योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-7, verse-9

मृगतृष्णाम्बुवद्विश्वमवस्तुत्वात्सदप्यसत् ।
यश्चेदं भाति तद्ब्रह्म न किंचित्किंचिदेव वा ॥ ९ ॥

mṛgatṛṣṇāmbuvadviśvamavastutvātsadapyasat ,
yaścedaṃ bhāti tadbrahma na kiṃcitkiṃcideva vā 9

9. mṛgatṛṣṇāmbuvat viśvam avastutvāt sat api asat yaḥ
ca idam bhāti tat brahma na kiṃcit kiṃcit eva vā

9. viśvam mṛgatṛṣṇāmbuvat avastutvāt sat api asat ca
yaḥ idam bhāti tat brahma tat na kiṃcit vā kiṃcit eva

9. The world, like water in a mirage, is devoid of true substance, and thus, though it appears to exist, it is fundamentally non-existent. That which shines forth as this [world] is (brahman). It is neither nothing at all nor truly something specific.

Words meanings summery:

• मृगतृष्णाम्बुवत् (mṛgatṛṣṇāmbuvat) - like the water of a mirage

• विश्वम् (viśvam) - the universe, the world, all

• अवस्तुत्वात् (avastutvāt) - due to its unsubstantiality, because of its lack of reality

• सत् (sat) - existing, real, true

• अपि (api) - even, also, although

• असत् (asat) - non-existent, unreal, false

• यः (yaḥ) - which, who, that

• च (ca) - and, also

• इदम् (idam) - this, this world

• भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears, manifests

• तत् (tat) - that, that (brahman)

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - the Absolute Reality, the ultimate truth (brahman)

• न (na) - not, no

• किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything, something, a little

• किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything, something, a little

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• वा (vā) - or, either

Words meanings and morphology

मृगतृष्णाम्बुवत् (mṛgatṛṣṇāmbuvat) - like the water of a mirage

(indeclinable)

-vat suffix meaning 'like' or 'as'

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛgatṛṣṇā+ambu+vat)

• mṛgatṛṣṇā – mirage (lit. deer's thirst)
  noun (feminine)
• ambu – water
  noun (neuter)
• vat – like, as
  indeclinable
  suffix added to nouns to form adverbs

विश्वम् (viśvam) - the universe, the world, all

(noun)

neuter, singular of viśva

viśva - all, whole, universe, world

अवस्तुत्वात् (avastutvāt) - due to its unsubstantiality, because of its lack of reality

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of avastutva

avastutva - unsubstantiality, unreality, lack of essence

Derived from 'vastu' (substance, reality) with negative prefix 'a-' and suffix '-tva' (abstract noun)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vastu+tva)

• a – not, non-
  prefix
• vastu – thing, substance, object, reality
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vas (class 1)
• tva – state of being, -ness
  suffix (neuter)
  abstract noun suffix

सत् (sat) - existing, real, true

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sat

sat - being, existing, real, true, good

Present Active Participle

From root 'as' (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

अपि (api) - even, also, although

(indeclinable)

असत् (asat) - non-existent, unreal, false

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, false

Present Active Participle (negative)

From root 'as' (to be) with negative prefix 'a-'

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sat)

• a – not, non-
  prefix
• sat – being, existing, real, true
  adjective (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  From root 'as' (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)

यः (yaḥ) - which, who, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what, that

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this, this world

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears, manifests

(verb)

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

Root: bhā (class 2)

तत् (tat) - that, that (brahman)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

ब्रह्म (brahma) - the Absolute Reality, the ultimate truth (brahman)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - the Absolute, the ultimate reality, the creative principle of the universe

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything, something, a little

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of kiṃcit

kiṁcit - something, anything, a little, a certain

From 'kim' + 'cit'

किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything, something, a little

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of kiṃcit

kiṁcit - something, anything, a little, a certain

From 'kim' + 'cit'

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)