योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-161, verse-25

नैतदेवमिति स्वप्नप्रबोधात्प्रत्ययो यथा ।
मृत्वामुत्र प्रबुद्धस्य जाग्रति प्रत्ययस्तथा ॥ २५ ॥

naitadevamiti svapnaprabodhātpratyayo yathā ,
mṛtvāmutra prabuddhasya jāgrati pratyayastathā 25

25. na etat evam iti svapna-prabodhāt pratyayaḥ yathā
mṛtvā amutra prabuddhasya jāgrati pratyayaḥ tathā

25. yathā svapna-prabodhāt etat evam na iti pratyayaḥ
tathā mṛtvā amutra prabuddhasya jāgrati pratyayaḥ

25. Just as there is the conviction (pratyaya) upon awakening from a dream (svapna) that "this was not so," similarly, for one who awakens in the waking state (jāgrat) after having died and gone to the other world (amutra), there is that same conviction.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - negating 'etat evam' (not, no)

• एतत् (etat) - this (referring to the dream experience) (this, this one)

• एवम् (evam) - thus (referring to the nature of the dream experience) (thus, in this manner)

• इति (iti) - marking the preceding as a thought or statement (thus, so, in this way, (marks direct speech or thought))

• स्वप्न-प्रबोधात् (svapna-prabodhāt) - from awakening from a dream (svapna) (from awakening from a dream)

• प्रत्ययः (pratyayaḥ) - a realization or conviction (conviction, belief, realization, idea)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, in which way)

• मृत्वा (mṛtvā) - having died

• अमुत्र (amutra) - in the other world (in the other world, hereafter, there)

• प्रबुद्धस्य (prabuddhasya) - of one who has awakened (in the waking state) (of one who has awakened, enlightened)

• जाग्रति (jāgrati) - in the waking state (jāgrat) (in the waking state, in waking)

• प्रत्ययः (pratyayaḥ) - that same conviction (conviction, belief, realization, idea)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (so, similarly, in that way)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - negating 'etat evam' (not, no)

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this (referring to the dream experience) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

एवम् (evam) - thus (referring to the nature of the dream experience) (thus, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - marking the preceding as a thought or statement (thus, so, in this way, (marks direct speech or thought))

(indeclinable)

स्वप्न-प्रबोधात् (svapna-prabodhāt) - from awakening from a dream (svapna) (from awakening from a dream)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of svapna-prabodha

svapna-prabodha - awakening from sleep/dream

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svapna+prabodha)

• svapna – dream, sleep
  noun (masculine)
  Root: svap (class 2)
• prabodha – awakening, consciousness, understanding
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from 'pra' + root 'budh' + 'ghañ' suffix
  Prefix: pra
  Root: budh (class 1)

प्रत्ययः (pratyayaḥ) - a realization or conviction (conviction, belief, realization, idea)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pratyaya

pratyaya - conviction, belief, realization, idea, trust

Derived from 'prati' + root 'i' + 'ac' suffix

Prefix: prati

Root: i (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, in which way)

(indeclinable)

मृत्वा (mṛtvā) - having died

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root 'mṛ' + 'tvā' suffix

Root: mṛ (class 1)

अमुत्र (amutra) - in the other world (in the other world, hereafter, there)

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'adas' (that) + 'tra' suffix

प्रबुद्धस्य (prabuddhasya) - of one who has awakened (in the waking state) (of one who has awakened, enlightened)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of prabuddha

prabuddha - awakened, enlightened, awake

Past Passive Participle

From 'pra' + root 'budh' + 'kta' suffix

Prefix: pra

Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Past passive participle used as a noun.

जाग्रति (jāgrati) - in the waking state (jāgrat) (in the waking state, in waking)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of jāgrat

jāgrat - waking, awake, waking state

Present Active Participle

From root 'jāgṛ' (class 2) + śatṛ suffix

Root: jāgṛ (class 2)

Note: Present active participle used as a noun.

प्रत्ययः (pratyayaḥ) - that same conviction (conviction, belief, realization, idea)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pratyaya

pratyaya - conviction, belief, realization, idea, trust

Derived from 'prati' + root 'i' + 'ac' suffix

Prefix: prati

Root: i (class 2)

तथा (tathā) - similarly (so, similarly, in that way)

(indeclinable)

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