योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-27, verse-5

यथा शुभ्राम्बुदे वस्त्रशङ्का न फलभागिनी ।
देहोऽयमहमित्येषा तथा शङ्का न वास्तवी ॥ ५ ॥

yathā śubhrāmbude vastraśaṅkā na phalabhāginī ,
deho'yamahamityeṣā tathā śaṅkā na vāstavī 5

5. yathā śubhrāmbude vastraśaṅkā na phalabhāginī
dehaḥ ayam aham iti eṣā tathā śaṅkā na vāstavī

5. yathā śubhrāmbude vastraśaṅkā na phalabhāginī
tathā ayam dehaḥ aham iti eṣā śaṅkā na vāstavī

5. Just as the mistaken idea that a white cloud is a piece of cloth is invalid, so too is this notion, 'this body is my Self (ātman)', not truly real.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which manner

• शुभ्राम्बुदे (śubhrāmbude) - in a white cloud

• वस्त्रशङ्का (vastraśaṅkā) - the doubt/misconception of a cloth

• न (na) - not, no

• फलभागिनी (phalabhāginī) - fruitless, unproductive, invalid

• देहः (dehaḥ) - body

• अयम् (ayam) - this

• अहम् (aham) - I, my Self

• इति (iti) - introduces the direct quote/thought 'this body is I' (thus, so, namely, saying)

• एषा (eṣā) - this

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so too, in that manner

• शङ्का (śaṅkā) - doubt, suspicion, apprehension, misconception

• न (na) - not, no

• वास्तवी (vāstavī) - real, true, essential

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which manner

(indeclinable)

शुभ्राम्बुदे (śubhrāmbude) - in a white cloud

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śubhrāmbu

śubhrāmbu - white cloud

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śubhra+ambu)

• śubhra – white, clean, bright
  adjective (neuter)
• ambu – water, cloud
  noun (neuter)

वस्त्रशङ्का (vastraśaṅkā) - the doubt/misconception of a cloth

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vastraśaṅkā

vastraśaṅkā - doubt about a cloth, misconception of a cloth

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vastra+śaṅkā)

• vastra – cloth, garment
  noun (neuter)
• śaṅkā – doubt, suspicion, apprehension, misconception
  noun (feminine)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

फलभागिनी (phalabhāginī) - fruitless, unproductive, invalid

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of phalabhāgin

phalabhāgin - sharing in fruit, effective, productive

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (phala+bhāgin)

• phala – fruit, result, consequence
  noun (neuter)
• bhāgin – sharing, participating, having
  adjective (masculine)

देहः (dehaḥ) - body

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form, mass

अयम् (ayam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, here

अहम् (aham) - I, my Self

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

इति (iti) - introduces the direct quote/thought 'this body is I' (thus, so, namely, saying)

(indeclinable)

एषा (eṣā) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so too, in that manner

(indeclinable)

शङ्का (śaṅkā) - doubt, suspicion, apprehension, misconception

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śaṅkā

śaṅkā - doubt, suspicion, apprehension, misconception

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

वास्तवी (vāstavī) - real, true, essential

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vāstava

vāstava - real, true, essential, existent