योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-43, verse-59

शुक्तिरूप्यभ्रमाकारो जनो मिथ्यैव ताम्यति ।
अभावभावस्तु परं बोधरूपमसंसृतिः ॥ ५९ ॥

śuktirūpyabhramākāro jano mithyaiva tāmyati ,
abhāvabhāvastu paraṃ bodharūpamasaṃsṛtiḥ 59

59. śukti-rūpya-bhrama-ākāraḥ janaḥ mithyā eva tāmyati
| abhāva-bhāvaḥ tu param bodha-rūpam asaṃsṛtiḥ

59. śukti-rūpya-bhrama-ākāraḥ janaḥ mithyā eva tāmyati
tu param abhāva-bhāvaḥ bodha-rūpam asaṃsṛtiḥ (asti)

59. A person, deluded like one mistaking a conch-shell for silver, truly suffers falsely. But the ultimate reality (param) is the state of non-existence (of illusory phenomena) (abhāva), which is of the nature of pure awareness (bodha-rūpam) and is freedom from the cycle of existence (saṃsāra).

Words meanings summery:

• शुक्ति-रूप्य-भ्रम-आकारः (śukti-rūpya-bhrama-ākāraḥ) - having the form of the delusion of silver in a conch-shell

• जनः (janaḥ) - person, individual, man

• मिथ्या (mithyā) - falsely, unreal, illusory

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

• ताम्यति (tāmyati) - suffers, becomes distressed, is troubled

• अभाव-भावः (abhāva-bhāvaḥ) - the realization of non-existence (of illusory phenomena) (the state of non-existence (of illusory phenomena), the reality of unreality)

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed

• परम् (param) - supreme, ultimate, highest

• बोध-रूपम् (bodha-rūpam) - of the nature of consciousness, having the form of awareness

• असंसृतिः (asaṁsṛtiḥ) - freedom from saṃsāra, non-transmigration

Words meanings and morphology

शुक्ति-रूप्य-भ्रम-आकारः (śukti-rūpya-bhrama-ākāraḥ) - having the form of the delusion of silver in a conch-shell

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śukti-rūpya-bhrama-ākāra

śukti-rūpya-bhrama-ākāra - having the appearance or nature of the delusion of silver in nacre

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śukti+rūpya+bhrama+ākāra)

• śukti – conch-shell, nacre, pearl-oyster shell
  noun (feminine)
• rūpya – silver, made of silver
  noun (neuter)
• bhrama – delusion, error, illusion
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhram (class 1)
• ākāra – form, shape, appearance
  noun (masculine)

जनः (janaḥ) - person, individual, man

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jana

jana - person, individual, man, creature, people

मिथ्या (mithyā) - falsely, unreal, illusory

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, truly

(indeclinable)

ताम्यति (tāmyati) - suffers, becomes distressed, is troubled

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of tam

present active indicative

Root 'tam', 3rd person singular, present tense, active voice.

Root: tam (class 4)

अभाव-भावः (abhāva-bhāvaḥ) - the realization of non-existence (of illusory phenomena) (the state of non-existence (of illusory phenomena), the reality of unreality)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhāva-bhāva

abhāva-bhāva - the state of non-existence; the existence of non-existence; the unreal nature of existence

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (abhāva+bhāva)

• abhāva – non-existence, absence, unreality
  noun (masculine)
  Formed with negative prefix 'a-' from 'bhāva'.
  Prefix: a
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• bhāva – existence, state, nature, being
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed

(indeclinable)

परम् (param) - supreme, ultimate, highest

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, ultimate, highest, other, distant

Note: Used here as a substantive, 'the ultimate reality'.

बोध-रूपम् (bodha-rūpam) - of the nature of consciousness, having the form of awareness

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bodha-rūpa

bodha-rūpa - of the nature of awareness, having the form of consciousness

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bodha+rūpa)

• bodha – knowledge, understanding, awareness, awakening
  noun (masculine)
  Root: budh (class 1)
• rūpa – form, shape, nature, characteristic
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'param'.

असंसृतिः (asaṁsṛtiḥ) - freedom from saṃsāra, non-transmigration

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of asaṃsṛti

asaṁsṛti - freedom from the cycle of rebirth, non-transmigration

Formed with negative prefix 'a-' from 'saṃsṛti'.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+saṃsṛti)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• saṃsṛti – cycle of rebirth, transmigration, saṃsāra
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)