योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-21, verse-40

संकल्पनगरस्यैव ममाकाशमयं वपुः ।
ब्रह्मैव चान्तः पश्यामि देहेनानेन तत्पदम् ॥ ४० ॥

saṃkalpanagarasyaiva mamākāśamayaṃ vapuḥ ,
brahmaiva cāntaḥ paśyāmi dehenānena tatpadam 40

40. saṃkalpa-nagarasya eva mama ākāśa-mayam vapuḥ
brahma eva ca antaḥ paśyāmi dehena anena tat padam

40. mama ākāśa-mayam vapuḥ saṃkalpa-nagarasya eva (asti).
ca anena dehena antaḥ brahma eva tat padam paśyāmi.

40. My etheric body (vapus) is precisely a city of thought-forms (saṃkalpa). And within this very body, I perceive that state (tatpada) which is Brahman (brahman) itself.

40. כפי שבעיר הדמיון גופי עשוי ממרחב, כך אני רואה את בְּרַהְמַן בתוכי, וגם בגוף זה אני חוזה במצב העליון.

Words meanings summery:

• संकल्प-नगरस्य (saṁkalpa-nagarasya) - of the city of resolve/conception/thought-forms

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• आकाश-मयम् (ākāśa-mayam) - made of ether, etheric

• वपुः (vapuḥ) - body, form

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman (brahman), the Absolute

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• च (ca) - and

• अन्तः (antaḥ) - within, inside, inwardly

• पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I perceive

• देहेन (dehena) - by the body, with the body

• अनेन (anena) - by this, with this (masculine singular instrumental)

• तत् (tat) - that (neuter singular accusative)

• पदम् (padam) - state, position, abode, foot

Words meanings and morphology

संकल्प-नगरस्य (saṁkalpa-nagarasya) - of the city of resolve/conception/thought-forms

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of saṃkalpa-nagara

saṁkalpa-nagara - city of thought-forms, city of mental constructs

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃkalpa+nagara)

• saṃkalpa – resolve, intention, thought-form, mental concept
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'kḷp' with prefix 'sam'
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• nagara – city, town
  noun (neuter)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, we, us

आकाश-मयम् (ākāśa-mayam) - made of ether, etheric

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ākāśa-maya

ākāśa-maya - consisting of ether, ethereal, made of space

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ākāśa+maya)

• ākāśa – ether, space, sky
  noun (masculine)
• maya – made of, consisting of, full of
  adjective
  suffix -maya indicating material or abundance

वपुः (vapuḥ) - body, form

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vapus

vapus - body, form, figure, nature

ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman (brahman), the Absolute

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman (the Absolute Reality), ultimate truth, cosmic principle

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अन्तः (antaḥ) - within, inside, inwardly

(indeclinable)

पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I perceive

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of paś

Present Tense (Pashya-gana)

Root 'dṛś' takes 'paśya' as stem in present tense

Root: dṛś (class 1)

देहेन (dehena) - by the body, with the body

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, corporeal frame

अनेन (anena) - by this, with this (masculine singular instrumental)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, these

तत् (tat) - that (neuter singular accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

पदम् (padam) - state, position, abode, foot

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - state, condition, position, abode, step, foot, word

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