योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-64, verse-13

यथा स्वतारकामार्गे व्योम्नः स्फुरति नीलिमा ।
शून्यस्याप्यस्य जीवस्य तथाहंभावभावना ॥ १३ ॥

yathā svatārakāmārge vyomnaḥ sphurati nīlimā ,
śūnyasyāpyasya jīvasya tathāhaṃbhāvabhāvanā 13

13. yathā sva-tārakā-mārge vyomnaḥ sphurati nīlimā
śūnyasya api asya jīvasya tathā ahaṃ-bhāva-bhāvanā

13. yathā vyomnaḥ sva-tārakā-mārge nīlimā sphurati
tathā śūnyasya api asya jīvasya ahaṃ-bhāva-bhāvanā

13. Just as the blueness of the sky appears in its own celestial expanse (where stars are), similarly, the mental construct of 'I-ness' (ahaṃbhāva) arises in this individual soul (jīva) which is otherwise empty.

13. כפי שהצבע הכחול מופיע בשמיים הריקים במסלול הכוכבים, כך עולה תחושת האגו (אַהַנְקָארָה) בתוך הַגִ'יבָה הריק במהותו.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which manner

• स्व-तारका-मार्गे (sva-tārakā-mārge) - in the celestial expanse or region where its stars are seen (in the path of its own stars)

• व्योम्नः (vyomnaḥ) - of the sky, of space

• स्फुरति (sphurati) - appears, manifests (shines, throbs, appears, manifests, gleams)

• नीलिमा (nīlimā) - blueness, blue color

• शून्यस्य (śūnyasya) - of the essentially void or unmanifested (soul) (of the empty, of the void, of the non-existent)

• अपि (api) - even (though it is empty) (also, even, too)

• अस्य (asya) - of this

• जीवस्य (jīvasya) - of the individual soul or consciousness (of the living being, of the soul, of the individual spirit)

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner, similarly

• अहं-भाव-भावना (ahaṁ-bhāva-bhāvanā) - the imagination or conceptualization of individual ego (the mental construct/notion of 'I-ness' or ego)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which manner

(indeclinable)

स्व-तारका-मार्गे (sva-tārakā-mārge) - in the celestial expanse or region where its stars are seen (in the path of its own stars)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of sva-tārakā-mārga

sva-tārakā-mārga - path of one's own stars, celestial expanse

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (sva+tārakā+mārga)

• sva – one's own, self, own property
  pronoun (masculine)
• tārakā – star, pupil of the eye
  noun (feminine)
• mārga – path, road, way, course, region
  noun (masculine)
  Root: mṛj (class 2)

व्योम्नः (vyomnaḥ) - of the sky, of space

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of vyoman

vyoman - sky, atmosphere, space

स्फुरति (sphurati) - appears, manifests (shines, throbs, appears, manifests, gleams)

(verb)

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

Root: sphur (class 6)

नीलिमा (nīlimā) - blueness, blue color

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nīliman

nīliman - blueness, the quality of being blue

Derived from 'nīla' (blue) with the suffix '-iman' to denote quality.

शून्यस्य (śūnyasya) - of the essentially void or unmanifested (soul) (of the empty, of the void, of the non-existent)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śūnya

śūnya - empty, void, null, non-existent, space

Root: śū (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'jīvasya'.

अपि (api) - even (though it is empty) (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - of this

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Agrees with 'jīvasya'.

जीवस्य (jīvasya) - of the individual soul or consciousness (of the living being, of the soul, of the individual spirit)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - living, existing; living being, soul, spirit

Root: jīv (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner, similarly

(indeclinable)

अहं-भाव-भावना (ahaṁ-bhāva-bhāvanā) - the imagination or conceptualization of individual ego (the mental construct/notion of 'I-ness' or ego)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ahaṃ-bhāva-bhāvanā

ahaṁ-bhāva-bhāvanā - the imagination/conception of 'I-ness' or ego

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (aham+bhāva+bhāvanā)

• aham – I, ego
  pronoun
• bhāva – state of being, existence, notion, sentiment, feeling
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'bhū' (to be, to become).
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• bhāvanā – imagination, conception, mental formation, cultivation, bringing into existence
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from the causative stem of root 'bhū' (to be) via the suffix '-anā'.
  Root: bhū (class 1)

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