योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-192, verse-16

प्रामाणिकविचारेण प्रेक्षितं यन्न लभ्यते ।
तदेतदसदेवादि तत्तर्ह्यनुभवो भ्रमः ॥ १६ ॥

prāmāṇikavicāreṇa prekṣitaṃ yanna labhyate ,
tadetadasadevādi tattarhyanubhavo bhramaḥ 16

16. prāmāṇikavicāreṇa prekṣitam yat na labhyate
tat etat asadevādi tat tarhi anubhavaḥ bhramaḥ

16. yat prāmāṇikavicāreṇa prekṣitam na labhyate
tat etat asadevādi tarhi tat anubhavaḥ bhramaḥ

16. That which is not found when examined through valid investigation (prāmāṇika vicāra) is indeed beginningless non-existent (asat). Then, that experience is merely an illusion (bhrama).

Words meanings summery:

• प्रामाणिकविचारेण (prāmāṇikavicāreṇa) - through valid investigation (by valid investigation, by authoritative inquiry)

• प्रेक्षितम् (prekṣitam) - examined (seen, observed, examined, looked at)

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

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• लभ्यते (labhyate) - is found (is found, is obtained, is perceived)

• तत् (tat) - that (referring to 'yat') (that, it)

• एतत् (etat) - this (emphatic) (this, this one)

• असदेवादि (asadevādi) - beginningless non-existent (asat), and so forth (beginning with the non-existent, and so forth, related to the non-existent)

• तत् (tat) - that (referring to the previous 'that') (that)

• तर्हि (tarhi) - then (then, in that case)

• अनुभवः (anubhavaḥ) - experience (experience, perception, apprehension)

• भ्रमः (bhramaḥ) - an illusion (bhrama) (illusion, error, delusion, confusion)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रामाणिकविचारेण (prāmāṇikavicāreṇa) - through valid investigation (by valid investigation, by authoritative inquiry)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of prāmāṇikavicāra

prāmāṇikavicāra - valid investigation, authoritative inquiry

Tatpuruṣa compound: prāmāṇika (valid, authoritative) + vicāra (investigation).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prāmāṇika+vicāra)

• prāmāṇika – valid, authoritative, reliable, pertaining to proof (pramāṇa)
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from 'pramāṇa' (proof, valid knowledge) with suffix '-ika'
• vicāra – investigation, discrimination, deliberation, inquiry
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root CAR with prefix VI-
  Prefix: vi
  Root: car (class 1)

प्रेक्षितम् (prekṣitam) - examined (seen, observed, examined, looked at)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prekṣita

prekṣita - seen, observed, examined

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root IKṢ (to see) with prefix PRA-.

Prefix: pra

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

Note: Used as an adjective modifying 'yat'.

यत् (yat) - that which (which, what, that which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that which

Relative pronoun.

Note: Functions as the subject of the relative clause.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Particle of negation.

लभ्यते (labhyate) - is found (is found, is obtained, is perceived)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of labh

Present tense, passive voice, 3rd person singular.

From root LABH. The 'ya' is an infix for passive voice.

Root: labh (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that (referring to 'yat') (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

एतत् (etat) - this (emphatic) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Demonstrative pronoun.

असदेवादि (asadevādi) - beginningless non-existent (asat), and so forth (beginning with the non-existent, and so forth, related to the non-existent)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asadevādi

asadevādi - beginning with the non-existent, etc.

Bahuvrīhi compound: 'asadeva' + 'ādi'. Meaning 'that which has asadeva as its beginning'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (asat+eva+ādi)

• asat – non-existent, unreal
  adjective
  Present Active Participle
  Nañ-tatpuruṣa of 'a' + 'sat'
  Root: as (class 2)
• eva – only, just, indeed
  indeclinable
  Emphatic particle
• ādi – beginning, etc., and so forth
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to the category of things that are unreal.

तत् (tat) - that (referring to the previous 'that') (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: This 'tat' refers to 'that which is not found'.

तर्हि (tarhi) - then (then, in that case)

(indeclinable)

Interrogative/conditional adverb.

अनुभवः (anubhavaḥ) - experience (experience, perception, apprehension)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anubhava

anubhava - experience, perception, apprehension, understanding

Derived from root BHŪ (to be) with prefix ANU-.

Prefix: anu

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Predicate of the implied verb 'asti'.

भ्रमः (bhramaḥ) - an illusion (bhrama) (illusion, error, delusion, confusion)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhrama

bhrama - illusion, error, delusion, confusion, wandering

Derived from root BHRAM.

Root: bhram (class 1)