योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-96, verse-51

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सम्राट्संसारमाभासि भवतीव स्वयं वपुः ।
पश्यत्यथ सदेवेदं स्वरूपत्वात्सदेव वा ।
भावनाद्भूततामेति दृश्यं भवति च क्षणात् ॥ ५१ ॥

samrāṭsaṃsāramābhāsi bhavatīva svayaṃ vapuḥ ,
paśyatyatha sadevedaṃ svarūpatvātsadeva vā ,
bhāvanādbhūtatāmeti dṛśyaṃ bhavati ca kṣaṇāt 51

51. samrāṭ saṃsāram ābhāsi bhavati iva
svayam vapuḥ paśyati atha sat eva
idam svarūpatvāt sat eva vā bhāvanāt
bhūtatām eti dṛśyam bhavati ca kṣaṇāt

51. त्वम् सम्राट् संसारम् आभासि स्वयम् वपुः इव भवति अथ स्वरूपत्वात् इदम् सत् एव वा सत् एव (इति) पश्यति च भावनात् दृश्यम् क्षणात् भूतताम् एति,
भवति च ॥

51. You, the sovereign, shine forth as the world (saṃsāra). Your own form spontaneously manifests, as it were. Then, by virtue of its true nature (svarūpa), this (world) is perceived as reality itself, or indeed, it is reality itself. And instantly, through conceptualization (bhāvanā), the perceived (dṛśyam) attains concreteness and becomes manifest.

Words meanings summery:

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सम्राट् (samrāṭ) - You, the sovereign (nominative apposition) (emperor, sovereign ruler)

संसारम् (saṁsāram) - the world (saṃsāra) (the world, transmigration, cycle of existence)

आभासि (ābhāsi) - you shine forth, you appear, you manifest

भवति (bhavati) - becomes manifest (becomes, happens, exists)

इव (iva) - as it were (as if, like, as, in a manner)

स्वयम् (svayam) - spontaneously (spontaneously, by itself, oneself)

वपुः (vapuḥ) - your (implied) own form (body, form, figure)

पश्यति (paśyati) - one perceives (one sees, he/she/it sees)

अथ (atha) - then (then, moreover, now)

सत् (sat) - reality itself (being, existing, real, true)

एव (eva) - itself (indeed, only, just, certainly)

इदम् (idam) - this (world/phenomenon) (this, this here)

स्वरूपत्वात् (svarūpatvāt) - by virtue of its true nature (svarūpa) (by reason of its own nature, by being its true nature)

सत् (sat) - reality itself (being, existing, real, true)

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just, certainly)

वा (vā) - or indeed (or, either)

भावनात् (bhāvanāt) - through conceptualization (bhāvanā) (from conceptualization, from imagination, by contemplation)

भूतताम् (bhūtatām) - concreteness, substantiality (state of being, substantiality, concreteness)

एति (eti) - it attains (it goes, it attains, it reaches)

दृश्यम् (dṛśyam) - the perceived (phenomenon) (the visible, the perceived, phenomenon)

भवति (bhavati) - becomes manifest (becomes, happens, exists)

च (ca) - and, also

क्षणात् (kṣaṇāt) - instantly (instantly, in a moment, from a moment)

Words meanings and morphology

सम्राट् (samrāṭ) - You, the sovereign (nominative apposition) (emperor, sovereign ruler)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samrāṭ

samrāṭ - emperor, sovereign, supreme ruler

from 'sam' (together, completely) + root 'rāj' (to shine, to rule)

Prefix: sam

Root: rāj (class 1)

Note: In apposition to implied 'tvam' (you).

संसारम् (saṁsāram) - the world (saṃsāra) (the world, transmigration, cycle of existence)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃsāra

saṁsāra - the world, transmigration, cycle of existence, mundane existence

from 'sam' (together, completely) + root 'sṛ' (to flow, to move)

Prefix: sam

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Object of 'ābhāsi'.

आभासि (ābhāsi) - you shine forth, you appear, you manifest

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of ābhās

Prefix: ā

Root: bhās (class 1)

Note: Subject is implied 'tvam' (you).

भवति (bhavati) - becomes manifest (becomes, happens, exists)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject is 'vapuḥ'.

इव (iva) - as it were (as if, like, as, in a manner)

(indeclinable)

स्वयम् (svayam) - spontaneously (spontaneously, by itself, oneself)

(indeclinable)

वपुः (vapuḥ) - your (implied) own form (body, form, figure)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vapus

vapus - body, form, figure, beauty

Note: Subject of 'bhavati'.

पश्यति (paśyati) - one perceives (one sees, he/she/it sees)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of dṛś

root 'dṛś' in present tense (Class 1) uses 'paśya' stem

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Subject is implied 'janaḥ' (a person) or general 'one'.

अथ (atha) - then (then, moreover, now)

(indeclinable)

सत् (sat) - reality itself (being, existing, real, true)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sat

sat - being, existing, real, true, good

Present Active Participle

root 'as' (to be) + 'śatṛ' (at) suffix

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Modifies 'idam'.

एव (eva) - itself (indeed, only, just, certainly)

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this (world/phenomenon) (this, this here)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

Note: Subject of implied 'asti', referring to the perceived world.

स्वरूपत्वात् (svarūpatvāt) - by virtue of its true nature (svarūpa) (by reason of its own nature, by being its true nature)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of svarūpatva

svarūpatva - the state of being one's own nature, essential nature

from 'sva' (own) + 'rūpa' (form) + 'tva' (abstract noun suffix)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+rūpa+tva)

sva – own, self
pronoun (neuter)
rūpa – form, nature
noun (neuter)
tva – state, condition, -ness
suffix (neuter)
abstract noun suffix

सत् (sat) - reality itself (being, existing, real, true)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sat

sat - being, existing, real, true, good

Present Active Participle

root 'as' (to be) + 'śatṛ' (at) suffix

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Modifies 'idam' or the implied subject.

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just, certainly)

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or indeed (or, either)

(indeclinable)

भावनात् (bhāvanāt) - through conceptualization (bhāvanā) (from conceptualization, from imagination, by contemplation)

(noun)

Ablative, feminine, singular of bhāvanā

bhāvanā - conceptualization, imagination, contemplation, formation

from root 'bhū' (to be, to exist) with causal sense, or 'bhāvaya' (to cause to be)

Root: bhū (class 1)

भूतताम् (bhūtatām) - concreteness, substantiality (state of being, substantiality, concreteness)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhūtatā

bhūtatā - state of being, existence, substantiality, concreteness

from 'bhūta' (been, become, existing) + 'tā' (abstract noun suffix)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūta+tā)

bhūta – been, become, existing, an entity
adjective (neuter)
Past Passive Participle
root 'bhū' + 'kta' (ta) suffix
Root: bhū (class 1)
tā – state, condition, -ness
suffix (feminine)
abstract noun suffix

Note: Object of 'eti'.

एति (eti) - it attains (it goes, it attains, it reaches)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of i

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Subject is 'dṛśyam'.

दृश्यम् (dṛśyam) - the perceived (phenomenon) (the visible, the perceived, phenomenon)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dṛśya

dṛśya - visible, to be seen, perceived, a phenomenon

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

root 'dṛś' (to see) + 'yat' suffix