योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-40, verse-16

यः पुनः स्वप्नसंकल्पपुरुषः प्रतिमाकृतिः ।
आकाशमात्रकाकारः स कथं केन रोध्यते ॥ १६ ॥

yaḥ punaḥ svapnasaṃkalpapuruṣaḥ pratimākṛtiḥ ,
ākāśamātrakākāraḥ sa kathaṃ kena rodhyate 16

16. yaḥ punaḥ svapna-saṅkalpa-puruṣaḥ pratimā-ākṛtiḥ
ākāśa-mātraka-ākāraḥ saḥ katham kena rodhyate

16. punaḥ yaḥ svapna-saṅkalpa-puruṣaḥ pratimā-ākṛtiḥ
ākāśa-mātraka-ākāraḥ saḥ katham kena rodhyate?

16. Furthermore, how can such a being—a person born from dream (svapna) or imagination (saṅkalpa), having the form of an image, and whose form is merely like space (ākāśa)—be obstructed by anyone?

16. אולם אדם שנוצר בחלום או בדמיון, שדמותו כבבואה וצורתו עשויה חלל בלבד – כיצד ועל ידי מה ניתן לחסום אותו?

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, furthermore

• स्वप्न-सङ्कल्प-पुरुषः (svapna-saṅkalpa-puruṣaḥ) - a person born from dream (svapna) or imagination (saṅkalpa) (a person born from dream and imagination)

• प्रतिमा-आकृतिः (pratimā-ākṛtiḥ) - having the form of an image/statue

• आकाश-मात्रक-आकारः (ākāśa-mātraka-ākāraḥ) - whose form is merely like space (ākāśa)

• सः (saḥ) - that (person) (he, that)

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what way

• केन (kena) - by whom, by what

• रोध्यते (rodhyate) - is obstructed, is hindered, is stopped

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, whoever

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, furthermore

(indeclinable)

स्वप्न-सङ्कल्प-पुरुषः (svapna-saṅkalpa-puruṣaḥ) - a person born from dream (svapna) or imagination (saṅkalpa) (a person born from dream and imagination)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svapna-saṅkalpa-puruṣa

svapna-saṅkalpa-puruṣa - person from dream and imagination

Compound type : dvandva (svapna+saṅkalpa+puruṣa)

• svapna – dream, sleep
  noun (masculine)
  Root: svap (class 2)
• saṅkalpa – imagination, resolve, intention
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from sam-kḷp (to resolve, imagine).
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• puruṣa – person (puruṣa), human being, male
  noun (masculine)

प्रतिमा-आकृतिः (pratimā-ākṛtiḥ) - having the form of an image/statue

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pratimā-ākṛti

pratimā-ākṛti - having the form of an image

Compound type : bahuvrihi (pratimā+ākṛti)

• pratimā – image, statue, likeness
  noun (feminine)
• ākṛti – form, shape, appearance
  noun (feminine)

आकाश-मात्रक-आकारः (ākāśa-mātraka-ākāraḥ) - whose form is merely like space (ākāśa)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ākāśa-mātraka-ākāra

ākāśa-mātraka-ākāra - whose form is merely space-like

Compound type : bahuvrihi (ākāśa+mātraka+ākāra)

• ākāśa – space (ākāśa), ether, sky
  noun (masculine)
• mātraka – mere, only, consisting only of
  adjective (masculine)
• ākāra – form, shape, appearance
  noun (masculine)

सः (saḥ) - that (person) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - he, that

कथम् (katham) - how, in what way

(indeclinable)

केन (kena) - by whom, by what

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what

रोध्यते (rodhyate) - is obstructed, is hindered, is stopped

(verb)

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

Present Passive

Present tense, passive voice, 3rd person singular, Ātmanepada.

Root: rudh (class 7)

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