योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-145, verse-75

सुखातपमयेन्द्वर्कताराहोरात्रमण्डितम् ।
एवमेतदसद्भूतं सद्भूतमिव भासते ॥ ७५ ॥

sukhātapamayendvarkatārāhorātramaṇḍitam ,
evametadasadbhūtaṃ sadbhūtamiva bhāsate 75

75. sukha ātapa maya indu arka tārā ahorātra maṇḍitam
evam etat asadbhūtam sadbhūtam iva bhāsate

75. sukha ātapa maya indu arka tārā ahorātra maṇḍitam
evam etat asadbhūtam sadbhūtam iva bhāsate

75. adorned with pleasant warmth, the sun, moon, stars, and the cycle of days and nights. In this manner, this unreal (asat) thing appears as if it were real.

Words meanings summery:

• सुखातपमयेन्द्वर्कताराहोरात्रमण्डितम् (sukhātapamayendvarkatārāhorātramaṇḍitam) - adorned with pleasant warmth, consisting of the sun, moon, stars, and the cycle of days and nights (adorned with pleasant warmth, consisting of sun, moon, stars, and day and night)

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner (thus, in this manner, so)

• एतत् (etat) - this (referring to the empirical reality just described) (this (neuter nominative singular))

• असद्भूतम् (asadbhūtam) - unreal, not truly existing (asat) (unreal, non-existent, not truly real)

• सद्भूतम् (sadbhūtam) - real, truly existing (real, existent, truly real)

• इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

• भासते (bhāsate) - appears, seems (shines, appears, seems)

Words meanings and morphology

सुखातपमयेन्द्वर्कताराहोरात्रमण्डितम् (sukhātapamayendvarkatārāhorātramaṇḍitam) - adorned with pleasant warmth, consisting of the sun, moon, stars, and the cycle of days and nights (adorned with pleasant warmth, consisting of sun, moon, stars, and day and night)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sukhātapamayendvarkatārāhorātramaṇḍita

sukhātapamayendvarkatārāhorātramaṇḍita - adorned by pleasant warmth, sun, moon, stars, and day-night

Past Passive Participle (maṇḍita) in a compound

A large compound describing the empirical reality.

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sukha+ātapa+maya+indu+arka+tārā+ahorātra+maṇḍita)

• sukha – happiness, pleasure, ease
  noun (neuter)
• ātapa – sunshine, warmth, heat
  noun (masculine)
• maya – consisting of, full of
  suffix (adjectival) (masculine/neuter)
  Suffix indicating 'made of' or 'consisting of'.
• indu – moon
  noun (masculine)
• arka – sun, ray
  noun (masculine)
• tārā – star
  noun (feminine)
• ahorātra – day and night, a period of 24 hours
  noun (neuter)
  Compound of `ahan` (day) and `rātri` (night).
• maṇḍita – adorned, embellished, decorated
  adjective (masculine/neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √maṇḍ (to adorn, decorate) with kta suffix.
  Root: maṇḍ (class 10)

Note: This is an adjective for the `vyavahārasthitim` of the previous verses.

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner (thus, in this manner, so)

(indeclinable)

Adverb.

एतत् (etat) - this (referring to the empirical reality just described) (this (neuter nominative singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Subject of the second clause.

असद्भूतम् (asadbhūtam) - unreal, not truly existing (asat) (unreal, non-existent, not truly real)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asadbhūta

asadbhūta - unreal, non-existent, not truly existing

Past Passive Participle (bhūta) with negative prefix `a`.

From `a` (not) + `sat` (existent) + `bhūta` (become, existed).

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+sat+bhūta)

• a – not, non-
  prefix/indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• sat – existent, real, good, being
  adjective/noun (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  From root √as (to be) with śatṛ suffix.
  Root: as (class 2)
• bhūta – become, existed, past, being, creature
  adjective/noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √bhū (to be, to become) with kta suffix.
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Predicate adjective for `etat`.

सद्भूतम् (sadbhūtam) - real, truly existing (real, existent, truly real)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sadbhūta

sadbhūta - real, existent, truly existing

Past Passive Participle (bhūta)

From `sat` (existent) + `bhūta` (become, existed).

Compound type : tatpurusha (sat+bhūta)

• sat – existent, real, good, being
  adjective/noun (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  From root √as (to be) with śatṛ suffix.
  Root: as (class 2)
• bhūta – become, existed, past, being, creature
  adjective/noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √bhū (to be, to become) with kta suffix.
  Root: bhū (class 1)

इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison.

भासते (bhāsate) - appears, seems (shines, appears, seems)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of bhās

Present middle indicative, 3rd person singular.

From root √bhās (to shine).

Root: bhās (class 1)

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