योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-161, verse-22

यथा स्वप्नेऽवनिर्नास्ति स्वानुभूतापि कुत्रचित् ।
तथेयं दृश्यता नास्ति स्वानुभूताप्यसन्मयी ॥ २२ ॥

yathā svapne'vanirnāsti svānubhūtāpi kutracit ,
tatheyaṃ dṛśyatā nāsti svānubhūtāpyasanmayī 22

22. yathā svapne avaniḥ na asti svānubhūtā api kutracit
tathā iyam dṛśyatā na asti svānubhūtā api asatmayī

22. yathā svapne svānubhūtā api avaniḥ kutracit na asti
tathā iyam svānubhūtā api asatmayī dṛśyatā na asti

22. Just as in a dream, the earth, though experienced by oneself, does not truly exist anywhere; similarly, this visible world (dṛśyatā), though experienced by oneself, is unreal in nature and does not truly exist.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream

• अवनिः (avaniḥ) - the earth, ground

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - exists, is

• स्वानुभूता (svānubhūtā) - experienced by oneself

• अपि (api) - even, although

• कुत्रचित् (kutracit) - not anywhere (due to 'na asti') (anywhere, somewhere)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so

• इयम् (iyam) - this

• दृश्यता (dṛśyatā) - the visible world, visibility, phenomena

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - exists, is

• स्वानुभूता (svānubhūtā) - experienced by oneself

• अपि (api) - even, although

• असत्मयी (asatmayī) - unreal in nature, made of unreality

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - sleep, dream, dreaming

Root: svap (class 2)

अवनिः (avaniḥ) - the earth, ground

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of avani

avani - earth, ground, land, region

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - exists, is

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

स्वानुभूता (svānubhūtā) - experienced by oneself

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of svānubhūta

svānubhūta - self-experienced, perceived by oneself

Past Passive Participle

Derived from 'sva' (self) + 'anubhūta' (experienced).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+anubhūta)

• sva – one's own, self
  pronoun (masculine)
• anubhūta – experienced, felt, perceived
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From 'anu-' + root 'bhū'.
  Prefix: anu
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'avaniḥ' and 'dṛśyatā'.

अपि (api) - even, although

(indeclinable)

कुत्रचित् (kutracit) - not anywhere (due to 'na asti') (anywhere, somewhere)

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so

(indeclinable)

इयम् (iyam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

दृश्यता (dṛśyatā) - the visible world, visibility, phenomena

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dṛśyatā

dṛśyatā - visibility, the state of being seen, the visible world

Root: dṛś (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - exists, is

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

स्वानुभूता (svānubhūtā) - experienced by oneself

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of svānubhūta

svānubhūta - self-experienced, perceived by oneself

Past Passive Participle

Derived from 'sva' (self) + 'anubhūta' (experienced).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+anubhūta)

• sva – one's own, self
  pronoun (masculine)
• anubhūta – experienced, felt, perceived
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From 'anu-' + root 'bhū'.
  Prefix: anu
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'dṛśyatā'.

अपि (api) - even, although

(indeclinable)

असत्मयी (asatmayī) - unreal in nature, made of unreality

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of asatmayī

asatmayī - consisting of unreality, unreal by nature

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (asat+mayī)

• asat – non-existent, unreal, false
  adjective (neuter)
  Present Active Participle (negative)
  Negative form of 'sat' (existent), from 'na' + 'as' (to be).
  Prefix: a
  Root: as (class 2)
• mayī – made of, consisting of, full of
  suffix/adjective (feminine)
  Feminine form of the possessive/compositional suffix '-maya'.

Note: Modifies 'dṛśyatā'.

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