योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-21, verse-59

व्योमकाननमातङ्गीं व्योमस्थामनुधावति ।
तस्मात्संकल्पमेव त्वं सर्वभावमयात्मकम् ॥ ५९ ॥

vyomakānanamātaṅgīṃ vyomasthāmanudhāvati ,
tasmātsaṃkalpameva tvaṃ sarvabhāvamayātmakam 59

59. vyomakānanāmātaṅgīm vyomasthām anudhāvati
tasmāt saṃkalpam eva tvam sarvabhāvamayātmakam

59. (manaḥ) vyomakānanāmātaṅgīm vyomasthām anudhāvati tasmāt
tvam saṃkalpam eva sarvabhāvamayātmakam (jñihi/viddhi)

59. The mind (manas) pursues a female elephant of the sky-forest, dwelling in the sky. Therefore, you (should know) that `saṃkalpa` (conception or mental resolve) itself is the very essence (ātman) of all forms of existence.

59. ...ורודפת אחר פילה הניצבת ביער השמיים. על כן, רָאמָה, נטוש לחלוטין את הרעיון והתכנון המחשבתי, המכיל בחובו את כל סוגי התפיסות.

Words meanings summery:

• व्योमकाननामातङ्गीम् (vyomakānanāmātaṅgīm) - the mind's illusory creation of a sky-elephant, a product of imagination (a female elephant of the sky-forest)

• व्योमस्थाम् (vyomasthām) - existing purely as a mental construct in the mind's 'sky' (dwelling in the sky, existing in the sky)

• अनुधवति (anudhavati) - pursues (its own mental creation) (runs after, pursues, follows)

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - based on the preceding arguments (therefore, from that)

• संकल्पम् (saṁkalpam) - the faculty of mental conception or will (saṃkalpa) (conception, intention, mental resolve, imagination)

• एव (eva) - precisely, nothing but (indeed, only, certainly)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (the interlocutor) (you)

• सर्वभावमयात्मकम् (sarvabhāvamayātmakam) - constituting the very self (ātman) of all phenomena (having the nature of all existents, essentially formed by all states of being)

Words meanings and morphology

व्योमकाननामातङ्गीम् (vyomakānanāmātaṅgīm) - the mind's illusory creation of a sky-elephant, a product of imagination (a female elephant of the sky-forest)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vyomakānanāmātaṅgī

vyomakānanāmātaṅgī - a female elephant of the sky-forest

Feminine form of the compound vyomakānanāmātaṅga.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vyoman+kānana+mātaṅgī)

• vyoman – sky, heaven, atmosphere, space
  noun (neuter)
• kānana – forest, grove
  noun (neuter)
• mātaṅgī – female elephant
  noun (feminine)
  Feminine of mātaṅga.

Note: Object of anudhāvati.

व्योमस्थाम् (vyomasthām) - existing purely as a mental construct in the mind's 'sky' (dwelling in the sky, existing in the sky)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vyomasthā

vyomasthā - dwelling in the sky, sky-dweller

Derived from vyoman (sky) + sthā (to stand/dwell).

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (vyoman+sthā)

• vyoman – sky, heaven, atmosphere, space
  noun (neuter)
• sthā – standing, dwelling, located
  adjective (masculine)
  From root sthā (to stand).
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with vyomakānanāmātaṅgīm.

अनुधवति (anudhavati) - pursues (its own mental creation) (runs after, pursues, follows)

(verb)

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

Prefix: anu

Root: dhāv (class 1)

Note: Subject is manas (mind), implied from previous verse.

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - based on the preceding arguments (therefore, from that)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'therefore'.

संकल्पम् (saṁkalpam) - the faculty of mental conception or will (saṃkalpa) (conception, intention, mental resolve, imagination)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃkalpa

saṁkalpa - conception, intention, mental resolve, will, imagination

Prefix: sam

Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: Object of an implied verb like viddhi (know).

एव (eva) - precisely, nothing but (indeed, only, certainly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

त्वम् (tvam) - you (the interlocutor) (you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

Note: Subject of the implied imperative verb.

सर्वभावमयात्मकम् (sarvabhāvamayātmakam) - constituting the very self (ātman) of all phenomena (having the nature of all existents, essentially formed by all states of being)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sarvabhāvamayātmaka

sarvabhāvamayātmaka - consisting of the nature of all existents, essentially formed by all states of being

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sarva+bhāva+maya+ātman)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective (masculine)
• bhāva – state of being, existence, feeling, nature
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• maya – consisting of, made of, full of
  adjective (masculine)
  Suffix forming adjectives meaning 'made of' or 'consisting of'. Treated as an adjectival constituent within the compound.
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with saṃkalpam.

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