योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-18, verse-48

तेनोपलम्भः कुड्यादावसौ दृढतरः स्थितः ।
यद्यत्र चिद्भावयति तत्तत्राशु भवत्यलम् ॥ ४८ ॥

tenopalambhaḥ kuḍyādāvasau dṛḍhataraḥ sthitaḥ ,
yadyatra cidbhāvayati tattatrāśu bhavatyalam 48

48. tena upalambhaḥ kuḍya-ādau asau dṛḍhataraḥ sthitaḥ
yad yatra cit bhāvayati tat tatra āśu bhavati alam

48. tena kuḍyādau asau dṛḍhataraḥ upalambhaḥ sthitaḥ.
cit yad yatra bhāvayati,
tat tatra āśu alam bhavati.

48. Therefore, this very firm perception (upalambha) – for example, of a wall – becomes established [in the mind]. Wherever consciousness imagines or creates, that very thing immediately manifests there.

Words meanings summery:

• तेन (tena) - by that, therefore

• उपलम्भः (upalambhaḥ) - perception, apprehension, attainment

• कुड्य-आदौ (kuḍya-ādau) - in a wall, etc., beginning with a wall

• असौ (asau) - this, that (masculine/feminine nominative singular)

• दृढतरः (dṛḍhataraḥ) - very firm, stronger, more solid

• स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - established, situated, stood

• यद् (yad) - which, what, wherever

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place, wherever

• चित् (cit) - consciousness, mind, intellect

• भावयति (bhāvayati) - causes to be, manifests, imagines, conceives

• तत् (tat) - that, that very thing

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• आशु (āśu) - quickly, immediately, swiftly

• भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is, exists

• अलम् (alam) - enough, sufficient, indeed, greatly

Words meanings and morphology

तेन (tena) - by that, therefore

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

Note: Functions as an adverb 'therefore'.

उपलम्भः (upalambhaḥ) - perception, apprehension, attainment

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of upalambha

upalambha - perception, apprehension, acquisition, finding

from root 'labh' with prefix 'upa'

Prefix: upa

Root: labh (class 1)

Note: Subject.

कुड्य-आदौ (kuḍya-ādau) - in a wall, etc., beginning with a wall

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kuḍyādi

kuḍyādi - a wall and so forth

Compound type : dvandva / tatpuruṣa (kuḍya+ādi)

• kuḍya – wall, mud wall
  noun (neuter)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etc.
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to a class of objects, here exemplifying a concrete object of perception.

असौ (asau) - this, that (masculine/feminine nominative singular)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, this

Note: Emphatic pronoun.

दृढतरः (dṛḍhataraḥ) - very firm, stronger, more solid

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dṛḍhatara

dṛḍhatara - firmer, stronger, very firm

Comparative suffix '-tara'

Note: Adjective modifying 'upalambhaḥ'.

स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - established, situated, stood

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthita

sthita - stood, situated, established, existing

Past Passive Participle

from root 'sthā'

Root: sthā (class 1)

यद् (yad) - which, what, wherever

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that (relative pronoun)

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place, wherever

(indeclinable)

चित् (cit) - consciousness, mind, intellect

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, pure intelligence, understanding, mind

from root 'cit'

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'bhāvayati'.

भावयति (bhāvayati) - causes to be, manifests, imagines, conceives

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of bhū

Causative verb

Causative stem from root 'bhū'

Root: bhū (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that, that very thing

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Predicate noun for 'bhavati'.

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

आशु (āśu) - quickly, immediately, swiftly

(indeclinable)

भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

अलम् (alam) - enough, sufficient, indeed, greatly

(indeclinable)