योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-117, verse-21

चिरसंदर्शनाभावादप्रफुल्लवृहद्वपुः ।
स्वप्नो जाग्रत्तया रूढो महाजाग्रत्पदं गतः ॥ २१ ॥

cirasaṃdarśanābhāvādapraphullavṛhadvapuḥ ,
svapno jāgrattayā rūḍho mahājāgratpadaṃ gataḥ 21

21. cirasaṃdarśanābhāvāt apraphullavṛhadvapuḥ
svapnaḥ jāgrattayā rūḍhaḥ mahājāgratpadaṃ gataḥ

21. cirasaṃdarśanābhāvāt apraphullavṛhadvapuḥ
svapnaḥ jāgrattayā rūḍhaḥ mahājāgratpadaṃ gataḥ

21. A dream (svapna), whose vast form has not fully blossomed due to the absence of continuous perception, becomes established as wakefulness (jāgrat) and thus attains the state of great wakefulness (mahājāgrat).

Words meanings summery:

• चिरसंदर्शनाभावात् (cirasaṁdarśanābhāvāt) - due to the absence of long-term perception or experience

• अप्रफुल्लवृहद्वपुः (apraphullavṛhadvapuḥ) - whose vast body is unexpanded or unmanifested; unblossomed vast form

• स्वप्नः (svapnaḥ) - the dream state (svapna) (dream, sleep)

• जाग्रत्तया (jāgrattayā) - by wakefulness, by the state of being awake

• रूढः (rūḍhaḥ) - become established, transformed into (ascended, grown, established, become firm)

• महाजाग्रत्पदं (mahājāgratpadaṁ) - to the state of great wakefulness

• गतः (gataḥ) - gone, attained, reached

Words meanings and morphology

चिरसंदर्शनाभावात् (cirasaṁdarśanābhāvāt) - due to the absence of long-term perception or experience

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of cirasaṃdarśanābhāva

cirasaṁdarśanābhāva - absence of long-term perception/experience

Compound type : tatpurusha (cira+saṃdarśana+abhāva)

• cira – long, for a long time
  indeclinable
• saṃdarśana – seeing, perception, experience
  noun (neuter)
  Action noun
  Derived from root dṛś with prefix sam and suffix -ana
  Prefix: sam
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• abhāva – absence, non-existence, lack
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from `a` (negation) + `bhāva` (being)
  Prefix: a
  Root: bhū (class 1)

अप्रफुल्लवृहद्वपुः (apraphullavṛhadvapuḥ) - whose vast body is unexpanded or unmanifested; unblossomed vast form

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of apraphullavṛhadvapus

apraphullavṛhadvapus - whose vast body is unexpanded/unmanifested, unblossomed vast form

Compound type : bahuvrihi (a+praphulla+vṛhat+vapus)

• a – negation, not
  prefix
• praphulla – blossomed, expanded, fully opened
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root phul with prefix pra
  Prefix: pra
  Root: phul (class 1)
• vṛhat – vast, great, large
  adjective (neuter)
• vapus – body, form, figure
  noun (neuter)

स्वप्नः (svapnaḥ) - the dream state (svapna) (dream, sleep)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - dream, sleep, dreaming

Root: svap (class 2)

जाग्रत्तया (jāgrattayā) - by wakefulness, by the state of being awake

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of jāgrattā

jāgrattā - wakefulness, state of being awake

Derived from `jāgrat` (present active participle of `jāgṛ`) with suffix `-tā`

Root: jāgṛ (class 2)

रूढः (rūḍhaḥ) - become established, transformed into (ascended, grown, established, become firm)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rūḍha

rūḍha - ascended, grown, established, traditional, become firm

Past Passive Participle

From root `ruh` (to grow, ascend)

Root: ruh (class 1)

महाजाग्रत्पदं (mahājāgratpadaṁ) - to the state of great wakefulness

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahājāgratpada

mahājāgratpada - state of great wakefulness (mahājāgrat)

Compound type : tatpurusha (mahā+jāgrat+pada)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• jāgrat – wakefulness, awake state
  noun (feminine)
  Present Active Participle
  From root jāgṛ
  Root: jāgṛ (class 2)
• pada – state, place, step, foot
  noun (neuter)

गतः (gataḥ) - gone, attained, reached

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, reached, obtained, attained

Past Passive Participle

From root `gam` (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

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