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.

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)