योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-3, verse-30

मनसा तन्यते सर्वमसदेवेदमाततम् ।
यथा संकल्पनगरं यथा गन्धर्वपत्तनम् ॥ ३० ॥

manasā tanyate sarvamasadevedamātatam ,
yathā saṃkalpanagaraṃ yathā gandharvapattanam 30

30. manasā tanyate sarvam asat eva idam ātatam
yathā saṃkalpanagaram yathā gandharvapaṭṭanam

30. manasā sarvam idam ātatam tanyate,
asat eva etat.
yathā saṃkalpanagaram,
yathā gandharvapaṭṭanam tat.

30. By the mind, all this extended (universe) is manifested, and it is indeed unreal. It is like a city created by imagination (saṃkalpanagara) or a city of celestial beings (gandharvapaṭṭanam) in the sky.

Words meanings summery:

• मनसा (manasā) - by the projecting power of the mind (māyā or cosmic mind) (by the mind, with the mind, through the mind)

• तन्यते (tanyate) - is manifested or projected (by the mind) (is extended, is stretched, is manifested, is produced)

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - the entire (manifested universe) (all, whole, everything)

• असत् (asat) - ultimately unreal or non-existent (from a transcendent perspective) (non-existent, unreal, false, bad)

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly (only, just, indeed, precisely)

• इदम् (idam) - this (manifested world) (this, this (world))

• आततम् (ātatam) - widely manifested or spread out (as the universe) (extended, spread out, pervasive)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (introducing an example) (as, just as, according to)

• संकल्पनगरम् (saṁkalpanagaram) - an illusory city conjured by thought (a city of imagination, a mental construction)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (introducing another example) (as, just as, according to)

• गन्धर्वपत्̣त्̣अनम् (gandharvapaṭṭanam) - an illusory aerial city (often visible but not real) (a city of Gandharvas, an illusory city in the sky)

Words meanings and morphology

मनसा (manasā) - by the projecting power of the mind (māyā or cosmic mind) (by the mind, with the mind, through the mind)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, internal organ, thought

from √man (to think) + as

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Agent of the passive verb.

तन्यते (tanyate) - is manifested or projected (by the mind) (is extended, is stretched, is manifested, is produced)

(verb)

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

present passive

3rd person singular present passive indicative

Root: tan (class 8)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - the entire (manifested universe) (all, whole, everything)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Subject of the passive verb.

असत् (asat) - ultimately unreal or non-existent (from a transcendent perspective) (non-existent, unreal, false, bad)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, false, bad, being not

Present Active Participle

na + √as (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Refers to the relative unreality of the world.

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly (only, just, indeed, precisely)

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this (manifested world) (this, this (world))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here

आततम् (ātatam) - widely manifested or spread out (as the universe) (extended, spread out, pervasive)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ātatam

ātatam - extended, spread, pervasive, continuous

Past Passive Participle

from ā + √tan (to stretch)

Prefix: ā

Root: tan (class 8)

यथा (yathā) - just as (introducing an example) (as, just as, according to)

(indeclinable)

संकल्पनगरम् (saṁkalpanagaram) - an illusory city conjured by thought (a city of imagination, a mental construction)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṃkalpanagara

saṁkalpanagara - city of imagination, mental construction, illusory city

Compound type : tatpurusha (saṃkalpa+nagara)

• saṃkalpa – resolve, intention, imagination, conception
  noun (masculine)
  from sam + √kḷp
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• nagara – city, town
  noun (neuter)

यथा (yathā) - just as (introducing another example) (as, just as, according to)

(indeclinable)

गन्धर्वपत्̣त्̣अनम् (gandharvapaṭṭanam) - an illusory aerial city (often visible but not real) (a city of Gandharvas, an illusory city in the sky)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gandharvapaṭṭana

gandharvapaṭṭana - city of Gandharvas, mythical aerial city, illusory city

Compound type : tatpurusha (gandharva+paṭṭana)

• gandharva – celestial musician, a class of demigods
  noun (masculine)
• paṭṭana – city, town, capital
  noun (neuter)