योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-57, verse-52

झटित्येव यथाकाशं भवति स्वप्नपर्वतः ।
क्रमेण वा तथा बोधे खं भवत्याधिभौतिकम् ॥ ५२ ॥

jhaṭityeva yathākāśaṃ bhavati svapnaparvataḥ ,
krameṇa vā tathā bodhe khaṃ bhavatyādhibhautikam 52

52. jhaṭiti eva yathā ākāśam bhavati svapna-parvataḥ
krameṇa vā tathā bodhe kham bhavati ādhibhautikam

52. yathā svapna-parvataḥ jhaṭiti eva ākāśam bhavati
vā krameṇa tathā bodhe ādhibhautikam kham bhavati

52. Just as a dream-mountain instantly becomes space, or sometimes gradually, similarly, upon attaining realization (bodha), the physical world (ādhibhautika) dissolves into space.

52. כפי שהחלל הופך כהרף עין להר בחלום, או באופן הדרגתי, כך גם בתודעת התפיסה החלל הופך לעולם גשמי.

Words meanings summery:

• झटिति (jhaṭiti) - instantly, quickly, suddenly

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

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

• आकाशम् (ākāśam) - space, ether, sky

• भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is, happens

• स्वप्न-पर्वतः (svapna-parvataḥ) - dream-mountain, mountain in a dream

• क्रमेण (krameṇa) - gradually, in sequence, in order

• वा (vā) - or, optionally

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, in that way, so

• बोधे (bodhe) - in realization, in understanding, in awakening

• खम् (kham) - space, void, ether

• भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is, happens

• आधिभौतिकम् (ādhibhautikam) - the physical world/realm (pertaining to living beings, material, physical)

Words meanings and morphology

झटिति (jhaṭiti) - instantly, quickly, suddenly

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

(indeclinable)

आकाशम् (ākāśam) - space, ether, sky

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - space, ether, sky, the fifth element

Root: kāś (class 1)

भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is, happens

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

स्वप्न-पर्वतः (svapna-parvataḥ) - dream-mountain, mountain in a dream

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svapna-parvata

svapna-parvata - dream-mountain

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svapna+parvata)

• svapna – dream, sleep
  noun (masculine)
  Root: svap (class 2)
• parvata – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)

क्रमेण (krameṇa) - gradually, in sequence, in order

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of krama

krama - step, sequence, order, method

Root: kram (class 1)

वा (vā) - or, optionally

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, in that way, so

(indeclinable)

बोधे (bodhe) - in realization, in understanding, in awakening

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of bodha

bodha - realization, understanding, awakening, knowledge

Derived from root 'budh'

Root: budh (class 1)

खम् (kham) - space, void, ether

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kha

kha - space, ether, sky, void

भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is, happens

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

आधिभौतिकम् (ādhibhautikam) - the physical world/realm (pertaining to living beings, material, physical)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ādhibhautika

ādhibhautika - pertaining to material elements/beings, physical, worldly

Derived from 'adhibhūta' (referring to creatures) or 'bhūta' (elements)

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