योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-28, verse-20

त्यज संकल्पनिर्माणदेहाः सन्ति सहस्रशः ।
सुखतल्पगतो येन स्वप्नदेहेन दिक्तटान् ॥ २० ॥

tyaja saṃkalpanirmāṇadehāḥ santi sahasraśaḥ ,
sukhatalpagato yena svapnadehena diktaṭān 20

20. tyaja saṅkalpanirmāṇadehāḥ santi sahasraśaḥ
sukhatalpagataḥ yena svapnadehena diktatān

20. saṅkalpanirmāṇadehāḥ sahasraśaḥ santi tyaja
yena sukhatalpagataḥ svapnadehena diktatān

20. Give up (this identification with) bodies (deha) created by your own mental construction (saṅkalpa); thousands of such (dream-like) bodies exist. By means of which dream-body (svapnadeha) one, while lying on a comfortable bed, traverses the regions of the world.

Words meanings summery:

• त्यज (tyaja) - abandon, forsake, give up

• सङ्कल्पनिर्माणदेहाः (saṅkalpanirmāṇadehāḥ) - bodies (deha) created by mental conception (saṅkalpa)

• सन्ति (santi) - are, exist

• सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands, in thousands

• सुखतल्पगतः (sukhatalpagataḥ) - one who has gone to a comfortable bed, lying on a comfortable couch

• येन (yena) - by which, by whom

• स्वप्नदेहेन (svapnadehena) - by a dream-body (deha)

• दिक्ततान् (diktatān) - the regions/shores of the directions, horizons

Words meanings and morphology

त्यज (tyaja) - abandon, forsake, give up

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of tyaj

Root: tyaj (class 1)

सङ्कल्पनिर्माणदेहाः (saṅkalpanirmāṇadehāḥ) - bodies (deha) created by mental conception (saṅkalpa)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saṅkalpanirmāṇadeha

saṅkalpanirmāṇadeha - a body (deha) created (nirmāṇa) by mental resolve/intention/imagination (saṅkalpa)

Compound type : tatpurusha (saṅkalpa+nirmāṇa+deha)

• saṅkalpa – mental resolve, intention, imagination, conception
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• nirmāṇa – creation, construction, formation
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: nir
  Root: mā (class 2)
• deha – body, form, person
  noun (masculine)

सन्ति (santi) - are, exist

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands, in thousands

(indeclinable)

Suffix -śaḥ forming adverbs from nouns, meaning 'by groups of' or 'in numbers of'.

सुखतल्पगतः (sukhatalpagataḥ) - one who has gone to a comfortable bed, lying on a comfortable couch

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sukhatalpagata

sukhatalpagata - gone to a bed of comfort, resting on a comfortable couch

Compound type : tatpurusha (sukhatalpa+gata)

• sukhatalpa – comfortable bed/couch
  noun (masculine)
• gata – gone, arrived, obtained, situated in
  adjective
  past passive participle
  from root 'gam' (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

येन (yena) - by which, by whom

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yat

yat - who, which, what, whereby

स्वप्नदेहेन (svapnadehena) - by a dream-body (deha)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of svapnadeha

svapnadeha - dream-body (deha)

Compound type : tatpurusha (svapna+deha)

• svapna – dream, sleep
  noun (masculine)
  Root: svap (class 2)
• deha – body, form, person
  noun (masculine)

दिक्ततान् (diktatān) - the regions/shores of the directions, horizons

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of diktata

diktata - region/shore of a direction, horizon

Compound type : tatpurusha (diś+taṭa)

• diś – direction, quarter of the sky
  noun (feminine)
  Root: diś (class 6)
• taṭa – shore, bank, region, side
  noun (masculine)

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