योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-192, verse-12

मिथ्यैवानुभवो भ्रान्तेः स्वप्ने स्वमरणोपमः ।
यदनालोकनं नाम शाम्यतीदं विलोकनात् ॥ १२ ॥

mithyaivānubhavo bhrānteḥ svapne svamaraṇopamaḥ ,
yadanālokanaṃ nāma śāmyatīdaṃ vilokanāt 12

12. mithyā eva anubhavaḥ bhrānteḥ svapne sva-maraṇa-upamaḥ
| yat anālokanam nāma śāmyati idam vilokanāt ||

12. bhrānteḥ anubhavaḥ svapne sva-maraṇa-upamaḥ mithyā
eva yat nāma anālokanam idam vilokanāt śāmyati

12. The experience of illusion (bhrānti) is indeed false (mithyā), just like the experience of one's own death in a dream. That which is called 'non-perception' (anālokanam) (of reality) — this very state ceases through proper perception (vilokanāt).

Words meanings summery:

• मिथ्या (mithyā) - false, illusory, unreal, incorrect

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, just

• अनुभवः (anubhavaḥ) - experience, perception, apprehension

• भ्रान्तेः (bhrānteḥ) - of illusion, from illusion, of error, from error

• स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream, during sleep

• स्व-मरण-उपमः (sva-maraṇa-upamaḥ) - comparable to one's own death, like one's own death

• यत् (yat) - which, whatever, that which

• अनालोकनम् (anālokanam) - non-perception, not seeing, absence of sight

• नाम (nāma) - by name, indeed, what is called

• शाम्यति (śāmyati) - ceases, subsides, becomes calm, is extinguished

• इदम् (idam) - this, this one

• विलोकनात् (vilokanāt) - by perception, through seeing, from observing

Words meanings and morphology

मिथ्या (mithyā) - false, illusory, unreal, incorrect

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, just

(indeclinable)

अनुभवः (anubhavaḥ) - experience, perception, apprehension

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anubhava

anubhava - experience, perception, apprehension, feeling, enjoyment

From root 'bhū' (to be, to become) with prefix 'anu' (after, subsequent)

Prefix: anu

Root: bhū (class 1)

भ्रान्तेः (bhrānteḥ) - of illusion, from illusion, of error, from error

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of bhrānti

bhrānti - illusion, error, delusion, mistake, wandering, confusion

From root 'bhram' (to wander, to err) + 'ktin' suffix

Root: bhram (class 1)

स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream, during sleep

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - dream, sleep, slumber

From root 'svap' (to sleep)

Root: svap (class 2)

स्व-मरण-उपमः (sva-maraṇa-upamaḥ) - comparable to one's own death, like one's own death

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svamaraṇopama

svamaraṇopama - comparable to one's own death, having one's own death as a simile

Compound of 'sva' (own), 'maraṇa' (death), and 'upama' (comparison/likeness)

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (sva+maraṇa+upama)

• sva – own, one's own
  pronoun
• maraṇa – death, dying
  noun (neuter)
  From root 'mṛ' (to die) + 'ana' suffix
  Root: mṛ (class 1)
• upama – comparison, simile, likeness, equal
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'mā' (to measure) with prefix 'upa' (near) + 'a' suffix
  Prefix: upa
  Root: mā (class 2)

यत् (yat) - which, whatever, that which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, whatever, that which

अनालोकनम् (anālokanam) - non-perception, not seeing, absence of sight

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anālokana

anālokana - non-perception, not seeing, absence of sight or attention

Compound of 'an' (not) and 'ālokana' (perception)

Compound type : Nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+ālokana)

• an – not, non-, un- (negating prefix)
  indeclinable
• ālokana – seeing, perception, looking at
  noun (neuter)
  From root 'lok' (to see) with prefix 'ā' (towards)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: lok (class 10)

नाम (nāma) - by name, indeed, what is called

(indeclinable)

शाम्यति (śāmyati) - ceases, subsides, becomes calm, is extinguished

(verb)

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

Present active 3rd singular

Root 'śam' (to be calm) in the present tense.

Root: śam (class 4)

इदम् (idam) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'anālokanam'.

विलोकनात् (vilokanāt) - by perception, through seeing, from observing

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of vilokana

vilokana - seeing, perception, observation, looking at, careful examination

From root 'lok' (to see) with prefix 'vi' (apart, distinctly) + 'ana' suffix

Prefix: vi

Root: lok (class 10)