योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-2, verse-54

संकल्पमात्रमेवैतन्मनो ब्रह्मेति कथ्यते ।
संकल्पाकाशपुरुषो नास्य पृथ्व्यादि विद्यते ॥ ५४ ॥

saṃkalpamātramevaitanmano brahmeti kathyate ,
saṃkalpākāśapuruṣo nāsya pṛthvyādi vidyate 54

54. saṅkalpamātram eva etat manaḥ brahma iti kathyate
saṅkalpākāśapuruṣaḥ na asya pṛthvyādi vidyate

54. etat manaḥ saṅkalpamātram eva (asti),
brahma iti kathyate.
(saḥ) saṅkalpākāśapuruṣaḥ (asti).
asya pṛthvyādi na vidyate.

54. This mind (manas) is solely imagination (saṅkalpa) and is referred to as brahman. It is a conceptual sky-person (saṅkalpākāśapuruṣa); for it, there exist no earth or other elements.

Words meanings summery:

• सङ्कल्पमात्रम् (saṅkalpamātram) - The mind (manas) is fundamentally nothing but its thoughts and intentions (saṅkalpa). (merely imagination; only conception)

• एव (eva) - Emphasizes "merely imagination." (only; just; indeed; certainly)

• एतत् (etat) - referring to the mind (manas) (this; it)

• मनः (manaḥ) - The mental faculty, the seat of thought and imagination (saṅkalpa). (mind; intellect; thought)

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - The ultimate reality, which the mind, when understood as pure consciousness, is identified with. (the Absolute (brahman); the ultimate reality (brahman); the divine essence (brahman))

• इति (iti) - indicating that the preceding word is a designation or appellation, 'thus' or 'as' (thus; so; in this way; (quotation marker))

• कथ्यते (kathyate) - "is referred to as" (is said; is called; is narrated)

• सङ्कल्पाकाशपुरुषः (saṅkalpākāśapuruṣaḥ) - Refers to the mind's ability to create and inhabit subtle, imagined realms. It is like the 'conceptual person' (saṅkalpa puruṣa) of the sky. (conceptual sky-person; person of imagination and space)

• न (na) - negation (not; no; neither)

• अस्य (asya) - for it (referring to the mind/conceptual sky-person) (of him; of it; for it)

• पृथ्व्यादि (pṛthvyādi) - the gross elements of the material world (earth and so on; earth etc.)

• विद्यते (vidyate) - to be present or to exist (exists; is found; is present)

Words meanings and morphology

सङ्कल्पमात्रम् (saṅkalpamātram) - The mind (manas) is fundamentally nothing but its thoughts and intentions (saṅkalpa). (merely imagination; only conception)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṅkalpamātra

saṅkalpamātra - merely imagination; solely conception; only resolve

Compound type : karmadhāraya (saṅkalpa+mātra)

• saṅkalpa – conception; intention; resolve; imagination (saṅkalpa)
  noun (masculine)
  From sam-√kḷp
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• mātra – mere; only; nothing but; measure
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'etat manaḥ'.

एव (eva) - Emphasizes "merely imagination." (only; just; indeed; certainly)

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - referring to the mind (manas) (this; it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etas

etas - this; he; she; it

मनः (manaḥ) - The mental faculty, the seat of thought and imagination (saṅkalpa). (mind; intellect; thought)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind; intellect; thought; spirit (manas)

Root: man (class 4)

ब्रह्म (brahma) - The ultimate reality, which the mind, when understood as pure consciousness, is identified with. (the Absolute (brahman); the ultimate reality (brahman); the divine essence (brahman))

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - the Absolute (brahman); the ultimate reality (brahman); the divine essence (brahman); the creator god Brahmā

Root: bṛh (class 1)

इति (iti) - indicating that the preceding word is a designation or appellation, 'thus' or 'as' (thus; so; in this way; (quotation marker))

(indeclinable)

कथ्यते (kathyate) - "is referred to as" (is said; is called; is narrated)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of kath

Denominative verb from katha (story)

Passive voice, present tense, 3rd person singular.

Root: kath (class 10)

सङ्कल्पाकाशपुरुषः (saṅkalpākāśapuruṣaḥ) - Refers to the mind's ability to create and inhabit subtle, imagined realms. It is like the 'conceptual person' (saṅkalpa puruṣa) of the sky. (conceptual sky-person; person of imagination and space)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṅkalpākāśapuruṣa

saṅkalpākāśapuruṣa - conceptual sky-person; person of imagination (in the nature of) sky

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṅkalpa+ākāśa+puruṣa)

• saṅkalpa – conception; intention; resolve; imagination (saṅkalpa)
  noun (masculine)
  From sam-√kḷp
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• ākāśa – sky; ether; space
  noun (masculine)
• puruṣa – person; man; spirit; soul; supreme cosmic person (puruṣa)
  noun (masculine)

न (na) - negation (not; no; neither)

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - for it (referring to the mind/conceptual sky-person) (of him; of it; for it)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this; it

पृथ्व्यादि (pṛthvyādi) - the gross elements of the material world (earth and so on; earth etc.)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pṛthvyādi

pṛthvyādi - earth and so on; starting with earth (referring to the five great elements)

Compound type : dvandva (pṛthvī+ādi)

• pṛthvī – earth; the terrestrial element
  noun (feminine)
• ādi – beginning; etcetera; and so on
  noun (masculine)

विद्यते (vidyate) - to be present or to exist (exists; is found; is present)

(verb)

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

Root: vid (class 4)

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