योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-79, verse-26

अथ सापि मुधा भ्रान्तिर्यावद्देहं प्रदृश्यते ।
इति चेत्तन्मुधा नाम सत्यमित्येव वो भवेत् ॥ २६ ॥

atha sāpi mudhā bhrāntiryāvaddehaṃ pradṛśyate ,
iti cettanmudhā nāma satyamityeva vo bhavet 26

26. atha sā api mudhā bhrāntiḥ yāvat deham pradṛśyate
iti cet tat mudhā nāma satyam iti eva vaḥ bhavet

26. atha yāvat deham pradṛśyate sā api mudhā bhrāntiḥ,
iti cet,
tat vaḥ mudhā nāma satyam iti eva bhavet

26. Now, if you say that even that delusion (bhrānti) is futile as long as the body is perceived, then 'futile' indeed is what truth would become for you.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - now, then, thereupon, moreover

• सा (sā) - that (feminine), she

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• मुधा (mudhā) - in vain, uselessly, futilely

• भ्रान्तिः (bhrāntiḥ) - delusion (bhrānti), error, confusion

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as much as

• देहम् (deham) - body

• प्रदृश्यते (pradṛśyate) - is seen, is perceived

• इति (iti) - thus, so, this (marks quotation)

• चेत् (cet) - if

• तत् (tat) - then (as a consequence) (then, that, therefore)

• मुधा (mudhā) - in vain, uselessly, futilely

• नाम (nāma) - indeed (as an emphatic particle) (indeed, by name, truly)

• सत्यम् (satyam) - truth, reality

• इति (iti) - thus, so, this (marks quotation)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• वः (vaḥ) - for you (plural) (your, to you, by you (plural))

• भवेत् (bhavet) - it would be, it should be, may it be

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - now, then, thereupon, moreover

(indeclinable)

सा (sā) - that (feminine), she

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, that one, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

मुधा (mudhā) - in vain, uselessly, futilely

(indeclinable)

From `muh` (to be bewildered, confused).

Root: muh (class 4)

भ्रान्तिः (bhrāntiḥ) - delusion (bhrānti), error, confusion

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhrānti

bhrānti - delusion, error, confusion, illusion, revolving, wandering (bhrānti)

From root `bhram` (to wander, to err).

Root: bhram (class 1)

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as much as

(indeclinable)

Correlative to `tāvat`.

देहम् (deham) - body

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form, person

From root `dih` (to anoint, to grow).

Root: dih (class 1)

Note: Object of `pradṛśyate` in a passive sense or adverbial 'throughout the body'. Here, 'as long as the body (is the subject of perception)'.

प्रदृश्यते (pradṛśyate) - is seen, is perceived

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of pradṛś

Present Middle (Passive)

From `pra-` + root `dṛś` (to see), passive voice, 3rd person singular.

Prefix: pra

Root: dṛś (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus, so, this (marks quotation)

(indeclinable)

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

Particle introducing a condition.

तत् (tat) - then (as a consequence) (then, that, therefore)

(indeclinable)

Demonstrative pronoun, here used as an adverbial particle.

मुधा (mudhā) - in vain, uselessly, futilely

(indeclinable)

From `muh` (to be bewildered, confused).

Root: muh (class 4)

नाम (nāma) - indeed (as an emphatic particle) (indeed, by name, truly)

(indeclinable)

Derived from root `jñā` (to know) or `nām` (to bend) or a suffix. Used as a particle.

सत्यम् (satyam) - truth, reality

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality, true, real, virtuous

From `sant` (being) + `ya` suffix.

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, so, this (marks quotation)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

वः (vaḥ) - for you (plural) (your, to you, by you (plural))

(pronoun)

plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (plural)

Dative/Genitive/Accusative plural of 2nd person pronoun.

Note: Often used for genitive or dative.

भवेत् (bhavet) - it would be, it should be, may it be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

Optative

Root `bhū` (class 1), 3rd person singular optative, parasmaipada.

Root: bhū (class 1)