योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-13, verse-20

असदेव सदाकारं संकल्पेन्दुर्यथा न सन् ।
तमेव भावयन् द्रष्ट्रदृश्यरूपतया स्थितः ॥ २० ॥

asadeva sadākāraṃ saṃkalpenduryathā na san ,
tameva bhāvayan draṣṭradṛśyarūpatayā sthitaḥ 20

20. asat eva sat ākāram saṅkalpa induḥ yathā na san |
tam eva bhāvayan draṣṭṛ dṛśya rūpatayā sthitaḥ ||

20. asat eva sadākāram (asti),
yathā saṅkalpenduḥ na san (asti).
tam eva (jīvākāśam) bhāvayan (saḥ) draṣṭṛdṛśyarūpatayā sthitaḥ.

20. Indeed, that which is non-existent appears to take on a real form, just as the moon formed by conceptualization (saṅkalpa) is not truly real. Imagining itself in this way, the individual consciousness remains situated as both the seer and the seen.

Words meanings summery:

• असत् (asat) - that which is non-existent or unreal (non-existent, unreal, false)

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

• सत् (sat) - real, existent (real, existent, good, true)

• आकारम् (ākāram) - form, appearance (form, shape, appearance)

• सङ्कल्प (saṅkalpa) - conceptualization, mental fabrication (conceptualization, intention, resolve, wish)

• इन्दुः (induḥ) - moon (moon, drop)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, how)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• सन् (san) - real, existent (being, existing, real)

• तम् (tam) - that very (jīvākāśa) (that)

• एव (eva) - very, indeed (only, just, indeed, precisely)

• भावयन् (bhāvayan) - imagining, perceiving itself (imagining, causing to be, meditating on)

• द्रष्टृ (draṣṭṛ) - seer (seer, beholder)

• दृश्य (dṛśya) - seen (object) (visible, seen, an object of sight)

• रूपतया (rūpatayā) - in the form of (by the nature of, in the form of)

• स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - remains, is situated (situated, standing, remaining, established)

Words meanings and morphology

असत् (asat) - that which is non-existent or unreal (non-existent, unreal, false)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, false, evil

Present active participle

From root as ('to be') with negative prefix a-

Root: as (class 2)

Note: The base 'a-sat' is directly the negative of 'sat'.

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

(indeclinable)

सत् (sat) - real, existent (real, existent, good, true)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of sat

sat - real, existent, true, good, being

Present active participle

From root as ('to be')

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Forms part of the compound sadākāram.

आकारम् (ākāram) - form, appearance (form, shape, appearance)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ākāra

ākāra - form, shape, appearance, gesture

From root kṛ ('to make') with prefix ā.

Prefix: ā

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Forms a Karmadhāraya compound 'sadākāram' (sat + ākāram).

सङ्कल्प (saṅkalpa) - conceptualization, mental fabrication (conceptualization, intention, resolve, wish)

(noun)

masculine, singular of saṅkalpa

saṅkalpa - conceptualization, intention, resolve, will, mental faculty of intention

From root kḷp ('to be fit') with prefix sam.

Prefix: sam

Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: First part of a Tatpuruṣa compound: saṅkalpenduḥ.

इन्दुः (induḥ) - moon (moon, drop)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of indu

indu - moon, drop, spot, camphor

Root: und (class 7)

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, how)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

सन् (san) - real, existent (being, existing, real)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sat

sat - real, existent, true, good, being

Present active participle

From root as ('to be')

Root: as (class 2)

तम् (tam) - that very (jīvākāśa) (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, it

एव (eva) - very, indeed (only, just, indeed, precisely)

(indeclinable)

भावयन् (bhāvayan) - imagining, perceiving itself (imagining, causing to be, meditating on)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhū

bhū - to be, to become, to exist

Present active participle (causative)

Causative of root bhū, Class 10 (bhāvayati), Parasmaipada, śatṛ suffix.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Functions as a predicative adjective or present participle modifying the implicit subject (jīvākāśa).

द्रष्टृ (draṣṭṛ) - seer (seer, beholder)

(noun)

masculine, singular of draṣṭṛ

draṣṭṛ - seer, beholder, spectator

Agent noun

From root dṛś ('to see') with suffix tṛ.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

दृश्य (dṛśya) - seen (object) (visible, seen, an object of sight)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of dṛśya

dṛśya - visible, seen, an object of sight, what is to be seen

Gerundive

From root dṛś ('to see') with suffix yat.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

रूपतया (rūpatayā) - in the form of (by the nature of, in the form of)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of rūpatā

rūpatā - form, nature, character, appearance

Abstract noun from rūpa ('form') with suffix tā.

Note: Forms a Bahuvrīhi or Tatpuruṣa compound draṣṭṛdṛśyarūpatā which is then declined.

स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - remains, is situated (situated, standing, remaining, established)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthita

sthita - situated, standing, existing, firm, established

Past Passive Participle

From root sthā ('to stand') with suffix kta.

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Functions as a predicate adjective.