योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-27, verse-11

यथा नौयायिनः स्थाणुतरुशैलादिवेपनम् ।
यथा शुक्तौ रजतधीस्तथा देहादि चेतसः ॥ ११ ॥

yathā nauyāyinaḥ sthāṇutaruśailādivepanam ,
yathā śuktau rajatadhīstathā dehādi cetasaḥ 11

11. yathā nauyāyinaḥ sthāṇutaruśailāgivepanam
yathā śuktau rajatadhīḥ tathā dehā-ādi cetasaḥ

11. yathā nauyāyinaḥ sthāṇutaruśailāgivepanam,
yathā śuktau rajatadhīḥ,
tathā dehā-ādi cetasaḥ

11. Just as for a traveler in a boat there is the apparent shaking of stationary pillars, trees, and mountains; and just as there is the mistaken perception of silver in a conch-shell (śukti); similarly, the body and the like (dehādi) are perceived by Consciousness (cetas) as real.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, how

• नौयायिनः (nauyāyinaḥ) - for a boat-traveler, of a boat-traveler

• स्थाणुतरुशैलागिवेपनम् (sthāṇutaruśailāgivepanam) - the apparent shaking of stationary pillars, trees, and mountains, etc.

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, how

• शुक्तौ (śuktau) - in a conch-shell, in mother-of-pearl

• रजतधीः (rajatadhīḥ) - the perception of silver, mistaken notion of silver

• तथा (tathā) - so, similarly, thus

• देहा-आदि (dehā-ādi) - the body, senses, and other material phenomena (the body and the like, body etc.)

• चेतसः (cetasaḥ) - of Consciousness, of the mind

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, how

(indeclinable)

नौयायिनः (nauyāyinaḥ) - for a boat-traveler, of a boat-traveler

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of nauyāyin

nauyāyin - traveler in a boat, sailor

Compound type : tatpurusha (nau+yāyin)

• nau – boat, ship
  noun (feminine)
• yāyin – going, moving, a traveler
  noun (masculine)
  Agent Noun
  Derived from root yā (to go).
  Root: yā (class 2)

स्थाणुतरुशैलागिवेपनम् (sthāṇutaruśailāgivepanam) - the apparent shaking of stationary pillars, trees, and mountains, etc.

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sthāṇutaruśailāgivepana

sthāṇutaruśailāgivepana - the trembling or shaking of pillars, trees, mountains, etc.

Compound type : tatpurusha (sthāṇu+taru+śaila+ādi+vepana)

• sthāṇu – a post, pillar, trunk of a tree, anything stationary
  noun (masculine)
• taru – tree
  noun (masculine)
• śaila – mountain, rock
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etc.
  indeclinable
• vepana – trembling, shaking
  noun (neuter)
  Action Noun
  Derived from root vip (to tremble).
  Root: vip (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, how

(indeclinable)

शुक्तौ (śuktau) - in a conch-shell, in mother-of-pearl

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of śukti

śukti - conch-shell, oyster shell, mother-of-pearl

रजतधीः (rajatadhīḥ) - the perception of silver, mistaken notion of silver

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of rajatadhī

rajatadhī - the idea or perception of silver

Compound type : tatpurusha (rajata+dhī)

• rajata – silver, white, clear
  noun (neuter)
• dhī – thought, understanding, intellect, perception
  noun (feminine)

तथा (tathā) - so, similarly, thus

(indeclinable)

देहा-आदि (dehā-ādi) - the body, senses, and other material phenomena (the body and the like, body etc.)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dehādi

dehādi - the body and so on

Compound type : tatpurusha (deha+ādi)

• deha – body, form, existence
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etc.
  indeclinable

चेतसः (cetasaḥ) - of Consciousness, of the mind

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of cetas

cetas - consciousness, mind, intellect, heart

Root: cit (class 1)