of seeing cause and effect, the error of perceiving cause and effect

Words meanings and morphology

भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears, manifests

(verb)

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

Root: bhā (class 2)

अकारणकम् (akāraṇakam) - causeless, without cause

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of akāraṇaka

akāraṇaka - causeless, uncaused, without a cause

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+kāraṇa)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

ब्रह्म (brahma) - the Absolute (brahman), the ultimate reality

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - the Absolute, the ultimate reality, the universal spirit (brahman)

Root: bṛh (class 1)

सर्गात्मा (sargātmā) - the self of creation, the essence of creation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sargātman

sargātman - the self of creation, the soul of creation, the nature of creation

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarga+ātman)

• sarga – creation, emission, chapter
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sṛj (class 6)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, the individual soul (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

अबुधम् (abudham) - ignorant, foolish, unwise (person)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of abudha

abudha - ignorant, foolish, unwise, a fool

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+budha)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
• budha – wise, intelligent, a wise man
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: budh (class 1)

प्रति (prati) - towards, to, in relation to, concerning

(indeclinable)

तम् (tam) - him, that (person)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

प्रति (prati) - towards, to, in relation to, concerning

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, very, certainly

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears, manifests

(verb)

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

Root: bhā (class 2)

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one, he, she, it (proximate demonstrative)

कार्य-कारण-दृक्-भ्रमः (kārya-kāraṇa-dṛk-bhramaḥ) - the delusion of seeing cause and effect, the error of perceiving cause and effect

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kārya-kāraṇa-dṛk-bhrama

kārya-kāraṇa-dṛk-bhrama - the delusion of seeing cause and effect, the error of perceiving cause and effect

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kārya+kāraṇa+dṛś+bhrama)

• kārya – effect, result, to be done
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  root kṛ (to do) + ṇyat suffix
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• kāraṇa – cause, reason
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• dṛś – seeing, perception, eye
  noun (feminine)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• bhrama – delusion, error, confusion, wandering
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhram (class 1)