योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-29, verse-143

यथैतत्संविदाकाशं स्वप्ने भाति जगद्वपुः ।
तथेदं जाग्रदाख्येऽपि स्वप्ने भाति तदेव नः ॥ १४३ ॥

yathaitatsaṃvidākāśaṃ svapne bhāti jagadvapuḥ ,
tathedaṃ jāgradākhye'pi svapne bhāti tadeva naḥ 143

143. yathā etat saṃvit ākāśam svapne bhāti jagat vapuḥ
tathā idam jāgrat ākhye api svapne bhāti tat eva naḥ

143. yathā etat saṃvit ākāśam svapne jagat vapuḥ bhāti
tathā idam jāgrat ākhye api svapne naḥ tat eva bhāti

143. Just as this space of consciousness (saṃvidākāśa) appears as the body of the world (jagat) in a dream, so too does this (waking experience), even in what is called the waking state, appear to us as merely that (dream-like reality).

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• एतत् (etat) - this, this one

• संवित् (saṁvit) - consciousness, knowledge, understanding

• आकाशम् (ākāśam) - space, ether

• स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream, in sleep

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

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

• वपुः (vapuḥ) - body, form

• तथा (tathā) - so too, in the same way

• इदम् (idam) - refers to the waking experience or state (this, this one)

• जाग्रत् (jāgrat) - waking, awake

• आख्ये (ākhye) - in what is called, in the name of

• अपि (api) - even, also

• स्वप्ने (svapne) - in the sense of being a dream-like reality (in a dream, as a dream)

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

• तत् (tat) - refers to the dream-like reality mentioned earlier (that, that one)

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

• नः (naḥ) - to us, for us, our

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this, this one

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

संवित् (saṁvit) - consciousness, knowledge, understanding

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃvit

saṁvit - consciousness, knowledge, understanding

Root: vid (class 2)

आकाशम् (ākāśam) - space, ether

(noun)

neuter, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - space, ether, sky

Note: Forms a compound 'saṃvidākāśam' with 'saṃvit', meaning 'space of consciousness'.

स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream, in sleep

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - dream, sleep

Root: svap (class 2)

भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears, becomes manifest

(verb)

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

Root: bhā (class 2)

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

(noun)

neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving

present active participle (often substantivized)

Root: gam (class 1)

वपुः (vapuḥ) - body, form

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vapus

vapus - body, form, figure

Root: vap (class 1)

Note: Forms a compound 'jagadvapuḥ' with 'jagat', meaning 'body of the world'.

तथा (tathā) - so too, in the same way

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - refers to the waking experience or state (this, this one)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

जाग्रत् (jāgrat) - waking, awake

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jāgrat

jāgrat - waking, awake (present active participle)

present active participle

Root: jāgṛ (class 2)

Note: Used here as part of a compound or phrase 'jāgrat ākhye' referring to the waking state.

आख्ये (ākhye) - in what is called, in the name of

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ākhya

ākhya - called, named, name

Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Used in the phrase 'jāgrat ākhye' (in what is called waking state).

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

स्वप्ने (svapne) - in the sense of being a dream-like reality (in a dream, as a dream)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - dream, sleep

Root: svap (class 2)

Note: Locative case used to mean 'as a dream' or 'in the nature of a dream'.

भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears, becomes manifest

(verb)

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

Root: bhā (class 2)

तत् (tat) - refers to the dream-like reality mentioned earlier (that, that one)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, that one

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

(indeclinable)

नः (naḥ) - to us, for us, our

(pronoun)

plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

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