योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-155, verse-5

अविद्याकृतमेवेदं दृश्यमित्येव चिन्तयन् ।
अविद्या जगदित्येषा नायाति निपुणं हृदि ॥ ५ ॥

avidyākṛtamevedaṃ dṛśyamityeva cintayan ,
avidyā jagadityeṣā nāyāti nipuṇaṃ hṛdi 5

5. avidyākṛtam eva idam dṛśyam iti eva cintayan
avidyā jagat iti eṣā na āyāti nipuṇam hṛdi

5. saḥ (implied) idam dṛśyam avidyākṛtam eva iti eva
cintayan eṣā avidyā jagat iti nipuṇam hṛdi na āyāti

5. Even though he meditated with the thought, "This visible world is indeed created by ignorance (avidyā)", the understanding that "this very ignorance is the world" did not deeply enter his heart.

Words meanings summery:

• अविद्याकृतम् (avidyākṛtam) - created by ignorance, caused by ignorance

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• इदम् (idam) - this, this one

• दृश्यम् (dṛśyam) - the visible world (as an object of perception or illusion) (visible, to be seen, the visible world)

• इति (iti) - thus, so, marking direct speech or thought

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• चिन्तयन् (cintayan) - thinking, reflecting, meditating

• अविद्या (avidyā) - ignorance, spiritual ignorance

• जगत् (jagat) - the world, moving, universe

• इति (iti) - thus, so, marking direct speech or thought

• एषा (eṣā) - this, this one

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• आयाति (āyāti) - did not enter (his heart) (comes, approaches)

• निपुणम् (nipuṇam) - deeply, profoundly, properly (into his understanding) (skillfully, expertly, deeply)

• हृदि (hṛdi) - in the heart, in the mind

Words meanings and morphology

अविद्याकृतम् (avidyākṛtam) - created by ignorance, caused by ignorance

(adjective)

neuter, singular of avidyākṛta

avidyākṛta - created by ignorance, caused by spiritual ignorance

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (avidyā+kṛta)

• avidyā – ignorance, spiritual ignorance, nescience
  noun (feminine)
• kṛta – done, made, created
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root kṛ
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Refers to `avidyā`.

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the statement.

इदम् (idam) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, here

Note: Refers to the visible world ('dṛśyam').

दृश्यम् (dṛśyam) - the visible world (as an object of perception or illusion) (visible, to be seen, the visible world)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dṛśya

dṛśya - visible, to be seen, object of sight, phenomenon

Gerundive

Derived from root dṛś, used as a noun meaning 'the visible realm'

Root: dṛś (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus, so, marking direct speech or thought

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the preceding thought.

चिन्तयन् (cintayan) - thinking, reflecting, meditating

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cintayat

cintayat - thinking, reflecting, meditating

Present Active Participle

Derived from root cit (causative cint)

Root: cit (class 10)

Note: Qualifies the implied subject 'he'.

अविद्या (avidyā) - ignorance, spiritual ignorance

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of avidyā

avidyā - ignorance, spiritual ignorance, nescience, illusion

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vidyā)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• vidyā – knowledge, learning, science
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Refers to `avidyā`.

जगत् (jagat) - the world, moving, universe

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, that which moves

Present Active Participle

Derived from root gam, reduplicated, used as a neuter noun

Root: gam (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus, so, marking direct speech or thought

(indeclinable)

एषा (eṣā) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Note: Refers to 'avidyā'.

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the verb 'āyāti'.

आयाति (āyāti) - did not enter (his heart) (comes, approaches)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of ā-yā

present tense

present tense, 3rd person singular active, with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

निपुणम् (nipuṇam) - deeply, profoundly, properly (into his understanding) (skillfully, expertly, deeply)

(indeclinable)

Used as an adverb here (neuter accusative singular)

Note: Functions as an adverb, describing how the understanding comes.

हृदि (hṛdi) - in the heart, in the mind

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of hṛd

hṛd - heart, mind, breast, core