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.

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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