योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-113, verse-9

कूपकुण्डचतुःशालकुम्भादीन्देहकानसौ ।
कृत्वा रक्षित आत्मेति याति तद्व्योम्नि भावनम् ॥ ९ ॥

kūpakuṇḍacatuḥśālakumbhādīndehakānasau ,
kṛtvā rakṣita ātmeti yāti tadvyomni bhāvanam 9

9. kūpa kuṇḍa catuḥśāla kumbha ādīn dehakān asau
kṛtvā rakṣitaḥ ātmā iti yāti tat vyomni bhāvanam

9. asau kūpa kuṇḍa catuḥśāla kumbha ādīn dehakān kṛtvā,
ātmā iti rakṣitaḥ (iti matvā),
tat vyomni bhāvanam yāti.

9. That [illusory self], having fashioned container-bodies like wells, ponds, four-room houses, pots, and so on, declares them to be 'the self (ātman)' and thus protected. It then proceeds to conceive of this [false self] within that [earlier mentioned] expanse [of consciousness].

Words meanings summery:

• कूप (kūpa) - well (well, pit)

• कुण्ड (kuṇḍa) - pond (pond, tank, bowl)

• चतुःशाल (catuḥśāla) - four-roomed house

• कुम्भ (kumbha) - pot (pot, jar, pitcher)

• आदीन् (ādīn) - and so on, etc. (beginning with, and so on, etc.)

• देहकान् (dehakān) - container-bodies (referring to wells, pots, etc., as forms/vessels) (bodies, small bodies, containers)

• असौ (asau) - that (illusory self/ego) (that, this, he)

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having fashioned, having created (having done, having made)

• रक्षितः (rakṣitaḥ) - protected (protected, guarded, preserved)

• आत्मा (ātmā) - the (false) self (ātman) (self, soul, spirit)

• इति (iti) - thus (marking reported speech or thought) (thus, so, in this way)

• याति (yāti) - it proceeds, it develops (he goes, he moves, he attains)

• तत् (tat) - that (earlier mentioned expanse) (that, it)

• व्योम्नि (vyomni) - within that expanse (of consciousness, as mentioned in verse 18579) (in the sky, in space)

• भावनम् (bhāvanam) - the conception (of this false self) (conception, imagination, meditation, causing to be)

Words meanings and morphology

कूप (kūpa) - well (well, pit)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kūpa

kūpa - well, pit, cavity

Note: First part of a long compound `kūpakuṇḍacatuḥśālakumbhādīn`.

कुण्ड (kuṇḍa) - pond (pond, tank, bowl)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kuṇḍa

kuṇḍa - bowl, basin, pond, tank, specific ritual pit

Note: Part of a long compound `kūpakuṇḍacatuḥśālakumbhādīn`.

चतुःशाल (catuḥśāla) - four-roomed house

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of caturśāla

caturśāla - a building with four halls or rooms, a four-roomed house

Compound type : dvigu (catur+śāla)

• catur – four
  numeral
• śāla – hall, room, house
  noun (feminine)

Note: Part of a long compound `kūpakuṇḍacatuḥśālakumbhādīn`.

कुम्भ (kumbha) - pot (pot, jar, pitcher)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kumbha

kumbha - pot, jar, pitcher, a measure, water-pot

Note: Part of a long compound `kūpakuṇḍacatuḥśālakumbhādīn`.

आदीन् (ādīn) - and so on, etc. (beginning with, and so on, etc.)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ādi

ādi - beginning, commencement, first; and so on, etc. (when used as a suffix)

Note: Forms part of the long compound `kūpakuṇḍacatuḥśālakumbhādīn`.

देहकान् (dehakān) - container-bodies (referring to wells, pots, etc., as forms/vessels) (bodies, small bodies, containers)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dehaka

dehaka - body (often depreciative), small body, container, form

Diminutive or emphasizing form of 'deha'.

असौ (asau) - that (illusory self/ego) (that, this, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, this (often referring to something distant or distinct)

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having fashioned, having created (having done, having made)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root 'kṛ' (to do, make) with the suffix -tvā.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

रक्षितः (rakṣitaḥ) - protected (protected, guarded, preserved)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rakṣita

rakṣita - protected, guarded, preserved, defended

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'rakṣ' (to protect) with suffix -ta.

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

आत्मा (ātmā) - the (false) self (ātman) (self, soul, spirit)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, ego

इति (iti) - thus (marking reported speech or thought) (thus, so, in this way)

(indeclinable)

याति (yāti) - it proceeds, it develops (he goes, he moves, he attains)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of yāti

Present active

From the root 'yā' (2nd class).

Root: yā (class 2)

तत् (tat) - that (earlier mentioned expanse) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Here functioning as an adjective for 'vyomni' (locative singular neuter).

व्योम्नि (vyomni) - within that expanse (of consciousness, as mentioned in verse 18579) (in the sky, in space)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vyoman

vyoman - sky, atmosphere, space, expanse

भावनम् (bhāvanam) - the conception (of this false self) (conception, imagination, meditation, causing to be)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhāvana

bhāvana - causing to be, forming, producing, conceiving, meditating, imagination, notion

From root 'bhū' (to be) in the causative with suffix -ana.

Root: bhū (class 1)