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.

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.