योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-172, verse-22

अविद्यमानं भातीव यथा दृश्यं तथा स्थितिः ।
भातैवाविद्यमानैव मृगतृष्णा यथोद्यता ॥ २२ ॥

avidyamānaṃ bhātīva yathā dṛśyaṃ tathā sthitiḥ ,
bhātaivāvidyamānaiva mṛgatṛṣṇā yathodyatā 22

22. avidyamānam bhāti iva yathā dṛśyam tathā sthitiḥ
bhātā eva avidyamānā eva mṛgatṛṣṇā yathā udyatā

22. avidyamānam dṛśyam yathā iva bhāti,
tathā sthitiḥ (asti).
bhātā eva avidyamānā eva mṛgatṛṣṇā yathā udyatā.

22. The non-existent appears as if it exists, just like a visible object. Such is the condition: it appears, yet is indeed non-existent, just as a mirage (mṛgatṛṣṇā) manifests.

Words meanings summery:

• अविद्यमानम् (avidyamānam) - non-existent, not existing

• भाति (bhāti) - appears, shines

• इव (iva) - as if, like

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

• दृश्यम् (dṛśyam) - the visible, what is seen, an appearance

• तथा (tathā) - so, similarly, thus

• स्थितिः (sthitiḥ) - state, condition, existence

• भाता (bhātā) - appeared, shining (feminine singular)

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

• अविद्यमाना (avidyamānā) - non-existent, not existing (feminine singular)

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

• मृगतृष्णा (mṛgatṛṣṇā) - mirage

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• उद्यता (udyatā) - arisen, manifested, appeared (feminine singular)

Words meanings and morphology

अविद्यमानम् (avidyamānam) - non-existent, not existing

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of avidyamāna

avidyamāna - non-existent, not present

Present Active Participle (negative)

Present active participle of root vid (to exist) with negative prefix a-

Prefix: a

Root: vid (class 2)

भाति (bhāti) - appears, shines

(verb)

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

Root: bhā (class 2)

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

दृश्यम् (dṛśyam) - the visible, what is seen, an appearance

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dṛśya

dṛśya - visible, to be seen, an object of sight, appearance

Gerundive / Potential Passive Participle

Derived from root dṛś (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - so, similarly, thus

(indeclinable)

स्थितिः (sthitiḥ) - state, condition, existence

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sthiti

sthiti - standing, position, state, condition, existence, permanence

noun of action

From root sthā (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

भाता (bhātā) - appeared, shining (feminine singular)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhāta

bhāta - shone, appeared, manifest

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root bhā (to shine)

Root: bhā (class 2)

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

(indeclinable)

अविद्यमाना (avidyamānā) - non-existent, not existing (feminine singular)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of avidyamāna

avidyamāna - non-existent, not present

Present Active Participle (negative)

Present active participle of root vid (to exist) with negative prefix a-

Prefix: a

Root: vid (class 2)

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

(indeclinable)

मृगतृष्णा (mṛgatṛṣṇā) - mirage

(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)
  From root tṛṣ (to thirst)
  Root: tṛṣ (class 4)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

उद्यता (udyatā) - arisen, manifested, appeared (feminine singular)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of udyata

udyata - arisen, manifested, prepared, active, elevated

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root yam (to raise, exert) with prefix ud

Prefix: ud

Root: yam (class 1)