योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-67, verse-82

एवं यदेव मनः कल्पयति तदेव पश्यति ।
सद्वा भवत्वसद्वा चित्तं यत्कल्पयत्यभिनेविष्टम् ।
तत्तत्पश्यति यास्यति सदिव प्रतिभासमुपगतं सद्यः ॥ ८२ ॥

evaṃ yadeva manaḥ kalpayati tadeva paśyati ,
sadvā bhavatvasadvā cittaṃ yatkalpayatyabhineviṣṭam ,
tattatpaśyati yāsyati sadiva pratibhāsamupagataṃ sadyaḥ 82

82. evam yat eva manaḥ kalpayati tat eva
paśyati sat vā bhavatu asat vā cittaṃ yat
kalpayati abhineviṣṭam tat tat paśyati
yāsyati sat iva pratibhāsam upagatam sadyaḥ

82. evam manaḥ yat eva kalpayati tat eva
paśyati sat vā asat vā bhavatu abhineviṣṭam
cittaṃ yat kalpayati tat tat paśyati
sadyaḥ sat iva pratibhāsam upagatam yāsyati

82. Thus, whatever the mind (manas) imagines, that very thing it perceives. Whether it is real or unreal, whatever the consciousness (citta), being deeply absorbed, imagines, that very thing it immediately perceives and attains as if real, having come into manifestation.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• यत् (yat) - whatever, which

• एव (eva) - whatever (emphasis) (only, just, indeed)

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind

• कल्पयति (kalpayati) - imagines, creates, devises

• तत् (tat) - that very thing (that)

• एव (eva) - that very (emphasis) (only, just, indeed)

• पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, perceives

• सत् (sat) - real (real, existent, good)

• वा (vā) - or, either

• भवतु (bhavatu) - let it be, may it be

• असत् (asat) - unreal (unreal, non-existent, bad)

• वा (vā) - or, either

• चित्तं (cittaṁ) - consciousness (consciousness, mind, thought)

• यत् (yat) - which, whatever

• कल्पयति (kalpayati) - imagines, creates, devises

• अभिनेविष्टम् (abhineviṣṭam) - deeply absorbed (absorbed, deeply engrossed, intent on)

• तत् (tat) - that very thing (that)

• तत् (tat) - that very thing (emphasis) (that)

• पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, perceives

• यास्यति (yāsyati) - will attain, becomes (goes, will go, will attain, becomes)

• सत् (sat) - real (real, existent)

• इव (iva) - as if, like

• प्रतिभासम् (pratibhāsam) - manifestation (appearance, manifestation, perception)

• उपगतम् (upagatam) - having come into (attained, reached, come into)

• सद्यः (sadyaḥ) - immediately, instantly, at once

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

यत् (yat) - whatever, which

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, whatever, that which

Note: Object of 'kalpayati'.

एव (eva) - whatever (emphasis) (only, just, indeed)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes 'yat'.

मनः (manaḥ) - mind

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, heart, faculty of thought

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Subject of 'kalpayati'.

कल्पयति (kalpayati) - imagines, creates, devises

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kḷp

Causative form of root kḷp

Root: kḷp (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that very thing (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Object of 'paśyati'.

एव (eva) - that very (emphasis) (only, just, indeed)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes 'tat'.

पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, perceives

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of dṛś

Present tense form (paśya-gaṇa)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Subject is 'manaḥ' (implied by context).

सत् (sat) - real (real, existent, good)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sat

sat - being, existent, real, good, virtuous

Present Active Participle

From root as (to be) + śatṛ

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Adjective modifying implicit 'it'.

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

भवतु (bhavatu) - let it be, may it be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

असत् (asat) - unreal (unreal, non-existent, bad)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, false, bad

Present Active Participle (negative)

From na (not) + as (to be) + śatṛ

Compound type : nan-tatpurusha (na+sat)

• na – not, no
  indeclinable
• sat – being, existent, real
  adjective (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  From root as
  Root: as (class 2)

Note: Adjective modifying implicit 'it'.

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

चित्तं (cittaṁ) - consciousness (consciousness, mind, thought)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - consciousness, mind, thought, heart (citta)

From root cit (to perceive, know)

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'kalpayati'.

यत् (yat) - which, whatever

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, whatever, that which

Note: Object of 'kalpayati'.

कल्पयति (kalpayati) - imagines, creates, devises

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kḷp

Causative form of root kḷp

Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: Subject is 'cittaṃ'.

अभिनेविष्टम् (abhineviṣṭam) - deeply absorbed (absorbed, deeply engrossed, intent on)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of abhineviṣṭa

abhineviṣṭa - absorbed, deeply engrossed, intent on, attached to

Past Passive Participle

From abhi-ni-viś + kta

Prefixes: abhi+ni

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: Describes 'cittaṃ'.

तत् (tat) - that very thing (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Object of 'paśyati'.

तत् (tat) - that very thing (emphasis) (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Reduplication with previous 'tat' for strong emphasis.

पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, perceives

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of dṛś

Present tense form (paśya-gaṇa)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Subject is 'cittaṃ' (implied).

यास्यति (yāsyati) - will attain, becomes (goes, will go, will attain, becomes)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of yā

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Subject is 'cittaṃ' (implied).

सत् (sat) - real (real, existent)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sat

sat - being, existent, real, good

Present Active Participle

From root as (to be) + śatṛ

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Adjective.

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)

Note: Comparative particle.

प्रतिभासम् (pratibhāsam) - manifestation (appearance, manifestation, perception)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pratibhāsa

pratibhāsa - appearance, manifestation, perception, splendor

From prati-bhā + ghañ

Prefix: prati

Root: bhā (class 2)

Note: Object of 'upagatam'.

उपगतम् (upagatam) - having come into (attained, reached, come into)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of upagata

upagata - attained, reached, approached, come into

Past Passive Participle

From upa-gam + kta

Prefix: upa

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies the imagined object.

सद्यः (sadyaḥ) - immediately, instantly, at once

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial.

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