योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-15, verse-2

भ्रमस्य जागतस्यास्य जातस्याकाशवर्णवत् ।
अहंभावोऽभिमन्तात्मा मूलमाद्यमुदाहृतम् ॥ २ ॥

bhramasya jāgatasyāsya jātasyākāśavarṇavat ,
ahaṃbhāvo'bhimantātmā mūlamādyamudāhṛtam 2

2. bhramasya jāgatasya asya jātasya ākāśavarṇavat
ahaṁbhāvaḥ abhimantā ātmā mūlam ādyam udāhṛtam

2. asya jāgatasya bhramasya ākāśavarṇavat jātasya
ahaṁbhāvaḥ abhimantā ātmā ādyam mūlam udāhṛtam

2. Of this worldly delusion (bhrama), which has arisen like the color of space (vyoma), the 'I'-sense (ahaṅkāra) – the conceiving self (ātman) – is declared to be the primary root.

Words meanings summery:

• भ्रमस्य (bhramasya) - of delusion, of error, of wandering

• जागतस्य (jāgatasya) - of the worldly, relating to the waking state

• अस्य (asya) - of this

• जातस्य (jātasya) - of that which has arisen/born

• आकाशवर्णवत् (ākāśavarṇavat) - appears real but is not (like the color of space/sky, having the nature of sky-color)

• अहंभावः (ahaṁbhāvaḥ) - the 'I'-sense, ego (ahaṅkāra)

• अभिमन्ता (abhimantā) - the conceiving one, the egoistic one, the one who superimposes

• आत्मा (ātmā) - self, soul, spirit (ātman)

• मूलम् (mūlam) - root, origin, cause

• आद्यम् (ādyam) - primary, first, original

• उदाहृतम् (udāhṛtam) - declared, stated, exemplified

Words meanings and morphology

भ्रमस्य (bhramasya) - of delusion, of error, of wandering

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhrama

bhrama - delusion, error, wandering, illusion (bhrama)

जागतस्य (jāgatasya) - of the worldly, relating to the waking state

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jāgata

jāgata - worldly, relating to the waking state, mundane

अस्य (asya) - of this

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

जातस्य (jātasya) - of that which has arisen/born

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jāta

jāta - born, arisen, produced

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'jan'.

Root: jan

आकाशवर्णवत् (ākāśavarṇavat) - appears real but is not (like the color of space/sky, having the nature of sky-color)

(adjective)

of ākāśavarṇavat

ākāśavarṇavat - like the color of space/sky

Suffix 'vat' meaning 'like' or 'having'.

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (ākāśa+varṇa)

• ākāśa – space, ether, sky (vyoma)
  noun (masculine)
• varṇa – color, hue, form
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used adverbially to describe the manner of arising.

अहंभावः (ahaṁbhāvaḥ) - the 'I'-sense, ego (ahaṅkāra)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ahaṁbhāva

ahaṁbhāva - the 'I'-sense, egoism, self-conceit (ahaṅkāra)

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (aham+bhāva)

• aham – I
  pronoun
• bhāva – state, condition, existence, feeling, sense
  noun (masculine)

अभिमन्ता (abhimantā) - the conceiving one, the egoistic one, the one who superimposes

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhimantṛ

abhimantṛ - one who conceives, thinks, considers oneself as

Agent noun

Derived from root 'man' with prefix 'abhi'.

Prefix: abhi

Root: man

आत्मा (ātmā) - self, soul, spirit (ātman)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit (ātman)

मूलम् (mūlam) - root, origin, cause

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mūla

mūla - root, origin, foundation, cause

आद्यम् (ādyam) - primary, first, original

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ādya

ādya - first, initial, primary, original

उदाहृतम् (udāhṛtam) - declared, stated, exemplified

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of udāhṛta

udāhṛta - declared, stated, taught, exemplified

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'hṛ' with prefixes 'ud' and 'ā'.

Prefixes: ud+ā

Root: hṛ