योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-163, verse-26

यथा स्वप्नेषु मरणमनुभूतं न विद्यते ।
मरौ जलेच्छाऽविद्येयं विद्यमाना न विद्यते ॥ २६ ॥

yathā svapneṣu maraṇamanubhūtaṃ na vidyate ,
marau jalecchā'vidyeyaṃ vidyamānā na vidyate 26

26. yathā svapneṣu maraṇam anubhūtam na vidyate
marau jalechā avidyā iyam vidyamānā na vidyate

26. yathā svapneṣu anubhūtam maraṇam na vidyate
iyam avidyā marau jalechā vidyamānā na vidyate

26. Just as death experienced in dreams does not truly exist, so too, this ignorance (avidyā), like the desire for water in a desert, does not exist in reality, though it appears to.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

• स्वप्नेषु (svapneṣu) - in dreams

• मरणम् (maraṇam) - death, dying

• अनुभूतम् (anubhūtam) - experienced, perceived, felt

• न (na) - not, no

• विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found, is present

• मरौ (marau) - in a desert, in a waste

• जलेछा (jalechā) - desire for water, longing for water

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

• इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

• विद्यमाना (vidyamānā) - appearing to exist, though not truly real (existing, present, being)

• न (na) - not, no

• विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found, is present

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

स्वप्नेषु (svapneṣu) - in dreams

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of svapna

svapna - sleep, dream, dreaming

Root: svap (class 2)

मरणम् (maraṇam) - death, dying

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of maraṇa

maraṇa - death, dying

From root √mṛ (to die) + -ana suffix.

Root: mṛ (class 6)

अनुभूतम् (anubhūtam) - experienced, perceived, felt

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anubhūta

anubhūta - experienced, perceived, known

Past Passive Participle

From root √bhū (to be, become) with upasarga 'anu-'.

Prefix: anu

Root: bhū (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found, is present

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 2)

मरौ (marau) - in a desert, in a waste

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of maru

maru - desert, sandy waste, desolate region

जलेछा (jalechā) - desire for water, longing for water

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jalechā

jalechā - desire for water

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (jala+icchā)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• icchā – desire, wish, will
  noun (feminine)
  From root √iṣ (to wish, desire).
  Root: iṣ (class 6)

अविद्या (avidyā) - ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of avidyā

avidyā - ignorance, nescience, illusion, absence of knowledge

Derived from 'vidyā' (knowledge) with a negative prefix 'a'.

Compound type : nah-tatpuruṣa (a+vidyā)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• vidyā – knowledge, learning, science
  noun (feminine)
  From root √vid (to know).
  Root: vid (class 2)

इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

विद्यमाना (vidyamānā) - appearing to exist, though not truly real (existing, present, being)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vidyamāna

vidyamāna - existing, present, being

Present Middle Participle

From root √vid (to be, exist) + śānac suffix (ātmanepada participle).

Root: vid (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found, is present

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 2)