योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-13, verse-37

भावयञ्छब्दनिर्माता शब्दैर्बध्नाति कल्पितैः ।
आतिवाहिकदेहोऽसावित्यसत्यजगद्भ्रमे ॥ ३७ ॥

bhāvayañchabdanirmātā śabdairbadhnāti kalpitaiḥ ,
ātivāhikadeho'sāvityasatyajagadbhrame 37

37. bhāvayan śabdanirmātā śabdaiḥ badhnāti kalpitaiḥ
ātivāhikadehaḥ asau iti asatyajagadbhrame

37. bhāvayan śabdanirmātā kalpitaiḥ śabdaiḥ badhnāti
asau ātivāhikadehaḥ iti asatyajagadbhrame

37. Imagining (itself as reality), and thus becoming a creator of words, it binds (itself) with conceived words, (thinking) 'this is the subtle body (ātivāhikadeha),' within the illusion of the unreal world.

Words meanings summery:

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

• शब्दनिर्माता (śabdanirmātā) - creator of words

• शब्दैः (śabdaiḥ) - by words, with words

• बध्नाति (badhnāti) - binds, ties, constrains

• कल्पितैः (kalpitaiḥ) - by conceived/imagined (words) (by conceived, by imagined (ones))

• आतिवाहिकदेहः (ātivāhikadehaḥ) - subtle body

• असौ (asau) - this (masculine), that (masculine)

• इति (iti) - introduces direct speech or thought, here 'thinking' (thus, so)

• असत्यजगद्भ्रमे (asatyajagadbhrame) - in the illusion of the unreal world

Words meanings and morphology

भावयन् (bhāvayan) - imagining, causing to be, meditating

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhāvayat

bhāvayat - causing to be, imagining, contemplating

Present Active Participle (Causative)

Present Active Participle of the causative form of root bhū (to be)

Root: bhū (class 1)

शब्दनिर्माता (śabdanirmātā) - creator of words

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śabdanirmātṛ

śabdanirmātṛ - creator of sounds/words

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śabda+nirmātṛ)

• śabda – word, sound
  noun (masculine)
• nirmātṛ – creator, maker
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun from root mā (to measure, create) with prefix nir-
  Prefix: nir
  Root: mā (class 2)

शब्दैः (śabdaiḥ) - by words, with words

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śabda

śabda - word, sound

बध्नाति (badhnāti) - binds, ties, constrains

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of bandh

Present active indicative form of root bandh

Root: bandh (class 9)

कल्पितैः (kalpitaiḥ) - by conceived/imagined (words) (by conceived, by imagined (ones))

(participle)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kalpita

kalpita - conceived, imagined, fabricated, arranged

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root kḷp (to prepare, to arrange, to imagine)

Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'śabdaiḥ'

आतिवाहिकदेहः (ātivāhikadehaḥ) - subtle body

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātivāhikadeha

ātivāhikadeha - subtle body, vehicle body (for the soul's transmigration)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātivāhika+deha)

• ātivāhika – subtle, vehicle-like, conducive to transport
  adjective
  Derived from 'ativaha' (a vehicle)
• deha – body
  noun (masculine)

असौ (asau) - this (masculine), that (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - this, that, yonder

इति (iti) - introduces direct speech or thought, here 'thinking' (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

असत्यजगद्भ्रमे (asatyajagadbhrame) - in the illusion of the unreal world

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of asatyajagadbhrame

asatyajagadbhrame - in the illusion of the unreal world

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (asatya+jagat+bhrama)

• asatya – unreal, false, untrue
  adjective
  Negation of 'satya' (true)
• jagat – world, universe
  noun (neuter)
• bhrama – illusion, delusion, error, wandering
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhram (class 1)

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