योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-68, verse-20

अहो नु चित्रा मायेयं प्राक्प्रत्यक्षे परोक्षता ।
निर्णीतास्मिंस्त्वनध्यक्षे प्रत्यक्षकलनागता ॥ २० ॥

aho nu citrā māyeyaṃ prākpratyakṣe parokṣatā ,
nirṇītāsmiṃstvanadhyakṣe pratyakṣakalanāgatā 20

20. aho nu citrā māyā iyam prāk pratyakṣe parokṣatā
nirṇītā asmin tu anadhyakṣe pratyakṣakalanā āgatā

20. aho nu iyam māyā citrā (asti)! prāk pratyakṣe parokṣatā nirṇītā (āsīt).
tu asmin anadhyakṣe pratyakṣakalanā āgatā.

20. Oh, how truly wondrous is this illusion (māyā)! Previously, indirectness was established even in what was considered direct perception. Yet, in this (reality) that is truly imperceptible, the phenomenon of direct perception has now manifested.

Words meanings summery:

• अहो (aho) - Oh! Ah! (exclamation of wonder)

• नु (nu) - indeed, now, then (emphatic particle)

• चित्रा (citrā) - wonderful, strange, amazing

• माया (māyā) - illusion, cosmic illusion, magical power

• इयम् (iyam) - this, this one

• प्राक् (prāk) - formerly, previously, before

• प्रत्यक्षे (pratyakṣe) - in direct perception, in the perceptible

• परोक्षता (parokṣatā) - indirectness, imperceptibility, non-immediacy

• निर्णीता (nirṇītā) - determined, ascertained, established

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

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

• अनध्यक्षे (anadhyakṣe) - in the imperceptible, in what is beyond direct observation

• प्रत्यक्षकलना (pratyakṣakalanā) - the manifestation/computation/appearance of direct perception

• आगता (āgatā) - come, arrived, manifested

Words meanings and morphology

अहो (aho) - Oh! Ah! (exclamation of wonder)

(indeclinable)

नु (nu) - indeed, now, then (emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

चित्रा (citrā) - wonderful, strange, amazing

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of citra

citra - wonderful, strange, variegated, diverse, bright

माया (māyā) - illusion, cosmic illusion, magical power

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of māyā

māyā - illusion, cosmic illusion, magical power, art, wisdom

इयम् (iyam) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

प्राक् (prāk) - formerly, previously, before

(indeclinable)

प्रत्यक्षे (pratyakṣe) - in direct perception, in the perceptible

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of pratyakṣa

pratyakṣa - direct perception, perceptible, evident

परोक्षता (parokṣatā) - indirectness, imperceptibility, non-immediacy

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of parokṣatā

parokṣatā - indirectness, imperceptibility, state of being beyond perception

Derived from parokṣa (indirect, invisible) + tā (suffix for state of being)

निर्णीता (nirṇītā) - determined, ascertained, established

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nirṇīta

nirṇīta - determined, ascertained, established, settled

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root nī- (to lead) with prefix nir-

Prefix: nir

Root: nī (class 1)

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

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

(indeclinable)

अनध्यक्षे (anadhyakṣe) - in the imperceptible, in what is beyond direct observation

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of anadhyakṣa

anadhyakṣa - unperceived, imperceptible, not under direct observation

Negation of adhyakṣa (perceptible, supervisor)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+adhyakṣa)

• an – not, non-
  indeclinable
• adhyakṣa – perceptible, overseer, presiding
  adjective (masculine)

प्रत्यक्षकलना (pratyakṣakalanā) - the manifestation/computation/appearance of direct perception

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pratyakṣakalanā

pratyakṣakalanā - the manifestation/computation/appearance of direct perception

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pratyakṣa+kalanā)

• pratyakṣa – direct perception
  noun (neuter)
• kalanā – computation, estimation, manifestation, appearance
  noun (feminine)

आगता (āgatā) - come, arrived, manifested

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āgata

āgata - come, arrived, obtained, manifested

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root gam- (to go) with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)