योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-57, verse-3

चित्तस्थचित्रसदृशे व्योमात्मनि जगत्त्रये ।
व्योमात्मनस्ते किमियमहन्ताव्योमतोदिता ॥ ३ ॥

cittasthacitrasadṛśe vyomātmani jagattraye ,
vyomātmanaste kimiyamahantāvyomatoditā 3

3. cittastha-citra-sadṛśe vyomātmani jagat-traye
vyomātmanas te kim iyam ahantā-vyomatā uditā

3. jagat-traye cittastha-citra-sadṛśe vyomātmani
vyomātmanas te iyam ahantā-vyomatā kim uditā

3. In the three worlds, which are like a painting existing in the mind and are themselves of the nature of space (consciousness), O you whose intrinsic nature (ātman) is space, how has this ego (ahaṅkāra), which is like space itself, come into being?

3. בשלושת העולמות, הדוהים כציור השוכן בחשיבה ועשויים מעצם טבעו של החלל, מדוע עלתה בך – שבעצמך עשוי מטבע החלל – תחושת האגו והנבדלות החללית הזו?

Words meanings summery:

• चित्तस्थ-चित्र-सदृशे (cittastha-citra-sadṛśe) - resembling a picture situated in the mind

• व्योमात्मनि (vyomātmani) - in the Self that is space; in the nature of space/consciousness

• जगत्-त्रये (jagat-traye) - in the three worlds

• व्योमात्मनस् (vyomātmanas) - O Space-Self, O pure consciousness

• ते (te) - to you, your

• किम् (kim) - how, why, what

• इयम् (iyam) - this

• अहन्ता-व्योमता (ahantā-vyomatā) - the spaciousness of ego, ego as space, ego's vastness

• उदिता (uditā) - arisen, manifested

Words meanings and morphology

चित्तस्थ-चित्र-सदृशे (cittastha-citra-sadṛśe) - resembling a picture situated in the mind

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of cittastha-citra-sadṛśa

cittastha-citra-sadṛśa - resembling a picture situated in the mind

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (citta+stha+citra+sadṛśa)

• citta – mind, thought, consciousness
  noun (neuter)
• stha – standing, situated, residing
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun/adjective from root
  Derived from root sthā (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• citra – picture, painting, image; variegated, diverse
  noun (neuter)
• sadṛśa – like, similar, resembling
  adjective (masculine)

व्योमात्मनि (vyomātmani) - in the Self that is space; in the nature of space/consciousness

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vyomātman

vyomātman - the Self (ātman) that is space (vyoma); pure consciousness

Compound type : karmadhāraya (vyoman+ātman)

• vyoman – sky, atmosphere, space; (metaphorically) Brahman, consciousness
  noun (neuter)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, individual soul, the ultimate reality (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

जगत्-त्रये (jagat-traye) - in the three worlds

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of jagat-traya

jagat-traya - the three worlds (heaven, earth, and the underworld)

Compound type : dvigu (jagat+traya)

• jagat – world, universe; moving, living
  noun (neuter)
• traya – a triad, group of three
  noun (neuter)

व्योमात्मनस् (vyomātmanas) - O Space-Self, O pure consciousness

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vyomātman

vyomātman - the Self (ātman) that is space (vyoma); pure consciousness

Compound type : karmadhāraya (vyoman+ātman)

• vyoman – sky, atmosphere, space; (metaphorically) Brahman, consciousness
  noun (neuter)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, individual soul, the ultimate reality (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

ते (te) - to you, your

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of tvad

tvad - you

किम् (kim) - how, why, what

(indeclinable)

इयम् (iyam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this

अहन्ता-व्योमता (ahantā-vyomatā) - the spaciousness of ego, ego as space, ego's vastness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ahantā-vyomatā

ahantā-vyomatā - the state of 'I-ness' or ego (ahaṅkāra) which is like space

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ahantā+vyomatā)

• ahantā – egoism, 'I-ness', self-conceit (ahaṅkāra)
  noun (feminine)
• vyomatā – spaciousness, the state of being sky-like or space-like
  noun (feminine)

उदिता (uditā) - arisen, manifested

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of udita

udita - arisen, risen, manifested, spoken

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vad (to speak) or i (to go) with prefix ud

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

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