योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-150, verse-17

अथवा यः सोऽहमपि भ्रान्तिमात्रं न सन्मयः ।
तथापि चित्रशतता यन्नामासद्विडम्ब्यते ॥ १७ ॥

athavā yaḥ so'hamapi bhrāntimātraṃ na sanmayaḥ ,
tathāpi citraśatatā yannāmāsadviḍambyate 17

17. athavā yaḥ saḥ aham api bhrāntimātram na sanmayaḥ
tathāpi citraśatatā yat nāma asat viḍambyate

17. athavā yaḥ saḥ aham api bhrāntimātram na sanmayaḥ
tathāpi yat asat nāma viḍambyate citraśatatā

17. Or, even this 'I' (aham), which is identified as such, is merely an illusion, not truly existent. Nevertheless, it is a great wonder how what is unreal (asat) is indeed manifested by name.

Words meanings summery:

• अथवा (athavā) - or, alternatively

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• अहम् (aham) - I

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

• भ्रान्तिमात्रम् (bhrāntimātram) - mere illusion, only an error

• न (na) - not, no

• सन्मयः (sanmayaḥ) - truly existent (consisting of reality, real, true)

• तथापि (tathāpi) - Nevertheless (nevertheless, even so, still)

• चित्रशतता (citraśatatā) - a great wonder (a hundred varieties of wonder, manifold strangeness)

• यत् (yat) - that (conjunction introducing a clause) (which, that (conjunction))

• नाम (nāma) - indeed, by name (indicating appearance or assertion) (by name, indeed, actually)

• असत् (asat) - unreal (asat) (unreal, non-existent, false)

• विडम्ब्यते (viḍambyate) - is manifested by name (as if real) (is imitated, is ridiculed, is manifested as if real)

Words meanings and morphology

अथवा (athavā) - or, alternatively

(indeclinable)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'I' (aham)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

भ्रान्तिमात्रम् (bhrāntimātram) - mere illusion, only an error

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhrāntimātra

bhrāntimātra - mere illusion, only an error

Compound type : karmadhāraya (bhrānti+mātra)

• bhrānti – error, illusion, confusion
  noun (feminine)
  Root: bhram (class 1)
• mātra – mere, only, measure
  adjective (neuter)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

सन्मयः (sanmayaḥ) - truly existent (consisting of reality, real, true)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sanmaya

sanmaya - consisting of reality/truth, real, true

Compound type : tatpurusha (sat+maya)

• sat – existent, real, good
  adjective (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  From verb root `as` (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)
• maya – consisting of, made of
  suffix/adjective (masculine)
  kṛt suffix

Note: Qualifies 'aham' (implied 'saḥ aham')

तथापि (tathāpi) - Nevertheless (nevertheless, even so, still)

(indeclinable)

चित्रशतता (citraśatatā) - a great wonder (a hundred varieties of wonder, manifold strangeness)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of citraśatatā

citraśatatā - a hundred varieties of wonder/strangeness, manifoldness

Compound type : karmadhāraya (citra+śatatā)

• citra – wonderful, variegated, strange
  adjective (neuter)
• śatatā – a hundredfold, a multitude
  noun (feminine)
  Formed from `śata` (hundred) + `tā` (suffix for state of being)

यत् (yat) - that (conjunction introducing a clause) (which, that (conjunction))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, that, what

Note: Functions as a relative pronoun or conjunction.

नाम (nāma) - indeed, by name (indicating appearance or assertion) (by name, indeed, actually)

(indeclinable)

असत् (asat) - unreal (asat) (unreal, non-existent, false)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - unreal, non-existent, false, bad

Present Active Participle

Negative prefix `a-` + root `as` (to be)

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+sat)

• a – not, non-
  prefix
  Negative prefix
• sat – existent, real
  adjective (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  From verb root `as` (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)

Note: Qualifies the implied subject of `viḍambyate`.

विडम्ब्यते (viḍambyate) - is manifested by name (as if real) (is imitated, is ridiculed, is manifested as if real)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of viḍamb

Present

Denominative verb from `viḍamba`, or root

Root: viḍamb (class 10)