योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-21, verse-56

न ज्ञेनेह पदार्थेषु रूपमेकमुदीर्यते ।
दृढभावनया चेतो यद्यथा भावयत्यलम् ॥ ५६ ॥

na jñeneha padārtheṣu rūpamekamudīryate ,
dṛḍhabhāvanayā ceto yadyathā bhāvayatyalam 56

56. na jñāne iha padārtheṣu rūpam ekam udīryate
dṛḍhabhāvanayā cetaḥ yat yathā bhāvayati alam

56. iha jñāne padārtheṣu ekam rūpam na udīryate
yat yathā cetaḥ dṛḍhabhāvanayā alam bhāvayati

56. In this world, a single form is not truly ascertained in objects by (objective) knowledge (jñāna). Instead, the mind (cetas), through firm contemplation (bhāvanā), fully perceives whatever it intensely conceives in a particular manner.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• ज्ञाने (jñāne) - in objective knowledge (jñāna) (in knowledge, in perception)

• इह (iha) - in this world (of perception) (here, in this world, now)

• पदार्थेषु (padārtheṣu) - in the various objects of perception (in objects, in categories, in things)

• रूपम् (rūpam) - a singular, objective form (form, shape, appearance, beauty)

• एकम् (ekam) - a single, uniform form (one, single, unique)

• उदीर्यते (udīryate) - is perceived or recognized (objectively) (is stated, is expressed, is uttered)

• दृढभावनया (dṛḍhabhāvanayā) - by a deeply ingrained mental impression (by firm contemplation, by strong imagination)

• चेतः (cetaḥ) - the perceiving mind (cetas) (mind, consciousness, intellect)

• यत् (yat) - whatever (object) (which, whatever (relative pronoun))

• यथा (yathā) - in whatever specific manner (as, just as, in whatever manner)

• भावयति (bhāvayati) - imagines, conceives (mentally creates) (causes to be, makes, produces, imagines, conceives, contemplates)

• अलम् (alam) - fully, intensely (sufficiently, enough, completely, intensely)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

ज्ञाने (jñāne) - in objective knowledge (jñāna) (in knowledge, in perception)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of jñāna

jñāna - knowledge, wisdom, understanding, perception

Root: jñā (class 9)

इह (iha) - in this world (of perception) (here, in this world, now)

(indeclinable)

पदार्थेषु (padārtheṣu) - in the various objects of perception (in objects, in categories, in things)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of padārtha

padārtha - meaning of a word, category of being, object, thing

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pada+artha)

• pada – foot, word, step, position
  noun (neuter)
• artha – meaning, purpose, object, wealth
  noun (masculine)

रूपम् (rūpam) - a singular, objective form (form, shape, appearance, beauty)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, shape, appearance, beauty, image

एकम् (ekam) - a single, uniform form (one, single, unique)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique, sole

Note: Agrees with rūpam.

उदीर्यते (udīryate) - is perceived or recognized (objectively) (is stated, is expressed, is uttered)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of udīr

Prefix: ud

Root: īr (class 1)

दृढभावनया (dṛḍhabhāvanayā) - by a deeply ingrained mental impression (by firm contemplation, by strong imagination)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of dṛḍhabhāvanā

dṛḍhabhāvanā - firm contemplation, strong imagination, fixed mental impression

Compound type : karmadhāraya (dṛḍha+bhāvanā)

• dṛḍha – firm, strong, fixed, resolute
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root dṛh (to be firm, to grow).
  Root: dṛh
• bhāvanā – contemplation, imagination, conception, mental impression
  noun (feminine)
  From root bhū (to be) with causative and suffix -anā.
  Root: bhū (class 1)

चेतः (cetaḥ) - the perceiving mind (cetas) (mind, consciousness, intellect)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cetas

cetas - mind, consciousness, intellect, heart

यत् (yat) - whatever (object) (which, whatever (relative pronoun))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whoever, whatever

Note: Functions as a relative pronoun introducing the object of bhāvayati.

यथा (yathā) - in whatever specific manner (as, just as, in whatever manner)

(indeclinable)

भावयति (bhāvayati) - imagines, conceives (mentally creates) (causes to be, makes, produces, imagines, conceives, contemplates)

(verb)

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

Causative stem

From root bhū (to be) with causative suffix -ayi-.

Root: bhū (class 1)

अलम् (alam) - fully, intensely (sufficiently, enough, completely, intensely)

(indeclinable)

Note: Modifies bhāvayati.