योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-160, verse-8

अविद्यैवमविज्ञाता चिरानन्तावभासते ।
परिज्ञाता तु नास्त्येव मृगतृष्णानदी यथा ॥ ८ ॥

avidyaivamavijñātā cirānantāvabhāsate ,
parijñātā tu nāstyeva mṛgatṛṣṇānadī yathā 8

8. avidyā evam avijñātā cira anantā avabhāsate
parijñātā tu na asti eva mṛgatṛṣṇā nadī yathā

8. avijñātā avidyā evam cira anantā avabhāsate
tu parijñātā na asti eva yathā mṛgatṛṣṇā nadī

8. Ignorance (avidyā), when unrecognized, appears to be endless and everlasting. But once it is fully understood, it ceases to exist, much like a mirage appears to be a river.

Words meanings summery:

• अविद्या (avidyā) - ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, like this

• अविज्ञाता (avijñātā) - unknown, unrecognized, not fully comprehended

• चिर (cira) - for a long time, for an extended period

• अनन्ता (anantā) - endless, infinite, without end

• अवभासते (avabhāsate) - appears, manifests, shines forth, is perceived as

• परिज्ञाता (parijñātā) - fully known, well understood, recognized

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed, however

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• एव (eva) - indeed, truly, just, only

• मृगतृष्णा (mṛgatṛṣṇā) - mirage (lit. deer's thirst)

• नदी (nadī) - river

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

Words meanings and morphology

अविद्या (avidyā) - ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of avidyā

avidyā - ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance, illusion

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, like this

(indeclinable)

अविज्ञाता (avijñātā) - unknown, unrecognized, not fully comprehended

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of avijñāta

avijñāta - unknown, unrecognized, not perceived

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root `jñā` (to know) with prefixes `a` (negative) and `vi` (intensive).

Prefixes: a+vi

Root: jñā (class 9)

चिर (cira) - for a long time, for an extended period

(indeclinable)

अनन्ता (anantā) - endless, infinite, without end

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ananta

ananta - endless, infinite, boundless; the infinite (often referring to Viṣṇu or the cosmic serpent)

अवभासते (avabhāsate) - appears, manifests, shines forth, is perceived as

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of avabhās

Prefix: ava

Root: bhās (class 1)

परिज्ञाता (parijñātā) - fully known, well understood, recognized

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of parijñāta

parijñāta - well-known, fully understood, recognized, completely discerned

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root `jñā` (to know) with prefix `pari` (fully, completely).

Prefix: pari

Root: jñā (class 9)

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

एव (eva) - indeed, truly, just, only

(indeclinable)

मृगतृष्णा (mṛgatṛṣṇā) - mirage (lit. deer's thirst)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mṛgatṛṣṇā

mṛgatṛṣṇā - mirage, deer's thirst

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛga+tṛṣṇā)

• mṛga – deer, wild animal
  noun (masculine)
• tṛṣṇā – thirst, desire, craving
  noun (feminine)

नदी (nadī) - river

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nadī

nadī - river, stream

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)