योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-73, verse-19

नात्मायमयमप्यात्मा संज्ञाभेद इति स्वयम् ।
तेनैव सर्वगतया शक्त्या स्वात्मनि कल्पितः ॥ १९ ॥

nātmāyamayamapyātmā saṃjñābheda iti svayam ,
tenaiva sarvagatayā śaktyā svātmani kalpitaḥ 19

19. na ātmā ayam ayam api ātmā saṃjñābhedaḥ iti svayam
| tena eva sarvagatayā śaktyā sva-ātmani kalpitaḥ ||

19. ayam na ātmā ayam api ātmā iti saṃjñābhedaḥ svayam
tena eva sarvagatayā śaktyā sva-ātmani kalpitaḥ

19. This (apparent self) is not the (supreme) Self (ātman), yet this (true nature) is also the Self (ātman); this is merely a difference in designation. This (difference) is spontaneously created by that (supreme Self) through its all-pervading power (śakti) within its own Self (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, neither, nor

• आत्मा (ātmā) - the (true) Self (ātman) (Self, soul, essence)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (apparent self, or phenomenon) (this, this one)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (true nature, or ultimate Self) (this, this one)

• अपि (api) - also, even (also, even, moreover, indeed)

• आत्मा (ātmā) - the Self (ātman) (Self, soul, essence)

• संज्ञाभेदः (saṁjñābhedaḥ) - difference in designation (difference in name/designation/concept)

• इति (iti) - merely (thus, so, in this way, (marks direct speech or thought))

• स्वयम् (svayam) - spontaneously (by oneself, spontaneously, naturally)

• तेन (tena) - by that (supreme Self) (by him, by that)

• एव (eva) - indeed (only, just, indeed, precisely)

• सर्वगतया (sarvagatayā) - by its all-pervading (by the all-pervading, by the omnipresent)

• शक्त्या (śaktyā) - by its power (śakti) (by power, by energy, by faculty)

• स्व-आत्मनि (sva-ātmani) - within its own Self (ātman) (in one's own Self, in its own Self)

• कल्पितः (kalpitaḥ) - created, conceived (created, imagined, formed, conceived)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, neither, nor

(indeclinable)

आत्मा (ātmā) - the (true) Self (ātman) (Self, soul, essence)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - Self, soul, essence, breath

अयम् (ayam) - this (apparent self, or phenomenon) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this here, this one

Note: Refers to the individual self or the manifest reality.

अयम् (ayam) - this (true nature, or ultimate Self) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this here, this one

Note: Refers to the supreme Self.

अपि (api) - also, even (also, even, moreover, indeed)

(indeclinable)

आत्मा (ātmā) - the Self (ātman) (Self, soul, essence)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - Self, soul, essence, breath

संज्ञाभेदः (saṁjñābhedaḥ) - difference in designation (difference in name/designation/concept)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃjñābheda

saṁjñābheda - difference of name, distinction of designation, conceptual difference

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃjñā+bheda)

• saṃjñā – name, designation, concept, technical term
  noun (feminine)
• bheda – difference, distinction, separation, division
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhid (class 7)

इति (iti) - merely (thus, so, in this way, (marks direct speech or thought))

(indeclinable)

स्वयम् (svayam) - spontaneously (by oneself, spontaneously, naturally)

(indeclinable)

तेन (tena) - by that (supreme Self) (by him, by that)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

Note: Refers to the devaḥ or ātman mentioned in previous verses.

एव (eva) - indeed (only, just, indeed, precisely)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

सर्वगतया (sarvagatayā) - by its all-pervading (by the all-pervading, by the omnipresent)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of sarvagata

sarvagata - all-pervading, omnipresent

From 'sarva' (all) + 'gata' (gone/reached)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarva+gata)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  pronoun
• gata – gone, reached, present in
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agreeing with śaktyā.

शक्त्या (śaktyā) - by its power (śakti) (by power, by energy, by faculty)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of śakti

śakti - power, energy, faculty, ability, divine feminine power

Root: śak (class 5)

स्व-आत्मनि (sva-ātmani) - within its own Self (ātman) (in one's own Self, in its own Self)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of sva-ātman

sva-ātman - one's own Self, the individual soul

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+ātman)

• sva – own, one's own
  pronoun
• ātman – Self, soul, essence, breath
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to the supreme Self.

कल्पितः (kalpitaḥ) - created, conceived (created, imagined, formed, conceived)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kalpita

kalpita - created, formed, imagined, conceived, artificial

Past Passive Participle

From root kḷp (to arrange, create)

Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: Refers to saṃjñābhedaḥ (the designation itself as being imagined/created).

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