योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-26, verse-37

पार्थिवत्वे शरीरेऽस्मिन्स्वस्वप्नाङ्ग इवासति ।
भ्रममात्रात्मनि कुतः क्व कस्य किमपेक्षणम् ॥ ३७ ॥

pārthivatve śarīre'sminsvasvapnāṅga ivāsati ,
bhramamātrātmani kutaḥ kva kasya kimapekṣaṇam 37

37. pārthivatve śarīre asmin svasvapnāṅga iva asati
bhramamātrātmani kutaḥ kva kasya kim apekṣaṇam

37. pārthivatve asmin śarīre svasvapnāṅga iva asati
bhramamātrātmani kutaḥ kva kasya kim apekṣaṇam

37. When this body, with its material nature (pārthivatva), is unreal—like an element in one's own dream—and whose very essence (ātman) is nothing but illusion, then from where, where, for whom, and what kind of expectation (apekṣaṇa) can there be?

Words meanings summery:

• पार्थिवत्वे (pārthivatve) - in the state of being earthly, in its material nature

• शरीरे (śarīre) - in the body

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (neuter/masculine)

• स्वस्वप्नाङ्ग (svasvapnāṅga) - a part of one's own dream

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• असति (asati) - in the non-existent, in the unreal

• भ्रममात्रात्मनि (bhramamātrātmani) - in the body (ātman) which is nothing but illusion (in that whose nature (ātman) is mere illusion)

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, how, why

• क्व (kva) - where

• कस्य (kasya) - whose, for whom

• किम् (kim) - what

• अपेक्षणम् (apekṣaṇam) - expectation, regard, seeking, desiring

Words meanings and morphology

पार्थिवत्वे (pārthivatve) - in the state of being earthly, in its material nature

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of pārthivatva

pārthivatva - earthliness, material nature, terrestrial quality

From pṛthivī (earth) + aṇ (adjective suffix) -> pārthiva (earthly) + tva (abstract noun suffix)

शरीरे (śarīre) - in the body

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body

Root: śṝ (class 9)

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (neuter/masculine)

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Agrees with śarīre

स्वस्वप्नाङ्ग (svasvapnāṅga) - a part of one's own dream

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of svasvapnāṅga

svasvapnāṅga - a limb or part of one's own dream

From sva (own) + svapna (dream) + aṅga (limb, part)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+svapna+aṅga)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun (masculine)
• svapna – dream, sleep
  noun (masculine)
  Root: svap (class 2)
• aṅga – limb, part, body
  noun (neuter)

Note: Acts like an adjective to śarīre or asati, hence implied locative or nominative in apposition

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

particle of comparison

असति (asati) - in the non-existent, in the unreal

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, false

Present active participle

From a (negative) + root as (to be) + suffix -at

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sat)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• sat – existing, real, true
  adjective (masculine)
  Present active participle
  Derived from root as (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)

Note: Agrees with śarīre asmin and bhramamātrātmani by context

भ्रममात्रात्मनि (bhramamātrātmani) - in the body (ātman) which is nothing but illusion (in that whose nature (ātman) is mere illusion)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of bhramamātrātman

bhramamātrātman - one whose essence (ātman) is mere illusion, whose nature is just error

From bhrama (illusion, error) + mātra (mere, only) + ātman (self, essence)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhrama+mātra+ātman)

• bhrama – illusion, error, delusion, wandering
  noun (masculine)
  From root bhram (to wander)
  Root: bhram (class 1)
• mātra – mere, only, simply
  adjective (neuter)
• ātman – self, soul, essence, nature, body
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with śarīre asmin by context

कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, how, why

(indeclinable)

ablative of the interrogative pronoun kim

क्व (kva) - where

(indeclinable)

interrogative adverb

कस्य (kasya) - whose, for whom

(interrogative pronoun)

किम् (kim) - what

(interrogative pronoun)

अपेक्षणम् (apekṣaṇam) - expectation, regard, seeking, desiring

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of apekṣaṇa

apekṣaṇa - expectation, seeking, desire, regard, waiting

From prefix apa + root īkṣ (to see, look, expect) + suffix -aṇa

Prefix: apa

Root: īkṣ (class 1)