योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-190, verse-13

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
स्वप्नार्थमृगतृष्णाम्बुद्वीन्दुसंकल्पितार्थवत् ।
मिथ्या जगदहंत्वं च भाति केशोण्ड्रकं यथा ॥ १३ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
svapnārthamṛgatṛṣṇāmbudvīndusaṃkalpitārthavat ,
mithyā jagadahaṃtvaṃ ca bhāti keśoṇḍrakaṃ yathā 13

13. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca svapnārthamṛgatṛṣṇāmbudvīndusaṅkalpitārthavat
mithyā jagat ahaṃtvam ca bhāti keśoṇḍrakam yathā

13. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca jagat ca ahaṃtvam
svapnārthamṛgatṛṣṇāmbudvīndusaṅkalpitārthavat keśoṇḍrakam yathā mithyā bhāti

13. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: The world (jagat) and the ego (ahaṃtva) appear as false, just like objects imagined in a dream, water in a mirage, a double moon (seen due to an eye defect), or other conjured things, and like a phantom hair-net (keśoṇḍraka) seen by one with an eye affliction.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Lord Vasiṣṭha

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• स्वप्नार्थमृगतृष्णाम्बुद्वीन्दुसङ्कल्पितार्थवत् (svapnārthamṛgatṛṣṇāmbudvīndusaṅkalpitārthavat) - like objects conceived in a dream, mirage-water, a double moon, or other imagined things

• मिथ्या (mithyā) - falsely, untruly, unreal

• जगत् (jagat) - the material world, phenomenal existence (world, universe)

• अहंत्वम् (ahaṁtvam) - ego, sense of 'I'

• च (ca) - and

• भाति (bhāti) - appears, shines, seems

• केशोण्ड्रकम् (keśoṇḍrakam) - an optical illusion where one sees threads or nets of hair due to an eye defect (phantom hair-net, dark spots before the eyes)

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Lord Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - The revered sage Vasiṣṭha

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – glory, revered
  adjective (feminine)
• vasiṣṭha – Vasiṣṭha (name of a sage)
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (Liṭ) of vac

Perfect Active

Class 2 verb (vac-ādeśa to uvāca for perfect tense)

Root: vac (class 2)

स्वप्नार्थमृगतृष्णाम्बुद्वीन्दुसङ्कल्पितार्थवत् (svapnārthamṛgatṛṣṇāmbudvīndusaṅkalpitārthavat) - like objects conceived in a dream, mirage-water, a double moon, or other imagined things

(indeclinable)

Compound of multiple elements ending with 'vat' (like).

Compound type : dvandva (svapnārtha+mṛgatṛṣṇāmbu+dvīndu+saṅkalpitārtha+vat)

• svapnārtha – dream-object, meaning of a dream
  noun (masculine)
  Tatpurusha: svapna (dream) + artha (object).
• mṛgatṛṣṇāmbu – mirage water
  noun (neuter)
  Tatpurusha: mṛgatṛṣṇā (mirage) + ambu (water).
• dvīndu – double moon (optical illusion)
  noun (masculine)
  Tatpurusha: dvi (two) + indu (moon).
• saṅkalpitārtha – imagined object, conceived idea
  noun (masculine)
  Tatpurusha: saṅkalpita (imagined, conceived) + artha (object).
  Prefix: sam
• vat – like, as if
  indeclinable
  Suffix indicating similarity.

मिथ्या (mithyā) - falsely, untruly, unreal

(indeclinable)

Adverb/indeclinable.

Root: mith (class 1)

जगत् (jagat) - the material world, phenomenal existence (world, universe)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, what moves, moving

Present Active Participle

From root gam (to go).

Root: gam (class 1)

अहंत्वम् (ahaṁtvam) - ego, sense of 'I'

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ahaṃtva

ahaṁtva - egoity, egohood, individuality, sense of 'I'

Derived from aham (I) + tva (suffix for abstract noun).

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

भाति (bhāti) - appears, shines, seems

(verb)

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

Present Active

Class 2 verb.

Root: bhā (class 2)

केशोण्ड्रकम् (keśoṇḍrakam) - an optical illusion where one sees threads or nets of hair due to an eye defect (phantom hair-net, dark spots before the eyes)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of keśoṇḍraka

keśoṇḍraka - a phantom hair-net, dark spots or streaks seen by the diseased eye (muscae volitantes)

Compound: keśa (hair) + uṇḍraka (net/circle, from uṇḍa). Refers to a visual defect.

Compound type : tatpurusha (keśa+uṇḍraka)

• keśa – hair
  noun (masculine)
• uṇḍraka – a circle, net, defect
  noun (neuter)
  From uṇḍa (a ball, globule, perhaps indicating something circular or tangled).

यथा (yathā) - as, just as

(indeclinable)

Adverb indicating comparison.