योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-174, verse-9

दृष्टमप्यस्ति यन्नेशे न चात्मनि विचारितम् ।
अन्यथानुपपत्त्यान्तर्भ्रान्त्यात्म स्वप्नशैलवत् ॥ ९ ॥

dṛṣṭamapyasti yanneśe na cātmani vicāritam ,
anyathānupapattyāntarbhrāntyātma svapnaśailavat 9

9. dṛṣṭam api asti yat na īśe na ca ātmani vicāritam
anyathā anupapattyā antaḥ bhrānti ātma svapna śaila vat

9. yat dṛṣṭam api asti yat īśe na ca ātmani vicāritam na
anyathā anupapattyā antaḥ bhrānti ātma svapna śaila vat

9. What is seen, which is neither within the Lord (īśvara) nor truly understood in the Self (ātman), exists internally as a delusion, like a mountain in a dream, because it cannot be explained otherwise.

Words meanings summery:

• दृष्टम् (dṛṣṭam) - that which is perceived or experienced (seen, perceived)

• अपि (api) - emphasizes that 'what is seen' is something that 'exists' (also, even, although)

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• यत् (yat) - refers to 'what is seen' (which, that, what)

• न (na) - not, no

• ईशे (īśe) - in the supreme Lord (īśvara) (in the lord, in the master)

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - connects the two negative clauses (and, also, moreover)

• आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the individual or universal Self (ātman) (in the self, in the soul)

• विचारितम् (vicāritam) - properly analyzed or understood (deliberated, investigated, considered)

• अन्यथा (anyathā) - if it were not for this reason (otherwise, in another way)

• अनुपपत्त्या (anupapattyā) - because it cannot be logically accounted for or justified (by impossibility, by inexplicability)

• अन्तः (antaḥ) - existing subjectively, within one's mind or consciousness (within, inside, internally)

• भ्रान्ति (bhrānti) - a false perception or mistaken belief (delusion, error, illusion)

• आत्म (ātma) - having the nature or essence of (self, nature)

• स्वप्न (svapna) - dream, sleep

• शैल (śaila) - mountain, rock

• वत् (vat) - as if it were a dream mountain (like, similar to)

Words meanings and morphology

दृष्टम् (dṛṣṭam) - that which is perceived or experienced (seen, perceived)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, perceived, observed

Past Passive Participle

From the root √dṛś (to see), with suffix -ta

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Functions as a noun here, 'what is seen'.

अपि (api) - emphasizes that 'what is seen' is something that 'exists' (also, even, although)

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

यत् (yat) - refers to 'what is seen' (which, that, what)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

ईशे (īśe) - in the supreme Lord (īśvara) (in the lord, in the master)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of īśa

īśa - lord, master, ruler, controller, God

Root: īś (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - connects the two negative clauses (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the individual or universal Self (ātman) (in the self, in the soul)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, individual soul, universal Self

Root: an (class 2)

विचारितम् (vicāritam) - properly analyzed or understood (deliberated, investigated, considered)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vicārita

vicārita - deliberated, investigated, considered, thought out

Past Passive Participle

From the root √car (to move) with prefix vi (apart, thoroughly), with suffix -ta

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)

अन्यथा (anyathā) - if it were not for this reason (otherwise, in another way)

(indeclinable)

अनुपपत्त्या (anupapattyā) - because it cannot be logically accounted for or justified (by impossibility, by inexplicability)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of anupapatti

anupapatti - inconsistency, impossibility, inexplicability, non-occurrence

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (an+upapatti)

• an – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• upapatti – occurrence, consistency, suitability, demonstration, logical explanation
  noun (feminine)
  From prefix 'upa' and root 'pad' (to go, to occur).
  Prefix: upa
  Root: pad (class 4)

अन्तः (antaḥ) - existing subjectively, within one's mind or consciousness (within, inside, internally)

(indeclinable)

भ्रान्ति (bhrānti) - a false perception or mistaken belief (delusion, error, illusion)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhrānti

bhrānti - delusion, error, illusion, confusion, wandering

From root √bhram (to wander, to err)

Root: bhram (class 1)

Note: Acts as the first part of an implied compound 'bhrāntyātma'.

आत्म (ātma) - having the nature or essence of (self, nature)

(noun)

of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, nature, essence

Root: an (class 2)

Note: Part of the compound 'bhrāntyātma', where 'ātma' indicates 'nature of'.

स्वप्न (svapna) - dream, sleep

(noun)

masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - dream, sleep, dreaming

From root √svap (to sleep)

Root: svap (class 2)

शैल (śaila) - mountain, rock

(noun)

masculine, singular of śaila

śaila - mountain, rock, peak

वत् (vat) - as if it were a dream mountain (like, similar to)

(indeclinable)

Taddhita suffix indicating comparison.