योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-52, verse-5

इयं दृश्यभरभ्रान्तिर्नन्वविद्येति चोच्यते ।
वस्तुतो विद्यते नैषा तापनद्यां यथा पयः ॥ ५ ॥

iyaṃ dṛśyabharabhrāntirnanvavidyeti cocyate ,
vastuto vidyate naiṣā tāpanadyāṃ yathā payaḥ 5

5. iyam dṛśyabharabhrāntiḥ nanu avidyā iti ca ucyate
vastutaḥ vidyate na eṣā tāpanadyām yathā payaḥ

5. iyam dṛśyabharabhrāntiḥ nanu ca avidyā iti ucyate.
eṣā vastutaḥ na vidyate,
yathā tāpanadyām payaḥ (na vidyate).

5. This overwhelming delusion of appearances is indeed called ignorance (avidyā). In reality, it does not exist, just as water does not exist in a mirage.

Words meanings summery:

• इयम् (iyam) - this, this one

• दृश्यभरभ्रान्तिः (dṛśyabharabhrāntiḥ) - overwhelming delusion of appearances (delusion of the mass of appearances, illusion of the abundance of perceptions)

• ननु (nanu) - indeed, surely, is it not?

• अविद्या (avidyā) - ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner

• च (ca) - and, also

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called, is spoken

• वस्तुतः (vastutaḥ) - in reality, truly, actually, essentially

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

• न (na) - not, no

• एषा (eṣā) - this, this one

• तापनद्याम् (tāpanadyām) - in a hot river, in a mirage

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

• पयः (payaḥ) - water, milk, fluid

Words meanings and morphology

इयम् (iyam) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

दृश्यभरभ्रान्तिः (dṛśyabharabhrāntiḥ) - overwhelming delusion of appearances (delusion of the mass of appearances, illusion of the abundance of perceptions)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dṛśyabharabhrānti

dṛśyabharabhrānti - delusion of the mass of appearances

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dṛśya+bhara+bhrānti)

• dṛśya – visible, to be seen, appearance, object of sight
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  Derived from root 'dṛś' (to see) with suffix '-ya'.
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• bhara – burden, mass, abundance, load
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhṛ (class 3)
• bhrānti – delusion, error, confusion, illusion
  noun (feminine)
  Root: bhram (class 1)

ननु (nanu) - indeed, surely, is it not?

(indeclinable)

अविद्या (avidyā) - ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of avidyā

avidyā - ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance

Derived from 'vidyā' (knowledge) with negative prefix 'a-'.

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called, is spoken

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

वस्तुतः (vastutaḥ) - in reality, truly, actually, essentially

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'vastu' (reality, substance) with suffix '-tas'.

विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found, is present

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of vid

Root: vid (class 4)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

एषा (eṣā) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etas

etas - this, this one

तापनद्याम् (tāpanadyām) - in a hot river, in a mirage

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of tāpanadī

tāpanadī - hot river, mirage

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tāpa+nadī)

• tāpa – heat, warmth, suffering, pain
  noun (masculine)
  Root: tap (class 1)
• nadī – river
  noun (feminine)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

(indeclinable)

पयः (payaḥ) - water, milk, fluid

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of payas

payas - water, milk, fluid