योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-41, verse-22

यदिदं दृश्यतां यातं मानसं मननं महत् ।
असन्मात्रमिदं यस्मान्मनोमात्रविजृम्भितम् ॥ २२ ॥

yadidaṃ dṛśyatāṃ yātaṃ mānasaṃ mananaṃ mahat ,
asanmātramidaṃ yasmānmanomātravijṛmbhitam 22

22. yat idam dṛśyatām yātam mānasam mananam mahat
asat mātram idam yasmāt manaḥmātravijṛmbhitam

22. idam mahat mānasam mananam yat dṛśyatām yātam,
idam asat mātram (asti),
yasmāt (idam) manaḥmātravijṛmbhitam (asti)

22. This great mental reflection (mananam) that has become visible is merely non-existent, because it is solely an expansion of the mind.

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - whatever (which, whatever)

• इदम् (idam) - this

• दृश्यताम् (dṛśyatām) - to visibility, to being seen

• यातम् (yātam) - has attained, has become (gone, attained)

• मानसम् (mānasam) - mental, relating to the mind

• मननम् (mananam) - reflection (mananam) (thinking, reflection, meditation)

• महत् (mahat) - great (great, large, important)

• असत् (asat) - non-existent (non-existent, unreal)

• मात्रम् (mātram) - merely (merely, only, solely)

• इदम् (idam) - this

• यस्मात् (yasmāt) - because (because, from which)

• मनःमात्रविजृम्भितम् (manaḥmātravijṛmbhitam) - solely an expansion of the mind (that which is merely an expansion of the mind)

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - whatever (which, whatever)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here

दृश्यताम् (dṛśyatām) - to visibility, to being seen

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dṛśyatā

dṛśyatā - visibility, the state of being seen

Derived from dṛś (to see) + -yatā (abstract noun suffix)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

यातम् (yātam) - has attained, has become (gone, attained)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yāta

yāta - gone, departed, attained

Past Passive Participle

From root 'yā' (to go)

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Past passive participle, agreeing with 'mananam' and 'idam'

मानसम् (mānasam) - mental, relating to the mind

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mānasa

mānasa - mental, spiritual, of the mind

From manas (mind) + aṇ suffix

Note: Agrees with 'mananam'

मननम् (mananam) - reflection (mananam) (thinking, reflection, meditation)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manana

manana - thinking, reflecting, understanding

Nominal action noun

From root 'man' (to think)

Root: man (class 4)

महत् (mahat) - great (great, large, important)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty

Present Active Participle

From root 'mah' (to be great)

Root: mah (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'mananam'

असत् (asat) - non-existent (non-existent, unreal)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, false

Present Active Participle

Negation of sat (being, existing). Derived from 'as' (to be) with 'na' (not)

Root: as (class 2)

मात्रम् (mātram) - merely (merely, only, solely)

(indeclinable)

Note: Can also be used as a noun or adjective, but here functions adverbially.

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here

यस्मात् (yasmāt) - because (because, from which)

(pronoun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Note: Used here as a conjunction 'because'

मनःमात्रविजृम्भितम् (manaḥmātravijṛmbhitam) - solely an expansion of the mind (that which is merely an expansion of the mind)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manaḥmātravijṛmbhita

manaḥmātravijṛmbhita - that which is merely an expansion of the mind, mental expansion only

Compound word

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (manas+mātra+vijṛmbhita)

• manas – mind, intellect, heart
  noun (neuter)
  Root: man (class 4)
• mātra – only, merely, measure
  indeclinable
• vijṛmbhita – expanded, manifested, blossomed
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'jṛmbh' (to yawn, to expand) with prefix 'vi-'
  Prefix: vi
  Root: jṛmbh (class 1)

Note: Compound word, predicate nominative.

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