योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-14, verse-3

आकाशरूपमजहदेवं वेत्तीव हृद्यताम् ।
स्वप्नसंकल्पशैलादाविव चिद्वृत्तिरान्तरी ॥ ३ ॥

ākāśarūpamajahadevaṃ vettīva hṛdyatām ,
svapnasaṃkalpaśailādāviva cidvṛttirāntarī 3

3. ākāśa-rūpam ajahat evam vetti iva hṛdyatām
svapnasaṅkalpaśailādau iva cit-vṛttiḥ āntarī

3. evam ākāśa-rūpam ajahat hṛdyatām vetti iva.
svapnasaṅkalpaśailādau iva āntarī cit-vṛttiḥ.

3. Thus, without abandoning its nature as space (ākāśa), it (the supreme space) appears to perceive pleasantness, just as the inner mental modification (cit-vṛtti) experiences things like mountains in a dream or through imagination (saṅkalpa).

Words meanings summery:

• आकाश-रूपम् (ākāśa-rūpam) - its inherent form as pure space/consciousness (nature of space, having the form of space)

• अजहत् (ajahat) - while maintaining its essential nature (not abandoning, not giving up, without leaving)

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• वेत्ति (vetti) - appears to experience or know internally (knows, understands, perceives)

• इव (iva) - implying appearance rather than actual change (like, as, as if)

• हृद्यताम् (hṛdyatām) - the quality of being desirable or pleasing to consciousness (pleasantness, agreeableness, charm, desirability)

• स्वप्नसङ्कल्पशैलादौ (svapnasaṅkalpaśailādau) - a class of perceived objects, whether real or imagined, in locative case indicating the context of experience (in dreams, mental constructs, mountains, etc.)

• इव (iva) - introduces the comparison (like, as, as if)

• चित्-वृत्तिः (cit-vṛttiḥ) - the internal conscious activity or state (mental modification of consciousness, thought-wave)

• आन्तरी (āntarī) - referring to the internal nature of the mind/consciousness (internal, inner)

Words meanings and morphology

आकाश-रूपम् (ākāśa-rūpam) - its inherent form as pure space/consciousness (nature of space, having the form of space)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ākāśa-rūpa

ākāśa-rūpa - nature of space, having the form of space

Compound type : karmadharaya (ākāśa+rūpa)

• ākāśa – space, ether, sky
  noun (neuter)
• rūpa – form, nature, appearance
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of `ajahat`.

अजहत् (ajahat) - while maintaining its essential nature (not abandoning, not giving up, without leaving)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ajahat

ajahat - not abandoning, not giving up

Present Active Participle

from a- (not) + root hā (to abandon)

Prefix: a

Root: hā (class 3)

Note: Used in a participial phrase indicating simultaneous action.

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb.

वेत्ति (vetti) - appears to experience or know internally (knows, understands, perceives)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 2)

इव (iva) - implying appearance rather than actual change (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison or appearance.

हृद्यताम् (hṛdyatām) - the quality of being desirable or pleasing to consciousness (pleasantness, agreeableness, charm, desirability)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of hṛdyatā

hṛdyatā - pleasantness, agreeableness, charm, desirability

From hṛdya (pleasant) + tā (abstract noun suffix)

Note: Object of 'vetti'.

स्वप्नसङ्कल्पशैलादौ (svapnasaṅkalpaśailādau) - a class of perceived objects, whether real or imagined, in locative case indicating the context of experience (in dreams, mental constructs, mountains, etc.)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svapnasaṅkalpaśailādi

svapnasaṅkalpaśailādi - dreams, mental constructs, mountains, etc.

Compound type : dvandva (svapna+saṅkalpa+śaila+ādi)

• svapna – dream, sleep
  noun (masculine)
  Root: svap (class 2)
• saṅkalpa – mental construct, intention, imagination
  noun (masculine)
  From sam-kḷp (to resolve)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• śaila – mountain, rock
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, etcetera, and so on
  noun (masculine)

Note: Compound in locative case.

इव (iva) - introduces the comparison (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.

चित्-वृत्तिः (cit-vṛttiḥ) - the internal conscious activity or state (mental modification of consciousness, thought-wave)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cit-vṛtti

cit-vṛtti - mental modification of consciousness, thought-wave

Compound type : tatpurusha (cit+vṛtti)

• cit – consciousness, thought, intelligence
  noun (feminine)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• vṛtti – modification, activity, state, function
  noun (feminine)
  From root vṛt (to be, to turn)
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Subject of the simile.

आन्तरी (āntarī) - referring to the internal nature of the mind/consciousness (internal, inner)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āntara

āntara - internal, inner, intimate

From antara (internal) + ṇa (suffix)

Note: Agrees with `cit-vṛttiḥ`.