योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-42, verse-17

विश्वाभासं तदेवेदं न विश्वं सन्न विश्वता ।
देशकालादिमत्त्वेन कदाचिद्धेम्नि सत्यता ॥ १७ ॥

viśvābhāsaṃ tadevedaṃ na viśvaṃ sanna viśvatā ,
deśakālādimattvena kadāciddhemni satyatā 17

17. viśvābhāsam tat eva idam na viśvam sat na
viśvatā deśakālādimattvena kadācit hemni satyatā

17. idam tat viśvābhāsam eva viśvam sat na viśvatā
na deśakālādimattvena hemni kadācit satyatā

17. This (universe) is merely an appearance of that (Brahman); it is not the real (sat) world (viśva) itself, nor is it the essential nature (dharma) of the world. (It is only) due to its possessing spatial and temporal attributes that reality is sometimes attributed to an ornament of gold.

Words meanings summery:

• विश्वाभासम् (viśvābhāsam) - appearing as the world, reflected as the universe

• तत् (tat) - that (Brahman) (that, it)

• एव (eva) - merely (indeed, only, very)

• इदम् (idam) - this (universe) (this)

• न (na) - not, no

• विश्वम् (viśvam) - world, universe, all

• सत् (sat) - truly existent, real (as opposed to illusory) (real, existent, good)

• न (na) - not, no

• विश्वता (viśvatā) - the essential nature (dharma) of the world (world-ness, universality, the state of being the world)

• देशकालादिमत्त्वेन (deśakālādimattvena) - by reason of having space, time, etc.

• कदाचित् (kadācit) - sometimes, occasionally

• हेम्नि (hemni) - in an ornament of gold (in gold)

• सत्यता (satyatā) - reality (as an independent entity) (reality, truth, true existence)

Words meanings and morphology

विश्वाभासम् (viśvābhāsam) - appearing as the world, reflected as the universe

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of viśvābhāsa

viśvābhāsa - appearance of the universe, reflection of the world

Compound type : tatpurusha (viśva+ābhāsa)

• viśva – universe, world, all
  noun (neuter)
• ābhāsa – appearance, reflection, semblance
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: bhā (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that (Brahman) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

एव (eva) - merely (indeed, only, very)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

इदम् (idam) - this (universe) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Refers to the perceived world.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation particle.

विश्वम् (viśvam) - world, universe, all

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of viśva

viśva - universe, world, all

सत् (sat) - truly existent, real (as opposed to illusory) (real, existent, good)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sat

sat - existing, real, true, good

Present Active Participle

Derived from root "as" (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'viśvam'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation particle.

विश्वता (viśvatā) - the essential nature (dharma) of the world (world-ness, universality, the state of being the world)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of viśvatā

viśvatā - world-ness, universality, the state of being the world

Derived from 'viśva' + suffix '-tā'

देशकालादिमत्त्वेन (deśakālādimattvena) - by reason of having space, time, etc.

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of deśakālādimattva

deśakālādimattva - the state of possessing space, time, and other attributes

Derived from deśakālādimat (possessing space, time, etc.) + suffix -tva (abstract noun suffix)

Compound type : tatpurusha (deśa+kāla+ādi+mat+tva)

• deśa – space, place, region
  noun (masculine)
• kāla – time
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, etcetera
  indeclinable
• mat – possessing, endowed with (suffix)
  adjective
  Taddhita suffix -mat
• tva – state of being, -ness (suffix)
  noun (neuter)
  Taddhita suffix -tva

कदाचित् (kadācit) - sometimes, occasionally

(indeclinable)

हेम्नि (hemni) - in an ornament of gold (in gold)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of heman

heman - gold

Note: Used here to denote the material of an ornament (implied).

सत्यता (satyatā) - reality (as an independent entity) (reality, truth, true existence)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of satyatā

satyatā - reality, truth, true existence

Derived from 'sat' (real, true) + suffix '-tā'