योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-99, verse-20

पुरः संकल्पके नष्टे संकल्पनगरस्य यत् ।
रूपं तद्विद्धि जगतः खादच्छं सदसन्मयम् ॥ २० ॥

puraḥ saṃkalpake naṣṭe saṃkalpanagarasya yat ,
rūpaṃ tadviddhi jagataḥ khādacchaṃ sadasanmayam 20

20. puraḥ saṅkalpake naṣṭe saṅkalpanagarasya yat
rūpam tat viddhi jagataḥ khāt accham sadasanmayam

20. puraḥ saṅkalpake naṣṭe,
saṅkalpanagarasya yat rūpam,
tat jagataḥ khāt accham sadasanmayam viddhi.

20. When the primal conceptualizing agent (saṅkalpaka) is dissolved, know that the true form (rūpam) of this world (jagat) is just like that of a mental city (saṅkalpanagara), transparent as space (kha) and composed of both being (sat) and non-being (asat).

Words meanings summery:

• पुरः (puraḥ) - when the primal (before, in front, formerly, initially, primally)

• सङ्कल्पके (saṅkalpake) - in the conceptualizing agent (in the concept, in the intention, in the conceptualizer/imaginer)

• नष्टे (naṣṭe) - is dissolved (destroyed, perished, lost)

• सङ्कल्पनगरस्य (saṅkalpanagarasya) - of a mental city (of the city of imagination, of the conceptual city)

• यत् (yat) - that which (which, whatever, that which)

• रूपम् (rūpam) - the true form (form, shape, nature, appearance)

• तत् (tat) - that (form) (that, it)

• विद्धि (viddhi) - know (know, understand, learn)

• जगतः (jagataḥ) - of the world (of the world, from the world)

• खात् (khāt) - like space (ablative of comparison) (from space, from the sky)

• अच्छम् (accham) - transparent (clear, transparent, pure, clean)

• सदसन्मयम् (sadasanmayam) - composed of both being (sat) and non-being (asat) (consisting of being and non-being, composed of reality and unreality)

Words meanings and morphology

पुरः (puraḥ) - when the primal (before, in front, formerly, initially, primally)

(indeclinable)

सङ्कल्पके (saṅkalpake) - in the conceptualizing agent (in the concept, in the intention, in the conceptualizer/imaginer)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṅkalpaka

saṅkalpaka - conceptualizing agent, conceptualizer, imagination, concept

agent noun from saṃ-kḷp

Prefix: sam

Root: kḷp (class 10)

Note: Part of locative absolute construction.

नष्टे (naṣṭe) - is dissolved (destroyed, perished, lost)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of naṣṭa

naṣṭa - destroyed, perished, lost

Past Passive Participle

From root 'naś' (to perish)

Root: naś (class 4)

सङ्कल्पनगरस्य (saṅkalpanagarasya) - of a mental city (of the city of imagination, of the conceptual city)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of saṅkalpanagara

saṅkalpanagara - city of imagination, conceptual city

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (saṅkalpa+nagara)

• saṅkalpa – mental resolve, intention, concept, imagination
  noun (masculine)
  From saṃ-kḷp
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 10)
• nagara – city, town
  noun (neuter)

Note: Possessive case, qualifying 'rūpam'.

यत् (yat) - that which (which, whatever, that which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yat

yat - which, what, whatever

Note: Relative pronoun, refers to 'rūpam'.

रूपम् (rūpam) - the true form (form, shape, nature, appearance)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, shape, nature, appearance

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'is'.

तत् (tat) - that (form) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Correlative pronoun to 'yat'.

विद्धि (viddhi) - know (know, understand, learn)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vid

Imperative Mood

parasmaipada, second person singular

Root: vid (class 2)

जगतः (jagataḥ) - of the world (of the world, from the world)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe

present active participle

From root 'gam' (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'rūpam'.

खात् (khāt) - like space (ablative of comparison) (from space, from the sky)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of kha

kha - sky, space, ether, emptiness

Note: Ablative used to express comparison 'from/like'.

अच्छम् (accham) - transparent (clear, transparent, pure, clean)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of accha

accha - clear, transparent, pure, clean

Note: Qualifies 'rūpam'.

सदसन्मयम् (sadasanmayam) - composed of both being (sat) and non-being (asat) (consisting of being and non-being, composed of reality and unreality)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sadasanmaya

sadasanmaya - consisting of being and non-being

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa with suffix (sat+asat+maya)

• sat – being, existent, real
  noun (neuter)
  Present active participle
  From root 'as' (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)
• asat – non-being, non-existent, unreal
  noun (neuter)
  Present active participle with negative prefix
  From 'a' (not) + 'sat'
  Prefix: a
  Root: as (class 2)
• maya – made of, consisting of
  suffix
  secondary suffix

Note: Qualifies 'rūpam'.