योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-153, verse-18

भ्रान्तिमात्रमिदं चेत्स्याद्भ्रान्तेः किं नाम कारणम् ।
द्रष्टा मन्ता च को भ्रान्तेः कारणं वा क्व कीदृशम् ॥ १८ ॥

bhrāntimātramidaṃ cetsyādbhrānteḥ kiṃ nāma kāraṇam ,
draṣṭā mantā ca ko bhrānteḥ kāraṇaṃ vā kva kīdṛśam 18

18. bhrāntimātram idam cet syāt bhrānteḥ kim nāma kāraṇam
draṣṭā mantā ca kaḥ bhrānteḥ kāraṇam vā kva kīdṛśam

18. cet idam bhrāntimātram syāt bhrānteḥ nāma kāraṇam kim ca
bhrānteḥ draṣṭā mantā kaḥ vā bhrānteḥ kāraṇam kva kīdṛśam

18. If this is merely an illusion (bhrānti), then what exactly is its cause? Who is the seer and the thinker of this illusion? Or, where is the cause of this illusion located, and of what nature is it?

Words meanings summery:

• भ्रान्तिमात्रम् (bhrāntimātram) - mere illusion, only delusion

• इदम् (idam) - this

• चेत् (cet) - if

• स्यात् (syāt) - should be, may be, would be

• भ्रान्तेः (bhrānteḥ) - of the illusion, from the illusion

• किम् (kim) - what, why

• नाम (nāma) - indeed, specifically, by name, forsooth

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason, instrument

• द्रष्टा (draṣṭā) - seer, observer

• मन्ता (mantā) - thinker, one who thinks or considers

• च (ca) - and

• कः (kaḥ) - who

• भ्रान्तेः (bhrānteḥ) - of the illusion, from the illusion

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason, instrument

• वा (vā) - or, either

• क्व (kva) - where, in what place

• कीदृशम् (kīdṛśam) - of what kind, of what sort, what like

Words meanings and morphology

भ्रान्तिमात्रम् (bhrāntimātram) - mere illusion, only delusion

(noun)

neuter, singular of bhrāntimātra

bhrāntimātra - mere illusion, only delusion

compound of bhrānti and mātra

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhrānti+mātra)

• bhrānti – error, delusion, illusion, confusion
  noun (feminine)
  from root BHRAM with suffix -ti
  Root: BHRAM (class 1)
• mātra – only, merely, no more than, measure
  adjective (neuter)
  suffix -tra

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

स्यात् (syāt) - should be, may be, would be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of as

optative mood, 3rd person singular

from root as (class 2)

Root: as (class 2)

भ्रान्तेः (bhrānteḥ) - of the illusion, from the illusion

(noun)

feminine, singular of bhrānti

bhrānti - error, delusion, illusion, confusion

from root BHRAM with suffix -ti

Root: BHRAM (class 1)

किम् (kim) - what, why

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which

नाम (nāma) - indeed, specifically, by name, forsooth

(indeclinable)

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason, instrument

(noun)

neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, motive, instrument

from root KṚ with suffix -ana

Root: KṚ (class 8)

द्रष्टा (draṣṭā) - seer, observer

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of draṣṭṛ

draṣṭṛ - seer, one who sees, observer

agent noun

from root DṚŚ with suffix -tṛ

Root: DṚŚ (class 1)

मन्ता (mantā) - thinker, one who thinks or considers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mantṛ

mantṛ - thinker, one who thinks, considers, advises

agent noun

from root MAN with suffix -tṛ

Root: MAN (class 4)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

कः (kaḥ) - who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

भ्रान्तेः (bhrānteḥ) - of the illusion, from the illusion

(noun)

feminine, singular of bhrānti

bhrānti - error, delusion, illusion, confusion

from root BHRAM with suffix -ti

Root: BHRAM (class 1)

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason, instrument

(noun)

neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, motive, instrument

from root KṚ with suffix -ana

Root: KṚ (class 8)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

क्व (kva) - where, in what place

(indeclinable)

कीदृशम् (kīdṛśam) - of what kind, of what sort, what like

(adjective)

neuter, singular of kīdṛśa

kīdṛśa - of what kind, of what sort, like what

from kim and dṛśa (from root DṚŚ)

Root: DṚŚ