योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-51, verse-23

रश्मिजालमिवेन्दोर्यदात्मनः प्रतिभासनम् ।
बाह्यस्पर्शतया तेन तदेवाशूररीकृतम् ॥ २३ ॥

raśmijālamivendoryadātmanaḥ pratibhāsanam ,
bāhyasparśatayā tena tadevāśūrarīkṛtam 23

23. raśmi-jālam iva indoḥ yat ātmanaḥ pratibhāsanam
bāhya-sparśatayā tena tat eva āśu urarīkṛtam

23. ātmanaḥ yat pratibhāsanam indoḥ raśmi-jālam iva
tena bāhya-sparśatayā tat eva āśu urarīkṛtam

23. That manifestation of the self (ātman), which resembles a network of moonbeams, by means of its perceived nature as an external contact, is swiftly appropriated as that very external reality.

23. כשם שגל אור ירח פורש את קרניו, כך התפרשות הַגִ'יוָוה דרך מגע חיצוני מתקבלת מיד כחוויה ממשית.

Words meanings summery:

• रश्मि-जालम् (raśmi-jālam) - network of rays, web of light

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• इन्दोः (indoḥ) - of the moon

• यत् (yat) - which, that which

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self (ātman) (of the self, of the soul)

• प्रतिभासनम् (pratibhāsanam) - manifestation, appearance, shining forth

• बाह्य-स्पर्शतया (bāhya-sparśatayā) - by the nature of external contact, through external contact

• तेन (tena) - by that, by it

• तत् (tat) - that

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, very, just

• आशु (āśu) - swiftly, quickly

• उररीकृतम् (urarīkṛtam) - accepted, adopted, appropriated, made one's own

Words meanings and morphology

रश्मि-जालम् (raśmi-jālam) - network of rays, web of light

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of raśmi-jāla

raśmi-jāla - network of rays, mass of light

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (raśmi+jāla)

• raśmi – ray, beam, string
  noun (masculine)
• jāla – net, network, web, mass
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

इन्दोः (indoḥ) - of the moon

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of indu

indu - moon, drop, spot

यत् (yat) - which, that which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, that

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self (ātman) (of the self, of the soul)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, breath

प्रतिभासनम् (pratibhāsanam) - manifestation, appearance, shining forth

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pratibhāsana

pratibhāsana - manifestation, appearance, splendor

Action noun

From root 'bhās' (to shine) with prefix 'prati'.

Prefix: prati

Root: bhās (class 1)

बाह्य-स्पर्शतया (bāhya-sparśatayā) - by the nature of external contact, through external contact

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of bāhya-sparśatā

bāhya-sparśatā - the state of external contact, externality of touch

Abstract noun formed with suffix '-tā' from 'bāhya-sparśa'.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bāhya+sparśa+tā)

• bāhya – external, outward
  adjective (neuter)
• sparśa – touch, contact, sensation of touch
  noun (masculine)
  Root: spṛś (class 6)
• tā – suffix forming abstract feminine nouns; state, quality
  noun (feminine)

तेन (tena) - by that, by it

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'pratibhāsanam'.

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'pratibhāsanam'.

एव (eva) - only, indeed, very, just

(indeclinable)

आशु (āśu) - swiftly, quickly

(indeclinable)

उररीकृतम् (urarīkṛtam) - accepted, adopted, appropriated, made one's own

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of urarīkṛta

urarīkṛta - accepted, appropriated, made one's own, assented to

Past Passive Participle

Formed from the verb 'urarī-kṛ' (to accept, acknowledge).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

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