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.

37. כאשר יוצר המילים מהרהר, הוא כובל את עצמו במילים ובמושגים שדמיין, בתוך אשלית העולם הבלתי-אמיתי, במחשבה שזהו הגוף המופשט שלו.

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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