योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-29, verse-142

एवं द्वौ स्वप्नसंकल्पमायाभिः स्वनुभूयते ।
तदा किल चिदाकाशमेव भाति जगत्तया ॥ १४२ ॥

evaṃ dvau svapnasaṃkalpamāyābhiḥ svanubhūyate ,
tadā kila cidākāśameva bhāti jagattayā 142

142. evam dvau svapnasaṅkalpamāyābhiḥ svanubhūyate
tadā kila cit ākāśam eva bhāti jagattayā

142. evam dvau svapnasaṅkalpamāyābhiḥ svanubhūyate
tadā kila cit ākāśam eva jagattayā bhāti

142. In this way, these two (aspects of reality or experience) are experienced through dreams, volitions (saṅkalpa), and illusion (māyā). At that time, indeed, the very space of consciousness (cidākāśa) appears as the world (jagat).

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• द्वौ (dvau) - the two aspects of reality, likely consciousness and the world, or the experiencer and the experienced (two)

• स्वप्नसङ्कल्पमायाभिः (svapnasaṅkalpamāyābhiḥ) - by dreams, volitions, and illusion (māyā)

• स्वनुभूयते (svanubhūyate) - is experienced by oneself, is self-experienced

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• किल (kila) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)

• चित् (cit) - consciousness, pure consciousness

• आकाशम् (ākāśam) - space, ether

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed (emphatic particle)

• भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears, becomes manifest

• जगत्तया (jagattayā) - by world-ness, as the world

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

द्वौ (dvau) - the two aspects of reality, likely consciousness and the world, or the experiencer and the experienced (two)

(numeral)

स्वप्नसङ्कल्पमायाभिः (svapnasaṅkalpamāyābhiḥ) - by dreams, volitions, and illusion (māyā)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of svapnasaṅkalpamāyā

svapnasaṅkalpamāyā - dreams, volitions, and illusion (māyā)

Compound type : itaretarayoga dvandva (svapna+saṅkalpa+māyā)

• svapna – dream, sleep
  noun (masculine)
  Root: svap (class 2)
• saṅkalpa – volition, intention, resolve
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• māyā – illusion (māyā), cosmic illusion, power of creation
  noun (feminine)
  Root: mā (class 3)

स्वनुभूयते (svanubhūyate) - is experienced by oneself, is self-experienced

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of anubhū

passive voice

Prefix: anu

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: The 'sva-' component implies 'by oneself' or 'self-'. The verb itself is passive.

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

किल (kila) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

चित् (cit) - consciousness, pure consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, pure consciousness, intellect

Root: cit (class 1)

आकाशम् (ākāśam) - space, ether

(noun)

neuter, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - space, ether, sky

Note: Forms a compound 'cidākāśam' with 'cit', meaning 'space of consciousness'.

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed (emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears, becomes manifest

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhā

Root: bhā (class 2)

जगत्तया (jagattayā) - by world-ness, as the world

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of jagattā

jagattā - world-ness, the state of being the world

Derived from 'jagat' with the suffix '-tā'

Note: Instrumental case used to denote 'as' or 'in the form of'.

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