योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-12, verse-9

अयःशलाकासदृशाः परस्परमसङ्गिनः ।
श्लिष्यन्ते केवलं भावा मनःकल्पनया स्वया ॥ ९ ॥

ayaḥśalākāsadṛśāḥ parasparamasaṅginaḥ ,
śliṣyante kevalaṃ bhāvā manaḥkalpanayā svayā 9

9. ayaḥśalākāsadṛśāḥ parasparam asaṅginaḥ
śliṣyante kevalam bhāvāḥ manaḥkalpanayā svayā

9. These entities (bhāva), though resembling separate iron rods and being fundamentally disconnected from one another, are nonetheless joined together solely by one's own mental constructs.

Words meanings summery:

• अयःशलाकासदृशाः (ayaḥśalākāsadṛśāḥ) - similar to iron rods

• परस्परम् (parasparam) - mutually, reciprocally, from one another

• असङ्गिनः (asaṅginaḥ) - unattached, disconnected, not clinging

• श्लिष्यन्ते (śliṣyante) - are embraced, are joined, are connected

• केवलम् (kevalam) - only, merely, solely

• भावाः (bhāvāḥ) - worldly entities, phenomena, objects of experience (entities, states of being, things)

• मनःकल्पनया (manaḥkalpanayā) - by mental creation, by imagination

• स्वया (svayā) - by one's own, by one's personal

Words meanings and morphology

अयःशलाकासदृशाः (ayaḥśalākāsadṛśāḥ) - similar to iron rods

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ayaḥśalākāsadṛśa

ayaḥśalākāsadṛśa - resembling iron bars/rods

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ayas+śalākā+sadṛśa)

• ayas – iron, metal
  noun (neuter)
• śalākā – rod, bar, stick, dart
  noun (feminine)
• sadṛśa – like, similar, resembling
  adjective (masculine)
  From sa-dṛś (looking alike)
  Prefix: sa
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `bhāvāḥ`

परस्परम् (parasparam) - mutually, reciprocally, from one another

(indeclinable)

Compound of para (other) + apara (other)

Note: Modifies `asaṅginaḥ`

असङ्गिनः (asaṅginaḥ) - unattached, disconnected, not clinging

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of asaṅgin

asaṅgin - unattached, unconnected, non-adhering

From a-saṅgin (not clinging)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+saṅgin)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• saṅgin – attached, clinging, adhering, joined
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from saṅga (attachment) with -in suffix
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sañj (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `bhāvāḥ`

श्लिष्यन्ते (śliṣyante) - are embraced, are joined, are connected

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (laṭ) of śliṣ

Present Passive Indicative

Root in passive formation (śliṣ + ya + nte)

Root: śliṣ (class 4)

Note: The subject is `bhāvāḥ`

केवलम् (kevalam) - only, merely, solely

(indeclinable)

भावाः (bhāvāḥ) - worldly entities, phenomena, objects of experience (entities, states of being, things)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhāva

bhāva - being, existence, state, condition, nature, sentiment, feeling, thing

From bhū (to be, become)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject of `śliṣyante`

मनःकल्पनया (manaḥkalpanayā) - by mental creation, by imagination

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of manaḥkalpanā

manaḥkalpanā - mental conception, imagination, thought-construction

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa (manas+kalpanā)

• manas – mind, intellect, thought, consciousness
  noun (neuter)
  Root: man (class 4)
• kalpanā – imagination, mental creation, conception, fiction
  noun (feminine)
  From kḷp (to arrange, devise, imagine)
  Root: kḷp (class 10)

Note: Instrumental cause for `śliṣyante`

स्वया (svayā) - by one's own, by one's personal

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of sva

sva - one's own, self, private, personal

Note: Agrees with `manaḥkalpanayā`