योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-42, verse-47

स्वप्नवच्च प्रबुद्धस्य सदैवास्तं गतं जगत् ।
सनेत्ररूपानुभवं जातितोऽन्ध इव भ्रमैः ॥ ४७ ॥

svapnavacca prabuddhasya sadaivāstaṃ gataṃ jagat ,
sanetrarūpānubhavaṃ jātito'ndha iva bhramaiḥ 47

47. svapna-vat ca prabuddhasya sadā eva astam gatam jagat
sa-netra-rūpa-anubhavaṃ jātitaḥ andhaḥ iva bhramaiḥ

47. prabuddhasya jagat ca svapna-vat sadā eva astam gatam
sa-netra-rūpa-anubhavaṃ jātitaḥ andhaḥ iva bhramaiḥ

47. For the awakened one, the world (jagat) has always vanished like a dream. Even the experience of visible forms is like the delusions of one born blind.

47. עבור מי שהתעורר, העולם נעלם תמיד כמו חלום. חוויית הראייה של צורות בעיניים נדמית כעת לתעתועים של עיוור מלידה.

Words meanings summery:

• स्वप्न-वत् (svapna-vat) - like a dream, resembling a dream

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• प्रबुद्धस्य (prabuddhasya) - of the awakened one, for the enlightened one

• सदा (sadā) - always, constantly, eternally

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

• अस्तम् (astam) - towards setting/disappearance. (setting, disappearance, end)

• गतम् (gatam) - vanished, disappeared. (gone, departed, arrived at)

• जगत् (jagat) - the phenomenal world or material existence. (the world, the universe, moving, movable)

• स-नेत्र-रूप-अनुभवं (sa-netra-rūpa-anubhavaṁ) - the experience of visible forms. (having experiences of visible forms; that which has experiences through the eyes)

• जातितः (jātitaḥ) - from birth. (by birth, by nature, by origin)

• अन्धः (andhaḥ) - blind (person)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• भ्रमैः (bhramaiḥ) - by delusions, by errors, by confusions, by wanderings

Words meanings and morphology

स्वप्न-वत् (svapna-vat) - like a dream, resembling a dream

(indeclinable)

From `svapna` (dream) + `vat` (like).

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

प्रबुद्धस्य (prabuddhasya) - of the awakened one, for the enlightened one

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of prabuddha

prabuddha - awakened, enlightened, wise; a wise person

Past Passive Participle

From `pra` + `budh` (to awaken, to enlighten).

Prefix: pra

Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Possessive, referring to the state of an enlightened individual.

सदा (sadā) - always, constantly, eternally

(indeclinable)

From `sa` + `dā` (all time).

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

(indeclinable)

अस्तम् (astam) - towards setting/disappearance. (setting, disappearance, end)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of asta

asta - setting (of sun), disappearance, home, end

Note: Forms an idiom `astaṃ gam` (to set, to vanish).

गतम् (gatam) - vanished, disappeared. (gone, departed, arrived at)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gata

gata - gone, reached, passed, understood

Past Passive Participle

From root `gam` (to go).

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Modifies `jagat`.

जगत् (jagat) - the phenomenal world or material existence. (the world, the universe, moving, movable)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - the world, the universe; moving, living beings

Present Active Participle

From root `gam` (to go), with reduplication `ja-gam-t`.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Here used as a noun in nominative case.

स-नेत्र-रूप-अनुभवं (sa-netra-rūpa-anubhavaṁ) - the experience of visible forms. (having experiences of visible forms; that which has experiences through the eyes)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sa-netra-rūpa-anubhava

sa-netra-rūpa-anubhava - possessing the experience of visible forms

`sa-` (with) + `netra-rūpa-anubhava`.

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (sa+netra-rūpa-anubhava)

• sa – with, accompanied by, having
  prefix
• netra-rūpa-anubhava – experience of visible forms through the eye
  noun (masculine)
  `netra` (eye) + `rūpa` (form) + `anubhava` (experience).
  Prefix: anu
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Here it functions as a noun, 'the experience of visible forms'.

जातितः (jātitaḥ) - from birth. (by birth, by nature, by origin)

(indeclinable)

From `jāti` (birth) + `tasi` suffix.

Root: jan (class 4)

अन्धः (andhaḥ) - blind (person)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of andha

andha - blind; a blind man

Root: andh (class 1)

Note: Refers to a blind person.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

भ्रमैः (bhramaiḥ) - by delusions, by errors, by confusions, by wanderings

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bhrama

bhrama - wandering, error, delusion, illusion, mistake

From root `bhram` (to wander, to err).

Root: bhram (class 1)

Note: Indicates the cause or means.

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