योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-102, verse-31

भावनामात्र एवास्याः स्वरूपं कर्तृतां गतम् ।
जगन्नामाविलं चक्षुर्व्योम्नि बिम्बरुचामिव ॥ ३१ ॥

bhāvanāmātra evāsyāḥ svarūpaṃ kartṛtāṃ gatam ,
jagannāmāvilaṃ cakṣurvyomni bimbarucāmiva 31

31. bhāvanāmātre eva asyāḥ svarūpam kartṛtām gatam
jagat-nāma-āvilam cakṣuḥ vyomni bimbarucām iva

31. asyāḥ svarūpam bhāvanāmātre eva kartṛtām gatam
jagat-nāma-āvilam cakṣuḥ vyomni bimbarucām iva

31. Her intrinsic nature (svarūpa) assumes agency (kartṛtā) merely through her thought-form (bhāvanā), just as the eye, clouded by the names of the world (jagat), perceives the gleam of reflections in the sky.

31. כל מהותה היא דמיון בלבד, שהופך כביכול לגורם הפועל. כמו עין לקויה הרואה בבואות מדומיות בשמיים, כך היא מעכירה את הראייה בהזיה הנקראת עולם.

Words meanings summery:

• भावनामात्रे (bhāvanāmātre) - merely through her thought-form (merely in thought, in a mere conception, only in imagination)

• एव (eva) - merely, only (indeed, just, only, merely)

• अस्याः (asyāḥ) - of her (of her, by her, from her)

• स्वरूपम् (svarūpam) - intrinsic nature (svarūpa) (one's own form, intrinsic nature, essential reality)

• कर्तृताम् (kartṛtām) - agency (kartṛtā) (agency, doership, the state of being an agent)

• गतम् (gatam) - attained, assumed (gone, attained, reached, become)

• जगत्-नाम-आविलम् (jagat-nāma-āvilam) - clouded by the names of the world (jagat) (clouded by the names of the world)

• चक्षुः (cakṣuḥ) - eye (eye, sight, vision, light)

• व्योम्नि (vyomni) - in the sky (in the sky, in space, in the atmosphere)

• बिम्बरुचाम् (bimbarucām) - of the gleam of reflections (of the luster of reflections, of the gleam of images)

• इव (iva) - just as, similar to (like, as, as if, similar to)

Words meanings and morphology

भावनामात्रे (bhāvanāmātre) - merely through her thought-form (merely in thought, in a mere conception, only in imagination)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of bhāvanāmātra

bhāvanāmātra - mere thought, mere conception, only imagination

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhāvanā+mātra)

• bhāvanā – thought, conception, imagination, mental image
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root bhū (to be, exist) + ṇic + yuc
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• mātra – mere, only, consisting of
  adjective (neuter)

एव (eva) - merely, only (indeed, just, only, merely)

(indeclinable)

अस्याः (asyāḥ) - of her (of her, by her, from her)

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, that (pronoun)

स्वरूपम् (svarūpam) - intrinsic nature (svarūpa) (one's own form, intrinsic nature, essential reality)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of svarūpa

svarūpa - one's own form, intrinsic nature, essential reality

Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+rūpa)

• sva – self, own
  pronoun (masculine)
• rūpa – form, shape, nature, image
  noun (neuter)

कर्तृताम् (kartṛtām) - agency (kartṛtā) (agency, doership, the state of being an agent)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kartṛtā

kartṛtā - agency, doership, the state of being an agent

Derived from kartṛ (agent) + tā (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns)

गतम् (gatam) - attained, assumed (gone, attained, reached, become)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gata

gata - gone, past, reached, attained, obtained, become

Past Passive Participle

From root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with svarūpam.

जगत्-नाम-आविलम् (jagat-nāma-āvilam) - clouded by the names of the world (jagat) (clouded by the names of the world)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagatnāmāvila

jagatnāmāvila - clouded by the names of the world, agitated by the names of the world

Compound type : tatpurusha (jagat+nāma+āvila)

• jagat – world, universe, moving
  noun (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  From root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)
• nāma – name, appellation, form
  noun (neuter)
• āvila – turbid, muddy, confused, agitated, troubled, clouded
  adjective

Note: Agrees with cakṣuḥ.

चक्षुः (cakṣuḥ) - eye (eye, sight, vision, light)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cakṣus

cakṣus - eye, sight, vision, light

Root: cakṣ

व्योम्नि (vyomni) - in the sky (in the sky, in space, in the atmosphere)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vyoman

vyoman - sky, atmosphere, space, air

बिम्बरुचाम् (bimbarucām) - of the gleam of reflections (of the luster of reflections, of the gleam of images)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of bimbaruci

bimbaruci - light/gleam of a reflection/image

Compound type : tatpurusha (bimba+ruci)

• bimba – reflection, image, disk, orb
  noun (masculine)
• ruci – light, gleam, luster, beauty
  noun (feminine)

इव (iva) - just as, similar to (like, as, as if, similar to)

(indeclinable)

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