योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-43, verse-3

यथा येन विकल्पेन यद्विकल्पेन कथ्यते ।
तथा तेनात्मकल्पेन नगताऽप्यनुभूयते ॥ ३ ॥

yathā yena vikalpena yadvikalpena kathyate ,
tathā tenātmakalpena nagatā'pyanubhūyate 3

3. yathā yena vikalpena yat vikalpena kathyate
tathā tena ātma-kalpena na gatā api anubhūyate

3. yathā yena vikalpena yat vikalpena kathyate
tathā tena ātma-kalpena na gatā api anubhūyate

3. Just as something is spoken of by whichever mental projection (vikalpa) it is conceived, so too is it experienced by one's own mental projection (ātman), even if it has not (actually) manifested.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

• येन (yena) - by which, by whom

• विकल्पेन (vikalpena) - by imagination, by mental projection, by conception

• यत् (yat) - that which, what

• विकल्पेन (vikalpena) - by imagination, by mental projection, by conception

• कथ्यते (kathyate) - is said, is narrated, is described, is spoken of

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

• तेन (tena) - by that, by him, by it

• आत्म-कल्पेन (ātma-kalpena) - by the self's own conception, by one's own imagination

• न (na) - not, no

• गता (gatā) - not actually manifested or obtained (gone, arrived, manifested)

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• अनुभूयते (anubhūyate) - is experienced, is perceived

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

(indeclinable)

येन (yena) - by which, by whom

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who, that

Note: Could also be neuter singular instrumental.

विकल्पेन (vikalpena) - by imagination, by mental projection, by conception

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vikalpa

vikalpa - imagination, mental projection, conception, doubt, option

Root: kḷp (class 1)

यत् (yat) - that which, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who, that

Note: Can also be accusative singular neuter.

विकल्पेन (vikalpena) - by imagination, by mental projection, by conception

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vikalpa

vikalpa - imagination, mental projection, conception, doubt, option

Root: kḷp (class 1)

कथ्यते (kathyate) - is said, is narrated, is described, is spoken of

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (lat) of kath

present passive

3rd person singular, present indicative, passive voice

Root: kath (class 10)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

तेन (tena) - by that, by him, by it

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Could also be neuter singular instrumental.

आत्म-कल्पेन (ātma-kalpena) - by the self's own conception, by one's own imagination

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ātma-kalpa

ātma-kalpa - self-conception, self-imagination

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātman+kalpa)

• ātman – self, soul, individual soul, supreme soul (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)
• kalpa – conception, imagination, thought, duration of a world-period
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kḷp (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

गता (gatā) - not actually manifested or obtained (gone, arrived, manifested)

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gata

gata - gone, departed, reached, obtained, past, deceased

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

अनुभूयते (anubhūyate) - is experienced, is perceived

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (lat) of anubhū

present passive

3rd person singular, present indicative, passive voice

Prefix: anu

Root: bhū (class 1)