योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-68, verse-25

आधिभौतिकचिद्रूढा ह्यातिवाहिकदेहके ।
मरौ मरीचिकास्वेव यथा मिथ्यैव वारिधीः ॥ २५ ॥

ādhibhautikacidrūḍhā hyātivāhikadehake ,
marau marīcikāsveva yathā mithyaiva vāridhīḥ 25

25. ādhibhautikacit rūḍhā hi ātivāhikadehake
marau marīcikāsu eva yathā mithyā eva vāridhīḥ

25. yathā marau marīcikāsu eva vāridhīḥ mithyā eva,
hi ādhibhautikacit rūḍhā ātivāhikadehake

25. Just as bodies of water (vāridhīḥ) are truly false in the mirages (marīcikāsu) of a desert, similarly, the gross physical consciousness (ādhibhautika-cit) is, indeed, falsely ingrained in the subtle body (ātivāhika-deha).

Words meanings summery:

• आधिभौतिकचित् (ādhibhautikacit) - gross physical consciousness (ādhibhautika-cit) (gross physical consciousness/mind)

• रूढा (rūḍhā) - ingrained, fixed, rooted, established

• हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, because

• आतिवाहिकदेहके (ātivāhikadehake) - in the subtle body (ātivāhika-deha) (in the subtle body)

• मरौ (marau) - in the desert

• मरीचिकासु (marīcikāsu) - in the mirages (marīcikāsu) (in the mirages)

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• मिथ्या (mithyā) - truly false (falsely, incorrectly, unreal, illusory)

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• वारिधीः (vāridhīḥ) - bodies of water (vāridhīḥ) (oceans, vast bodies of water)

Words meanings and morphology

आधिभौतिकचित् (ādhibhautikacit) - gross physical consciousness (ādhibhautika-cit) (gross physical consciousness/mind)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ādhibhautikacit

ādhibhautikacit - consciousness (cit) related to the gross physical (ādhibhautika) realm; gross physical mind

Compound of ādhibhautika and cit

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ādhibhautika+cit)

• ādhibhautika – relating to gross elements; related to living beings
  adjective
  From adhibhūta with suffix ika
• cit – consciousness, intelligence, thought
  noun (feminine)
  From root cit (to perceive, to understand)
  Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Subject.

रूढा (rūḍhā) - ingrained, fixed, rooted, established

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of rūḍha

rūḍha - rooted, grown, ascended, established, traditional, conventional

Past Passive Participle

From root ruh (to grow, to ascend)

Root: ruh (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, because

(indeclinable)

Particle

आतिवाहिकदेहके (ātivāhikadehake) - in the subtle body (ātivāhika-deha) (in the subtle body)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ātivāhikadeha

ātivāhikadeha - subtle body, vehicle of transmigration

Compound of ātivāhika and deha

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ātivāhika+deha)

• ātivāhika – subtle, conveying, transporting
  adjective
  From ati + vah + ika
  Prefix: ati
  Root: vah (class 1)
• deha – body, physical form
  noun (masculine)
  From root dih
  Root: dih (class 4)

Note: Refers to 'in the subtle body'.

मरौ (marau) - in the desert

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of maru

maru - desert, sandy waste, wilderness

मरीचिकासु (marīcikāsu) - in the mirages (marīcikāsu) (in the mirages)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of marīcikā

marīcikā - mirage, illusion, a ray of light

From marīci (ray of light)

Note: Plural form.

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

मिथ्या (mithyā) - truly false (falsely, incorrectly, unreal, illusory)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

वारिधीः (vāridhīḥ) - bodies of water (vāridhīḥ) (oceans, vast bodies of water)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vāridhi

vāridhi - ocean, sea, reservoir of water

Compound of vāri (water) and dhi (holding, receptacle)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (vāri+dhi)

• vāri – water
  noun (neuter)
• dhi – receptacle, container, holding
  noun (masculine)
  From root dhā (to place, to hold)
  Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Subject of the 'false' statement.