योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-31, verse-11

येषां च विद्यते सर्गः स्वप्नपुंसामिवासताम् ।
स सर्गः पुरुषास्ते च मृगतृष्णाम्बुवीचिवत् ॥ ११ ॥

yeṣāṃ ca vidyate sargaḥ svapnapuṃsāmivāsatām ,
sa sargaḥ puruṣāste ca mṛgatṛṣṇāmbuvīcivat 11

11. yeṣām ca vidyate sargaḥ svapnapuṃsām iva asatām
sa sargaḥ puruṣāḥ te ca mṛgatṛṣṇāmbuvīcivat

11. ca yeṣām asatām svapnapuṃsām iva sargaḥ vidyate,
sa sargaḥ ca te puruṣāḥ mṛgatṛṣṇāmbuvīcivat (bhavanti).

11. For those for whom creation (sarga) appears to exist, resembling unreal dream-persons, that creation (sarga) and those individual cosmic persons (puruṣa) are like the waves of water in a mirage.

Words meanings summery:

• येषाम् (yeṣām) - of whom, for whom

• च (ca) - and

• विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found, appears

• सर्गः (sargaḥ) - creation, emanation

• स्वप्नपुंसाम् (svapnapuṁsām) - of dream-persons, of men in dreams

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• असताम् (asatām) - of the non-existent, of the unreal

• स (sa) - that

• सर्गः (sargaḥ) - creation, emanation

• पुरुषाः (puruṣāḥ) - persons, individual souls

• ते (te) - they

• च (ca) - and

• मृगतृष्णाम्बुवीचिवत् (mṛgatṛṣṇāmbuvīcivat) - like the waves of water in a mirage

Words meanings and morphology

येषाम् (yeṣām) - of whom, for whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of yad

yad - which, who, what

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found, appears

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 4)

सर्गः (sargaḥ) - creation, emanation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarga

sarga - creation, emanation, discharge, world

Root: sṛj (class 6)

स्वप्नपुंसाम् (svapnapuṁsām) - of dream-persons, of men in dreams

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of svapnapuṃs

svapnapuṁs - dream-person

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (svapna+puruṣa)

• svapna – sleep, dream
  noun (masculine)
  Root: svap (class 2)
• puruṣa – man, person, spirit, individual cosmic person
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

असताम् (asatām) - of the non-existent, of the unreal

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, false

Negation of 'sat', the present participle of 'as' (to be)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sat)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negation prefix
• sat – existing, real, good, being
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  Present active participle of root 'as' (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)

स (sa) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

सर्गः (sargaḥ) - creation, emanation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarga

sarga - creation, emanation, discharge, world

Root: sṛj (class 6)

पुरुषाः (puruṣāḥ) - persons, individual souls

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, spirit, individual cosmic person (puruṣa)

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

मृगतृष्णाम्बुवीचिवत् (mṛgatṛṣṇāmbuvīcivat) - like the waves of water in a mirage

(indeclinable)

Formed with the suffix -vat (like, similar to)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (mṛgatṛṣṇā+ambu+vīci)

• mṛgatṛṣṇā – mirage (deer-thirst)
  noun (feminine)
• ambu – water
  noun (neuter)
• vīci – wave
  noun (feminine)