योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-22, verse-57

यथाभूतार्थसदर्शच्छिन्नाऽहमिति भावना ।
दृष्टामि न करोत्यन्तर्दग्धं बीजमिवाङ्कुरम् ॥ ५७ ॥

yathābhūtārthasadarśacchinnā'hamiti bhāvanā ,
dṛṣṭāmi na karotyantardagdhaṃ bījamivāṅkuram 57

57. yathābhūtārthasadṛś-chinnā aham iti bhāvanā dṛṣṭām
api na karoti antar dagdham bījam iva aṅkuram

57. The 'I'-thought (`aham iti bhāvanā`), thoroughly severed by the clear vision of reality as it is, does not produce any (new) impressions within, just as a burnt seed does not produce a sprout.

Words meanings summery:

• यथाभूतार्थसदृश्-छिन्ना (yathābhūtārthasadṛś-chinnā) - completely severed/dissipated by the vision of reality as it truly is

• अहम् (aham) - I

• इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating a quote or thought

• भावना (bhāvanā) - thought, idea, conception, ego-sense, imagination

• दृष्टाम् (dṛṣṭām) - a perceived thing, an impression, a seen form

• अपि (api) - even, also

• न (na) - not, no

• करोति (karoti) - makes, does, produces

• अन्तर् (antar) - within, inside

• दग्धम् (dagdham) - burnt, scorched

• बीजम् (bījam) - seed

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अङ्कुरम् (aṅkuram) - sprout, shoot

Words meanings and morphology

यथाभूतार्थसदृश्-छिन्ना (yathābhūtārthasadṛś-chinnā) - completely severed/dissipated by the vision of reality as it truly is

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yathābhūtārthasadṛś-chinna

yathābhūtārthasadṛś-chinna - severed by the vision of reality as it is

Compound type : instrumental-tatpuruṣa (yathābhūtārthasadṛś+chinna)

• yathābhūtārthasadṛś – vision of reality as it is, insight into the true nature of things
  noun (feminine)
• chinna – severed, cut off
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: chid (class 7)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating a quote or thought

(indeclinable)

भावना (bhāvanā) - thought, idea, conception, ego-sense, imagination

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhāvanā

bhāvanā - thought, idea, conception, imagination, ego-sense

दृष्टाम् (dṛṣṭām) - a perceived thing, an impression, a seen form

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, perceived, a thing seen

Past Passive Participle

Root: dṛś (class 1)

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

करोति (karoti) - makes, does, produces

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अन्तर् (antar) - within, inside

(indeclinable)

दग्धम् (dagdham) - burnt, scorched

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dagdha

dagdha - burnt, scorched

Past Passive Participle

Root: dah (class 1)

बीजम् (bījam) - seed

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bīja

bīja - seed

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अङ्कुरम् (aṅkuram) - sprout, shoot

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of aṅkura

aṅkura - sprout, shoot

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