योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-25, verse-18

मिश्रीभूता अपि ह्येते जतुकाष्ठादयो यथा ।
मिथोऽननुभवे मिश्रा ऐक्यं ह्यनुभवे मिथः ॥ १८ ॥

miśrībhūtā api hyete jatukāṣṭhādayo yathā ,
mitho'nanubhave miśrā aikyaṃ hyanubhave mithaḥ 18

18. miśrībhūtāḥ api hi ete jatukāṣṭhādayaḥ yathā
mithaḥ ananubhave miśrāḥ aikyam hi anubhave mithaḥ

18. yathā ete jatukāṣṭhādayaḥ api hi miśrībhūtāḥ,
(te) ananubhave mithaḥ miśrāḥ (bhavanti),
hi (tu) anubhave mithaḥ aikyam (bhavanti).

18. Indeed, just as things like lac and wood, though mixed together, appear as a blend when not mutually experienced as distinct entities (ananubhava), yet become a mutual unity (aikya) when experienced (anubhava) as one.

Words meanings summery:

• मिश्रीभूताः (miśrībhūtāḥ) - become mixed, blended, fused

• अपि (api) - also, even, indeed, although

• हि (hi) - Emphatic particle. (indeed, surely, for, because)

• एते (ete) - these (masculine)

• जतुकाष्ठादयः (jatukāṣṭhādayaḥ) - lac, wood, and others; things like lac and wood

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

• मिथः (mithaḥ) - mutually, reciprocally, together

• अननुभवे (ananubhave) - When the distinct entities are not individually perceived. (in non-experience, in lack of experience, when not perceived separately)

• मिश्राः (miśrāḥ) - mixed, blended, mingled

• ऐक्यम् (aikyam) - Complete merger into one entity. (unity, oneness, identity)

• हि (hi) - Emphatic particle. (indeed, surely, for, because)

• अनुभवे (anubhave) - When the entities are perceived in a unified manner. (in experience, in perception, when experienced)

• मिथः (mithaḥ) - mutually, reciprocally, together

Words meanings and morphology

मिश्रीभूताः (miśrībhūtāḥ) - become mixed, blended, fused

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of miśrībhūta

miśrībhūta - mixed, blended, assimilated, become one

Past passive participle (of compound verb miśrī-bhū)

Derived from miśrī (mixing) + bhūta (become).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (miśrī+bhūta)

• miśrī – mixing, blending
  adjective
• bhūta – become, past, existing, element
  adjective
  Past passive participle
  From root bhū (to be, become).
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'jatukāṣṭhādayaḥ'.

अपि (api) - also, even, indeed, although

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - Emphatic particle. (indeed, surely, for, because)

(indeclinable)

एते (ete) - these (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

Note: Refers to 'jatukāṣṭhādayaḥ'.

जतुकाष्ठादयः (jatukāṣṭhādayaḥ) - lac, wood, and others; things like lac and wood

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jatukāṣṭhādi

jatukāṣṭhādi - lac, wood, and so on; beginning with lac and wood

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (jatu+kāṣṭha+ādi)

• jatu – lac, sealing wax, resin
  noun (neuter)
• kāṣṭha – wood, piece of wood
  noun (neuter)
• ādi – beginning, commencement, and so on, et cetera
  indeclinable

Note: Subject of the first clause.

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

(indeclinable)

मिथः (mithaḥ) - mutually, reciprocally, together

(indeclinable)

अननुभवे (ananubhave) - When the distinct entities are not individually perceived. (in non-experience, in lack of experience, when not perceived separately)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ananubhava

ananubhava - non-experience, non-perception, absence of perception

Negative prefix 'an-' + anubhava (experience).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (na+anubhava)

• na – not
  indeclinable
• anubhava – experience, perception, apprehension
  noun (masculine)
  From prefix anu- + root bhū (to be, become).
  Prefix: anu
  Root: bhū (class 1)

मिश्राः (miśrāḥ) - mixed, blended, mingled

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of miśra

miśra - mixed, blended, mingled, composite

Note: Qualifies 'jatukāṣṭhādayaḥ'.

ऐक्यम् (aikyam) - Complete merger into one entity. (unity, oneness, identity)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of aikya

aikya - unity, oneness, identity

Derived from eka (one) with suffix -ya (abstract noun).

Note: Functions as a predicate nominal (e.g., 'they become unity').

हि (hi) - Emphatic particle. (indeed, surely, for, because)

(indeclinable)

अनुभवे (anubhave) - When the entities are perceived in a unified manner. (in experience, in perception, when experienced)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of anubhava

anubhava - experience, perception, apprehension, feeling

From prefix anu- + root bhū (to be, become).

Prefix: anu

Root: bhū (class 1)

मिथः (mithaḥ) - mutually, reciprocally, together

(indeclinable)

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