योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-21, verse-65

श्रीदेव्युवाच ।
कटकत्वं यथा हेम्नि तरङ्गत्वं यथाम्भसि ।
सत्यत्वं च यथा स्वप्नसंकल्पनगरादिषु ॥ ६५ ॥

śrīdevyuvāca ,
kaṭakatvaṃ yathā hemni taraṅgatvaṃ yathāmbhasi ,
satyatvaṃ ca yathā svapnasaṃkalpanagarādiṣu 65

65. śrīdevyuvāca kaṭakatvam yathā hemni taraṅgatvam yathā
ambhasi satyatvam ca yathā svapnasaṅkalpanagarādiṣu

65. śrīdevyuvāca yathā hemni kaṭakatvam yathā ambhasi
taraṅgatvam ca yathā svapnasaṅkalpanagarādiṣu satyatvam

65. Śrī Devī said: Just as the quality of being a bracelet (kaṭakatvam) exists in gold, and just as the quality of being a wave (taraṅgatvam) exists in water, so too is the reality (satyatvam) perceived in cities and other phenomena imagined in a dream.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीदेव्युवाच (śrīdevyuvāca) - Śrī Devī spoke/said

• कटकत्वम् (kaṭakatvam) - the state of being an armlet/bracelet

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

• हेम्नि (hemni) - in gold

• तरङ्गत्वम् (taraṅgatvam) - the state of being a wave, wave-ness

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

• अम्भसि (ambhasi) - in water

• सत्यत्वम् (satyatvam) - the state of being real, reality, truth

• च (ca) - and, also

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

• स्वप्नसङ्कल्पनगरादिषु (svapnasaṅkalpanagarādiṣu) - in dream-imagined cities and so on

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीदेव्युवाच (śrīdevyuvāca) - Śrī Devī spoke/said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of śrīdevī-uvāca

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrīdevī+uvāca)

• śrīdevī – the glorious goddess
  proper noun (feminine)
• uvāca – spoke, said
  verb
  perfect tense
  perfect tense of root vac
  Root: vac (class 2)

Note: This is a common introductory phrase in texts.

कटकत्वम् (kaṭakatvam) - the state of being an armlet/bracelet

(noun)

neuter, singular of kaṭakatva

kaṭakatva - bracelet-ness, the state of being an armlet

derived from 'kaṭaka' with suffix '-tva'

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

(indeclinable)

हेम्नि (hemni) - in gold

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of heman

heman - gold

Root: han (class 2)

तरङ्गत्वम् (taraṅgatvam) - the state of being a wave, wave-ness

(noun)

neuter, singular of taraṅgatva

taraṅgatva - wave-ness, the state of being a wave

derived from 'taraṅga' with suffix '-tva'

Root: tṝ (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

(indeclinable)

अम्भसि (ambhasi) - in water

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ambhas

ambhas - water

सत्यत्वम् (satyatvam) - the state of being real, reality, truth

(noun)

neuter, singular of satyatva

satyatva - reality, truth, the state of being real

derived from 'satya' with suffix '-tva'

Root: sat

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

(indeclinable)

स्वप्नसङ्कल्पनगरादिषु (svapnasaṅkalpanagarādiṣu) - in dream-imagined cities and so on

(noun)

Locative, masculine/neuter, plural of svapnasaṅkalpanagarādi

svapnasaṅkalpanagarādi - dream-imagined cities and the like

Compound type : tatpurusha (svapna+saṅkalpana+nagara+ādi)

• svapna – dream, sleep
  noun (masculine)
  Root: svap (class 2)
• saṅkalpana – conception, imagination, resolve
  noun (neuter)
  derived from root kḷp with prefix sam
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• nagara – city, town
  noun (neuter)
  Root: nag (class 1)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etc.
  indeclinable (masculine)

Note: The compound 'svapnasaṅkalpanagarādiṣu' refers to 'in the cities and the like that are imagined in a dream'.