योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-29, verse-147

यथा चिद्व्योममात्रात्म स्वप्ने घटपटादिकम् ।
सर्गादावेव सर्गोऽयं तथा चिद्व्योममात्रकम् ॥ १४७ ॥

yathā cidvyomamātrātma svapne ghaṭapaṭādikam ,
sargādāveva sargo'yaṃ tathā cidvyomamātrakam 147

147. yathā cidvyomamātrātman svapne ghaṭapaṭādikam
sargādau eva sargaḥ ayam tathā cidvyomamātrakam

147. yathā svapne ghaṭapaṭādikam cidvyomamātrātma
tathā ayam sargaḥ sargādau eva cidvyomamātrakam

147. Just as in a dream, objects like pots, clothes, and so on are merely the nature of the space of consciousness (cit-vyoman), so too is this creation (sarga) at its very beginning merely the space of consciousness (cit-vyoman).

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• चिद्व्योममात्रात्मन् (cidvyomamātrātman) - whose nature is merely the space of consciousness

• स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream

• घटपटादिकम् (ghaṭapaṭādikam) - pots, clothes, and so on; etc.

• सर्गादौ (sargādau) - at the beginning of creation

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• सर्गः (sargaḥ) - creation, emanation

• अयम् (ayam) - this

• तथा (tathā) - so too, thus, in that way

• चिद्व्योममात्रकम् (cidvyomamātrakam) - merely the space of consciousness

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

चिद्व्योममात्रात्मन् (cidvyomamātrātman) - whose nature is merely the space of consciousness

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cidvyomamātrātman

cidvyomamātrātman - whose essence is merely the space of consciousness

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (cit+vyoman+mātra+ātman)

• cit – consciousness
  noun (feminine)
• vyoman – sky, space, ether
  noun (neuter)
• mātra – only, merely, solely
  adjective (neuter)
• ātman – self, soul, essence, nature (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - sleep, dream

घटपटादिकम् (ghaṭapaṭādikam) - pots, clothes, and so on; etc.

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ghaṭapaṭādika

ghaṭapaṭādika - pots, clothes, etc.

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (ghaṭa+paṭa+ādika)

• ghaṭa – pot, jar
  noun (masculine)
• paṭa – cloth, garment
  noun (masculine)
• ādika – beginning with, and so on
  adjective (masculine)
  Suffix -ādika indicating 'etc.' or 'and so forth'.

सर्गादौ (sargādau) - at the beginning of creation

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of sargādi

sargādi - the beginning of creation

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (sarga+ādi)

• sarga – creation, emanation (sarga)
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, origin
  noun (masculine)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

सर्गः (sargaḥ) - creation, emanation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarga

sarga - creation, emanation (sarga)

अयम् (ayam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

तथा (tathā) - so too, thus, in that way

(indeclinable)

चिद्व्योममात्रकम् (cidvyomamātrakam) - merely the space of consciousness

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cidvyomamātraka

cidvyomamātraka - merely the space of consciousness

Derived from cit-vyoman-mātra with suffix -ka (diminutive/emphatic)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (cit+vyoman+mātraka)

• cit – consciousness
  noun (feminine)
• vyoman – sky, space, ether
  noun (neuter)
• mātraka – only, mere, solely
  adjective (neuter)
  Emphatic form of mātra

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