योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-45, verse-3

एतत्संकल्पमात्रात्म स्वप्नदृष्टपुरोपमम् ।
यत्रैव तत्र तच्छून्यं केवलं व्योम संस्थितम् ॥ ३ ॥

etatsaṃkalpamātrātma svapnadṛṣṭapuropamam ,
yatraiva tatra tacchūnyaṃ kevalaṃ vyoma saṃsthitam 3

3. etat saṃkalpamātrātma svapnadṛṣṭapuropamam yatra
eva tatra tat śūnyam kevalam vyoma saṃsthitam

3. etat saṃkalpamātrātma svapnadṛṣṭapuropamam yatra
eva tatra tat śūnyam kevalam vyoma saṃsthitam

3. This (world), being by nature merely a thought-form, is comparable to a city seen in a dream. Wherever it appears to be, there in reality is only a void; merely space (vyoman) exists.

Words meanings summery:

• एतत् (etat) - this (world) (this, this one)

• संकल्पमात्रात्म (saṁkalpamātrātma) - being by nature merely a thought-form (whose nature is merely imagination/thought)

• स्वप्नदृष्टपुरोपमम् (svapnadṛṣṭapuropamam) - like a city seen in a dream (comparable to a city seen in a dream)

• यत्र (yatra) - wherever (it appears) (where, in which place)

• एव (eva) - indeed (where it indeed appears) (indeed, only, certainly, just)

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• तत् (tat) - that (world/appearance) (that, that one)

• शून्यम् (śūnyam) - only emptiness, a void (empty, void, null)

• केवलम् (kevalam) - merely, only (merely, only, absolute, pure)

• व्योम (vyoma) - space (vyoman) (space, sky, ether)

• संस्थितम् (saṁsthitam) - exists (existing, situated, abiding)

Words meanings and morphology

एतत् (etat) - this (world) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Nominative singular neuter of pronoun 'etad'.

संकल्पमात्रात्म (saṁkalpamātrātma) - being by nature merely a thought-form (whose nature is merely imagination/thought)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṃkalpamātrātman

saṁkalpamātrātman - whose nature is merely thought/imagination; purely conceptual

Bahuvrīhi compound.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (saṃkalpa+mātra+ātman)

• saṃkalpa – intention, resolve, conception, imagination, thought-form
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root kḷp with prefix sam.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• mātra – mere, only, measure
  adjective (neuter)
  Suffix indicating 'mere' or 'only'.
• ātman – self, soul, essence, nature
  noun (masculine)
  Root: at (class 1)

स्वप्नदृष्टपुरोपमम् (svapnadṛṣṭapuropamam) - like a city seen in a dream (comparable to a city seen in a dream)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of svapnadṛṣṭapuropama

svapnadṛṣṭapuropama - resembling a city seen in a dream

Compound. Upama means 'likeness' or 'comparison'.

Compound type : upama-tatpuruṣa (svapna+dṛṣṭa+pura+upama)

• svapna – dream, sleep
  noun (masculine)
  Root: svap (class 2)
• dṛṣṭa – seen, perceived
  adjective (Past Passive Participle) (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root dṛś.
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• pura – city, town, stronghold
  noun (neuter)
• upama – likeness, comparison, resembling
  adjective/noun (neuter)
  Prefix: upa

यत्र (yatra) - wherever (it appears) (where, in which place)

(indeclinable)

Adverb of place.

एव (eva) - indeed (where it indeed appears) (indeed, only, certainly, just)

(indeclinable)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

Adverb of place.

तत् (tat) - that (world/appearance) (that, that one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, that one

Nominative singular neuter of pronoun 'tad'.

शून्यम् (śūnyam) - only emptiness, a void (empty, void, null)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śūnya

śūnya - empty, void, null, vacant

From root śvi.

Root: śvi (class 1)

केवलम् (kevalam) - merely, only (merely, only, absolute, pure)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kevala

kevala - absolute, pure, mere, only, solitary, whole

व्योम (vyoma) - space (vyoman) (space, sky, ether)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vyoman

vyoman - sky, atmosphere, space, ether

Nominative singular neuter of n-stem noun 'vyoman'.

Root: vi (class 2)

संस्थितम् (saṁsthitam) - exists (existing, situated, abiding)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṃsthita

saṁsthita - standing together, fixed, situated, existing, well-placed

Past Passive Participle

From root sthā with prefix sam.

Prefix: sam

Root: sthā (class 1)