योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-174, verse-6

जाग्रति स्वप्ननगरवासना विविधा यथा ।
सत्या अपि न सत्यास्ता जाग्रत्यो वासनास्तथा ॥ ६ ॥

jāgrati svapnanagaravāsanā vividhā yathā ,
satyā api na satyāstā jāgratyo vāsanāstathā 6

6. jāgrati svapnanagaravāsanā vividhā yathā satyāḥ
api na satyāḥ tāḥ jāgratyaḥ vāsanāḥ tathā

6. yathā svapnanagaravāsanā vividhā jāgrati api
satyāḥ na tathā tāḥ jāgratyaḥ vāsanāḥ satyāḥ na

6. Just as the diverse impressions (vāsanāḥ) of a dream city, even though they appear in the waking state, are not truly real, similarly, those very impressions (vāsanāḥ) that are experienced in the waking state are also not truly real.

Words meanings summery:

• जाग्रति (jāgrati) - in the waking state

• स्वप्ननगरवासना (svapnanagaravāsanā) - impressions of a dream city

• विविधा (vividhā) - various, diverse, manifold

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

• सत्याः (satyāḥ) - real, true

• अपि (api) - even, also, though

• न (na) - not, no

• सत्याः (satyāḥ) - real, true

• ताः (tāḥ) - those

• जाग्रत्यः (jāgratyaḥ) - waking (impressions), impressions in the waking state

• वासनाः (vāsanāḥ) - impressions, latent tendencies, predispositions

• तथा (tathā) - so, similarly, likewise

Words meanings and morphology

जाग्रति (jāgrati) - in the waking state

(adjective)

Locative, singular of jāgrat

jāgrat - waking, awake, in the waking state (present participle)

Present Active Participle

Present participle of √jāgṛ

Root: √jāgṛ (class 2)

स्वप्ननगरवासना (svapnanagaravāsanā) - impressions of a dream city

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of svapnanagaravāsanā

svapnanagaravāsanā - impressions of a dream city

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svapnanagara+vāsanā)

• svapnanagara – dream city
  noun (neuter)
• vāsanā – impression, latent tendency, predisposition
  noun (feminine)
  From √vas (to dwell, to perfume)
  Root: √vas (class 1)

विविधा (vividhā) - various, diverse, manifold

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vividha

vividha - various, diverse, manifold

Note: Agreeing with vāsanā.

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

(indeclinable)

सत्याः (satyāḥ) - real, true

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of satya

satya - true, real, actual

From √as (to be) + -tya suffix.

Root: √as (class 2)

Note: Agreeing with vāsanāḥ.

अपि (api) - even, also, though

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle implying concession.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

सत्याः (satyāḥ) - real, true

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of satya

satya - true, real, actual

From √as (to be) + -tya suffix.

Root: √as (class 2)

Note: Agreeing with vāsanāḥ.

ताः (tāḥ) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Referring to vāsanāḥ.

जाग्रत्यः (jāgratyaḥ) - waking (impressions), impressions in the waking state

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of jāgratī

jāgratī - waking, belonging to the waking state (feminine of jāgrat)

Present Active Participle (feminine form)

Feminine nominative plural of jāgrat.

Root: √jāgṛ (class 2)

Note: Agrees with vāsanāḥ. Refers to impressions that are active or present during the waking state.

वासनाः (vāsanāḥ) - impressions, latent tendencies, predispositions

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vāsanā

vāsanā - impression, latent tendency, predisposition

From √vas (to dwell, to perfume)

Root: √vas (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - so, similarly, likewise

(indeclinable)

Correlative to yathā.