योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-55, verse-8

इदं दृश्यं परित्यज्य यदास्ते दर्शनान्तरे ।
स स्वप्न इव संकल्प इव नानाकृतिस्तदा ॥ ८ ॥

idaṃ dṛśyaṃ parityajya yadāste darśanāntare ,
sa svapna iva saṃkalpa iva nānākṛtistadā 8

8. idam dṛśyam parityajya yadā āste darśana antare
saḥ svapna iva saṃkalpa iva nānākṛtiḥ tadā

8. yadā idam dṛśyam parityajya darśana antare āste
tadā saḥ svapnaḥ iva saṃkalpaḥ iva nānākṛtiḥ

8. When one abandons this visible world and dwells in a different perception, that state then manifests in various forms, resembling a dream or a mental conception.

Words meanings summery:

• इदम् (idam) - this

• दृश्यम् (dṛśyam) - visible world (visible, seen, phenomenon, object of sight)

• परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having abandoned, having renounced, leaving

• यदा (yadā) - when

• आस्ते (āste) - dwells (remains, dwells, sits, exists)

• दर्शन (darśana) - seeing, vision, perception, doctrine

• अन्तरे (antare) - in a different (perception) (between, in the middle of, within, in a different)

• सः (saḥ) - that (state/experience) (that, he)

• स्वप्न (svapna) - sleep, dream

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• संकल्प (saṁkalpa) - mental conception (intention, resolve, mental conception, will)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• नानाकृतिः (nānākṛtiḥ) - multiform (of various forms, multiform)

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

Words meanings and morphology

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Accusative singular, object of `parityajya`.

दृश्यम् (dṛśyam) - visible world (visible, seen, phenomenon, object of sight)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dṛśya

dṛśya - visible, to be seen, phenomenon

Gerundive (kṛtya)

From root `dṛś` (to see) + suffix `-ya`

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Used substantively as a noun, accusative singular, qualifying `idam`.

परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having abandoned, having renounced, leaving

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

From root `tyaj` (to abandon) with prefix `pari`

Prefix: pari

Root: tyaj (class 1)

यदा (yadā) - when

(indeclinable)

Adverb of time

आस्ते (āste) - dwells (remains, dwells, sits, exists)

(verb)

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

Atmanepada form

Root: ās (class 2)

Note: The subject 'one' is implied.

दर्शन (darśana) - seeing, vision, perception, doctrine

(noun)

neuter, singular of darśana

darśana - seeing, vision, perception, doctrine

From root `dṛś` (to see) + suffix `-ana`

Root: dṛś (class 1)

अन्तरे (antare) - in a different (perception) (between, in the middle of, within, in a different)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of antara

antara - internal, intermediate, different, other

Note: `darśana antare` forms a Tatpurusha compound meaning 'in another perception'.

सः (saḥ) - that (state/experience) (that, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Refers to the state described after abandoning the visible world.

स्वप्न (svapna) - sleep, dream

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - sleep, dream

From root `svap` (to sleep)

Root: svap (class 2)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Particle indicating comparison

संकल्प (saṁkalpa) - mental conception (intention, resolve, mental conception, will)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃkalpa

saṁkalpa - intention, resolve, mental conception, will

From root `kḷp` (to be ordered) with prefix `sam`

Prefix: sam

Root: kḷp (class 10)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Particle indicating comparison

नानाकृतिः (nānākṛtiḥ) - multiform (of various forms, multiform)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nānākṛti

nānākṛti - of various forms, multiform

Compound noun/adjective

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (nānā+ākṛti)

• nānā – various, manifold
  indeclinable
• ākṛti – form, shape, appearance
  noun (feminine)
  From `ā-kṛ`
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Acts as a predicate adjective, agreeing with the implied subject of 'is'.

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

Adverb of time