योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-160, verse-21

अन्तं प्राप्नोति न यथा चिरं स्वप्नपुरे चरन् ।
जाग्रदाख्ये स्वप्नपुरे तथैवास्मिंश्चिरं चरन् ॥ २१ ॥

antaṃ prāpnoti na yathā ciraṃ svapnapure caran ,
jāgradākhye svapnapure tathaivāsmiṃściraṃ caran 21

21. antam prāpnoti na yathā ciram svapnapure caran
jāgradākhye svapnapure tathā eva asmin ciram caran

21. yathā svapnapure ciram caran antam na prāpnoti
tathā eva jāgradākhye asmin svapnapure ciram caran

21. Just as a person wandering (caran) for a long time (ciram) in a city of dreams (svapnapura) does not reach its end (antam prāpnoti na), similarly, a person wandering for a long time (ciram caran) in this (asmin) dream city (svapnapura) known as the waking state (jāgradākhye) also does not reach its end.

Words meanings summery:

• अन्तम् (antam) - end, limit, conclusion

• प्राप्नोति (prāpnoti) - reaches, attains, obtains

• न (na) - not, no

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

• चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time, long

• स्वप्नपुरे (svapnapure) - in a city of dreams, in a dream-city

• चरन् (caran) - wandering, moving, going

• जाग्रदाख्ये (jāgradākhye) - named waking, called the waking state

• स्वप्नपुरे (svapnapure) - in a city of dreams, in a dream-city

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, so

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (one)

• चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time, long

• चरन् (caran) - wandering, moving, going

Words meanings and morphology

अन्तम् (antam) - end, limit, conclusion

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anta

anta - end, limit, death, boundary

Root: ant

Note: Object of the verb `prāpnoti`.

प्राप्नोति (prāpnoti) - reaches, attains, obtains

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of āp

Present Indicative Active

From root `āp` (5th class) with prefix `pra`.

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Its subject is implied, referring to 'one' (caran).

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

Note: Negates the verb `prāpnoti`.

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

(indeclinable)

Correlative adverb, introducing a comparison.

चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time, long

(indeclinable)

Used adverbially (accusative singular neuter).

Note: Modifies the participle `caran`.

स्वप्नपुरे (svapnapure) - in a city of dreams, in a dream-city

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of svapnapura

svapnapura - dream-city, illusory city

Compound of `svapna` (dream) and `pura` (city).

Compound type : tatpurusha (svapna+pura)

• svapna – dream, sleep
  noun (masculine)
  From root `svap` (to sleep).
  Root: svap (class 2)
• pura – city, town, fortress
  noun (neuter)
  Root: pur

Note: Indicates the location of wandering.

चरन् (caran) - wandering, moving, going

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of carat

carat - wandering, moving, practicing

Present Active Participle

From root `car` (to move, wander).

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Functions as the implicit subject of the sentence.

जाग्रदाख्ये (jāgradākhye) - named waking, called the waking state

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of jāgradākhya

jāgradākhya - called the waking state, named waking

Compound of `jāgrat` (waking) and `ākhya` (named).

Compound type : tatpurusha (jāgrat+ākhya)

• jāgrat – waking, awake
  adjective
  Present Active Participle
  From root `jāgṛ` (to wake).
  Root: jāgṛ (class 2)
• ākhya – named, called, designated
  adjective
  From root `khyā` (to tell, relate) with prefix `ā`.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Qualifies `svapnapure`.

स्वप्नपुरे (svapnapure) - in a city of dreams, in a dream-city

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of svapnapura

svapnapura - dream-city, illusory city

Compound of `svapna` (dream) and `pura` (city).

Compound type : tatpurusha (svapna+pura)

• svapna – dream, sleep
  noun (masculine)
  From root `svap` (to sleep).
  Root: svap (class 2)
• pura – city, town, fortress
  noun (neuter)
  Root: pur

Note: Indicates the location of wandering.

तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, so

(indeclinable)

Correlative adverb to `yathā`.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (one)

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

Locative singular of the demonstrative pronoun `idam`.

Note: Agrees with `svapnapure`.

चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time, long

(indeclinable)

Used adverbially (accusative singular neuter).

Note: Modifies the participle `caran`.

चरन् (caran) - wandering, moving, going

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of carat

carat - wandering, moving, practicing

Present Active Participle

From root `car` (to move, wander).

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Functions as the implicit subject of the sentence.