योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-21, verse-47

चिदाकाशात्मना बन्धस्त्वबन्धेनैव कल्पितः ।
कल्पितं कल्पितं वस्तु प्रतिकल्पनयान्यथा ॥ ४७ ॥

cidākāśātmanā bandhastvabandhenaiva kalpitaḥ ,
kalpitaṃ kalpitaṃ vastu pratikalpanayānyathā 47

47. cidākāśātmanā bandhaḥ tu abandhena eva kalpitaḥ
kalpitam kalpitam vastu pratikalpanayā anyathā

47. cidākāśātmanā bandhaḥ tu abandhena eva kalpitaḥ.
kalpitam kalpitam vastu pratikalpanayā anyathā (bhavati).

47. Bondage (bandha), in the essential nature of the consciousness-ether (cidākāśātman), is indeed imagined solely through non-bondage itself. Whatever is imagined appears differently with each successive act of imagination.

Words meanings summery:

• चिदाकाशात्मना (cidākāśātmanā) - in the essential nature of the consciousness-ether (cidākāśātman) (by the nature of consciousness-ether)

• बन्धः (bandhaḥ) - bondage (bandha) (bondage, fetter, binding)

• तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, however)

• अबन्धेन (abandhena) - through non-bondage (by non-bondage, by freedom)

• एव (eva) - solely (only, indeed, even, just)

• कल्पितः (kalpitaḥ) - is imagined (imagined, superimposed, created)

• कल्पितम् (kalpitam) - imagined (imagined, created)

• कल्पितम् (kalpitam) - imagined (imagined, created)

• वस्तु (vastu) - object (object, thing, reality, substance)

• प्रतिकल्पनया (pratikalpanayā) - by each act of imagination (by each imagination, by repeated imagination)

• अन्यथा (anyathā) - differently (otherwise, differently, in another way)

Words meanings and morphology

चिदाकाशात्मना (cidākāśātmanā) - in the essential nature of the consciousness-ether (cidākāśātman) (by the nature of consciousness-ether)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of cidākāśātman

cidākāśātman - the self/nature of consciousness-ether

Compound of 'cit' (consciousness), 'ākāśa' (ether), and 'ātman' (self).

Compound type : tatpurusha (cit+ākāśa+ātman)

• cit – consciousness, intelligence, thought
  noun (feminine)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• ākāśa – ether, space, sky
  noun (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, essence, spirit, individual soul, supreme soul
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

Note: Refers to the intrinsic nature of consciousness as expansive and unconditioned.

बन्धः (bandhaḥ) - bondage (bandha) (bondage, fetter, binding)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bandha

bandha - bondage, fetter, tie, imprisonment

From root 'bandh' (to bind).

Root: bandh (class 9)

तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, however)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connective particle.

अबन्धेन (abandhena) - through non-bondage (by non-bondage, by freedom)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of abandha

abandha - non-bondage, freedom, liberation

Negative prefix 'a' + 'bandha' (bondage).

Compound type : tatpurusha (a+bandha)

• a – not, un-, non-
  indeclinable
• bandha – bondage, fetter, tie, imprisonment
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bandh (class 9)

एव (eva) - solely (only, indeed, even, just)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes 'abandhena'.

कल्पितः (kalpitaḥ) - is imagined (imagined, superimposed, created)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kalpita

kalpita - imagined, fashioned, produced, made, arranged, superimposed

Past Passive Participle

P.P.P. of root 'kḷp' (to arrange, to fashion).

Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: Implied verb 'asti' (is).

कल्पितम् (kalpitam) - imagined (imagined, created)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kalpita

kalpita - imagined, fashioned, produced, made, arranged, superimposed

Past Passive Participle

P.P.P. of root 'kḷp' (to arrange, to fashion).

Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: Repetition emphasizes 'every' or 'whatever'.

कल्पितम् (kalpitam) - imagined (imagined, created)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kalpita

kalpita - imagined, fashioned, produced, made, arranged, superimposed

Past Passive Participle

P.P.P. of root 'kḷp' (to arrange, to fashion).

Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: Repetition emphasizes 'every' or 'whatever'.

वस्तु (vastu) - object (object, thing, reality, substance)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vastu

vastu - object, thing, substance, real entity, matter

प्रतिकल्पनया (pratikalpanayā) - by each act of imagination (by each imagination, by repeated imagination)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of pratikalpanā

pratikalpanā - each imagination, repeated imagination, counter-imagination

Compound of 'prati' (each, against) and 'kalpanā' (imagination).

Compound type : tatpurusha (prati+kalpanā)

• prati – against, towards, for each
  indeclinable
• kalpanā – imagination, formation, supposition, contrivance
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root 'kḷp' (to arrange, to fashion).
  Root: kḷp (class 1)

अन्यथा (anyathā) - differently (otherwise, differently, in another way)

(indeclinable)