योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-175, verse-50

केशोण्ड्रकादयो व्योम्नि यथा सदसदात्मकाः ।
द्वितामिवागता भान्ति परे बुद्ध्यादयस्तथा ॥ ५० ॥

keśoṇḍrakādayo vyomni yathā sadasadātmakāḥ ,
dvitāmivāgatā bhānti pare buddhyādayastathā 50

50. keśoṇḍrakādayaḥ vyomni yathā sadasadātmakāḥ
dvitām iva āgatāḥ bhānti pare buddhyādayaḥ tathā

50. yathā vyomni keśoṇḍrakādayaḥ sadasadātmakāḥ
dvitām iva āgatāḥ bhānti tathā pare buddhyādayaḥ

50. Just as illusions like 'hair-nets' (keśoṇḍraka) in the sky (vyoman) appear to have a dual nature (existent and non-existent), so too do the intellect and other faculties appear in the Supreme (reality).

Words meanings summery:

• केशोण्ड्रकादयः (keśoṇḍrakādayaḥ) - Optical illusions like seeing floating specks (hair-nets). (Hair-nets (visual specks) and so on.)

• व्योम्नि (vyomni) - In the sky, in the ether, in space.

• यथा (yathā) - Just as, as, how.

• सदसदात्मकाः (sadasadātmakāḥ) - Possessing a nature that is simultaneously existent and non-existent (illusory). (Having the nature of existent and non-existent, being both real and unreal.)

• द्विताम् (dvitām) - Duality, a state of being two.

• इव (iva) - Like, as, as if.

• आगताः (āgatāḥ) - Having attained. (Having come, having arrived, attained.)

• भान्ति (bhānti) - They shine, appear, seem.

• परे (pare) - In the Supreme (reality). (In the higher, in the supreme, in the ultimate.)

• बुद्ध्यादयः (buddhyādayaḥ) - The intellect and other mental faculties. (Intellect and so on, beginning with intellect.)

• तथा (tathā) - Similarly. (So, thus, in the same way.)

Words meanings and morphology

केशोण्ड्रकादयः (keśoṇḍrakādayaḥ) - Optical illusions like seeing floating specks (hair-nets). (Hair-nets (visual specks) and so on.)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of keśoṇḍrakādi

keśoṇḍrakādi - Beginning with hair-nets, etc.

Compound with 'ādi' as the final member.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (keśoṇḍraka+ādi)

• keśoṇḍraka – Hair-net (optical illusion), floating speck.
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – Beginning, etc.
  noun (masculine)

व्योम्नि (vyomni) - In the sky, in the ether, in space.

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vyoman

vyoman - Sky, atmosphere, ether, space.

From root 'vi' (to go, move) + 'man'.

Root: vi (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - Just as, as, how.

(indeclinable)

सदसदात्मकाः (sadasadātmakāḥ) - Possessing a nature that is simultaneously existent and non-existent (illusory). (Having the nature of existent and non-existent, being both real and unreal.)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sadasadātmaka

sadasadātmaka - Having the nature of existent and non-existent.

Compound with 'ātmaka' as suffix.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sat+asat+ātmaka)

• sat – Existent, real.
  adjective (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  From root 'as' + 'śatṛ'.
  Root: as (class 2)
• asat – Non-existent, unreal.
  adjective (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  From 'na' + 'sat'.
  Prefix: a
  Root: as (class 2)
• ātmaka – Having the nature of, consisting of.
  adjective (masculine)
  From 'ātman' + 'ka' suffix.

द्विताम् (dvitām) - Duality, a state of being two.

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dvitā

dvitā - Duality, state of two, twoness.

From 'dvi' (two) + 'tā' (suffix for abstract noun).

Note: Object of 'āgatāḥ'.

इव (iva) - Like, as, as if.

(indeclinable)

आगताः (āgatāḥ) - Having attained. (Having come, having arrived, attained.)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of āgata

āgata - Come, arrived, attained.

Past Passive Participle

From 'ā' + root 'gam' + 'kta' suffix.

Compound type : prādi-tatpuruṣa (ā+gata)

• ā – (prefix indicating direction/completion).
  indeclinable
  Upasarga.
• gata – Gone, moved.
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'gam' + 'kta' suffix.
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Adjective for 'keśoṇḍrakādayaḥ'.

भान्ति (bhānti) - They shine, appear, seem.

(verb)

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

Root: bhā (class 2)

परे (pare) - In the Supreme (reality). (In the higher, in the supreme, in the ultimate.)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of para

para - Other, distant, supreme, ultimate.

बुद्ध्यादयः (buddhyādayaḥ) - The intellect and other mental faculties. (Intellect and so on, beginning with intellect.)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of buddhyādi

buddhyādi - Beginning with intellect, etc.

Compound with 'ādi' as the final member.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (buddhi+ādi)

• buddhi – Intellect, understanding.
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'budh' + 'kti'.
  Root: budh (class 1)
• ādi – Beginning, etc.
  noun (masculine)

तथा (tathā) - Similarly. (So, thus, in the same way.)

(indeclinable)