योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-3, verse-13

स्वप्नसंवित्तिषुरवत्स्मृतिजातखपुष्पवत् ।
जगत्संसरणं स्वान्तर्मृतोऽनुभवति स्वयम् ॥ १३ ॥

svapnasaṃvittiṣuravatsmṛtijātakhapuṣpavat ,
jagatsaṃsaraṇaṃ svāntarmṛto'nubhavati svayam 13

13. svapna-saṃvitti-pura-vat smṛti-jāta-kha-puṣpa-vat
jagat saṃsaraṇam sva-antar mṛtaḥ anubhavati svayam

13. sva-antar mṛtaḥ svayam svapna-saṃvitti-pura-vat
smṛti-jāta-kha-puṣpa-vat jagat saṃsaraṇam anubhavati

13. The world's continuous cycle of existence (saṃsāra) is like a dream-city (svapnasaṃvittipura) or like a sky-flower (khapuṣpa) born from memory; the one who is internally detached (from worldly attachments) personally experiences it.

Words meanings summery:

• स्वप्न-संवित्ति-पुर-वत् (svapna-saṁvitti-pura-vat) - like a city in dream-consciousness

• स्मृति-जात-ख-पुष्प-वत् (smṛti-jāta-kha-puṣpa-vat) - like a sky-flower born from memory

• जगत् (jagat) - the world, universe

• संसरणम् (saṁsaraṇam) - wandering, transmigration, the continuous cycle of existence (saṃsāra)

• स्व-अन्तर् (sva-antar) - within oneself, internally

• मृतः (mṛtaḥ) - one who is internally detached from worldly attachments (dead, deceased; (contextually) internally detached, spiritually dead to the world)

• अनुभवति (anubhavati) - experiences, perceives, undergoes

• स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, personally, by oneself

Words meanings and morphology

स्वप्न-संवित्ति-पुर-वत् (svapna-saṁvitti-pura-vat) - like a city in dream-consciousness

(indeclinable)

suffix -vat for similarity

Compound type : tatpurusha (svapnasaṃvittipura+vat)

• svapnasaṃvittipura – city of dream-consciousness
  noun (neuter)
• vat – like, as if
  indeclinable
  suffix for similarity

स्मृति-जात-ख-पुष्प-वत् (smṛti-jāta-kha-puṣpa-vat) - like a sky-flower born from memory

(indeclinable)

suffix -vat for similarity

Compound type : tatpurusha (smṛtijātakhapuṣpa+vat)

• smṛtijātakhapuṣpa – sky-flower born from memory
  noun (neuter)
• vat – like, as if
  indeclinable
  suffix for similarity

जगत् (jagat) - the world, universe

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, that which moves

Present Active Participle

from root √gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

संसरणम् (saṁsaraṇam) - wandering, transmigration, the continuous cycle of existence (saṃsāra)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṃsaraṇa

saṁsaraṇa - wandering through, transmigration, passing through various states of existence (saṃsāra)

from root √sṛ (to flow, to run) with prefix sam-

Prefix: sam

Root: sṛ (class 1)

स्व-अन्तर् (sva-antar) - within oneself, internally

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial usage

मृतः (mṛtaḥ) - one who is internally detached from worldly attachments (dead, deceased; (contextually) internally detached, spiritually dead to the world)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased, expired

Past Passive Participle

from root √mṛ (to die)

Root: mṛ (class 1)

Note: Used here as a noun referring to 'the dead one' or 'the detached one'.

अनुभवति (anubhavati) - experiences, perceives, undergoes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of anubhav

Present Indicative

from root √bhū (to be, to become) with prefix anu-

Prefix: anu

Root: bhū (class 1)

स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, personally, by oneself

(indeclinable)

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