योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-8, verse-11

स्थितमेवास्तमायाति जगद्दृश्यं विचारणात् ।
यथा स्वप्ने परिज्ञाते स्वप्नादावेव भावना ॥ ११ ॥

sthitamevāstamāyāti jagaddṛśyaṃ vicāraṇāt ,
yathā svapne parijñāte svapnādāveva bhāvanā 11

11. sthitam eva astam āyāti jagat dṛśyam vicāraṇāt
yathā svapne parijñāte svapna ādau eva bhāvanā

11. vicāraṇāt jagat dṛśyam sthitam eva astam āyāti.
yathā svapne parijñāte (sati),
svapna ādau eva bhāvanā (bhavati).

11. The visible world (jagat dṛśyam), though appearing to exist, vanishes through profound inquiry (vicāraṇā). It is just like a dream: once understood, the realization (bhāvanā) is that it was merely a conception from its very inception (svapna-ādau).

Words meanings summery:

• स्थितम् (sthitam) - though existing, though appearing to exist (existing, standing, established)

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

• अस्तम् (astam) - disappearance, setting, home

• आयाति (āyāti) - vanishes, goes to disappearance (comes, goes, attains, reaches)

• जगत् (jagat) - the world, universe, moving

• दृश्यम् (dṛśyam) - visible, perceivable, object of sight, phenomena

• विचारणात् (vicāraṇāt) - through profound inquiry (vicāraṇā) (from inquiry, by deliberation, through investigation)

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

• स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream

• परिज्ञाते (parijñāte) - when the dream is fully understood (when fully understood, when thoroughly known)

• स्वप्न (svapna) - dream

• आदौ (ādau) - from its very inception (in the beginning, at first, in the origin)

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

• भावना (bhāvanā) - the realization, the understanding (conception, idea, notion, understanding, cultivation)

Words meanings and morphology

स्थितम् (sthitam) - though existing, though appearing to exist (existing, standing, established)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sthita

sthita - standing, existing, stable, firm

Past Passive Participle

From root sthā- (to stand) with suffix -kta (ta).

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Used concessively, 'though existing'.

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

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

Note: Emphasizes 'sthitam'.

अस्तम् (astam) - disappearance, setting, home

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of asta

asta - home, setting (of sun), disappearance, destruction

From as- (to throw, to be).

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Forms a verbal compound with 'āyāti'.

आयाति (āyāti) - vanishes, goes to disappearance (comes, goes, attains, reaches)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of ā-yā

From root yā- (to go) with prefix ā- (towards).

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Main verb of the first clause.

जगत् (jagat) - the world, universe, moving

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - moving, living, the world, universe

Present Active Participle

From root gam- (to go) with reduplication and suffix -at.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Part of the compound 'jagad-dṛśyam'.

दृश्यम् (dṛśyam) - visible, perceivable, object of sight, phenomena

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dṛśya

dṛśya - visible, to be seen, perceivable, phenomena

Gerundive

From root dṛś- (to see) with suffix -ya.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (jagat+dṛśya)

• jagat – moving, living, the world, universe
  noun (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  From root gam- (to go) with reduplication and suffix -at.
  Root: gam (class 1)
• dṛśya – visible, to be seen, perceivable, phenomena
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive
  From root dṛś- (to see) with suffix -ya.
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

विचारणात् (vicāraṇāt) - through profound inquiry (vicāraṇā) (from inquiry, by deliberation, through investigation)

(noun)

Ablative, feminine, singular of vicāraṇā

vicāraṇā - inquiry, investigation, deliberation, consideration

From vi- (apart) + car- (to move, go) with suffix -ana.

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Indicates the means by which the world disappears.

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

(indeclinable)

Adverb.

स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - sleep, dream

From root svap- (to sleep).

Root: svap (class 2)

Note: Locative absolute construction with 'parijñāte'.

परिज्ञाते (parijñāte) - when the dream is fully understood (when fully understood, when thoroughly known)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of parijñāta

parijñāta - known, ascertained, understood

Past Passive Participle

From root jñā- (to know) with prefix pari- (fully, thoroughly).

Prefix: pari

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Agrees with 'svapne'.

स्वप्न (svapna) - dream

(noun)

masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - sleep, dream

From root svap- (to sleep).

Root: svap (class 2)

Note: Part of a compound.

आदौ (ādau) - from its very inception (in the beginning, at first, in the origin)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ādi

ādi - beginning, origin, etcetera, primary

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svapna+ādi)

• svapna – sleep, dream
  noun (masculine)
  From root svap- (to sleep).
  Root: svap (class 2)
• ādi – beginning, origin, etcetera, primary
  noun (masculine)

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

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

Note: Emphasizes 'svapna ādau'.

भावना (bhāvanā) - the realization, the understanding (conception, idea, notion, understanding, cultivation)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhāvanā

bhāvanā - conception, imagination, idea, feeling, understanding, cultivation, meditation

From root bhū- (to be, become) in causative sense (to cause to be) with suffix -anā.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Refers to the understanding of the dream's nature.