योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-103, verse-71

वयमात्मान एवेमे खात्मानः खात्मका जनाः ।
तथा स्थिता यथा स्वप्ने भवतां स्वप्नमानवाः ॥ ७१ ॥

vayamātmāna eveme khātmānaḥ khātmakā janāḥ ,
tathā sthitā yathā svapne bhavatāṃ svapnamānavāḥ 71

71. vayam ātmānaḥ eva ime khātmānaḥ khātmakāḥ janāḥ
tathā sthitāḥ yathā svapne bhavatām svapnamānavāḥ

71. vayam ime ātmānaḥ eva khātmānaḥ khātmakāḥ janāḥ
tathā sthitāḥ yathā svapne bhavatām svapnamānavāḥ

71. We ourselves are these individual selves (ātman), whose essential nature is like space (kha-ātman) and who are of the nature of space (kha-ātmaka). We exist just as your dream-figures (svapna-mānava) exist in a dream.

Words meanings summery:

• वयम् (vayam) - we

• आत्मानः (ātmānaḥ) - individual selves (ātman) (selves, souls)

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• इमे (ime) - these (masculine/feminine nominative plural)

• खात्मानः (khātmānaḥ) - whose essence is space, self-luminous like space

• खात्मकाः (khātmakāḥ) - of the nature of space, composed of space

• जनाः (janāḥ) - people, beings

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

• स्थिताः (sthitāḥ) - situated, standing, existing

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which manner

• स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream

• भवताम् (bhavatām) - of yours (plural), of you (honorific)

• स्वप्नमानवाः (svapnamānavāḥ) - dream-figures (svapna-mānava) (dream-people, dream-men)

Words meanings and morphology

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

आत्मानः (ātmānaḥ) - individual selves (ātman) (selves, souls)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ātman

ātman - self, soul, essence, individual soul

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

इमे (ime) - these (masculine/feminine nominative plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this

खात्मानः (khātmānaḥ) - whose essence is space, self-luminous like space

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of khātman

khātman - whose nature is space, ethereal self

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kha+ātman)

• kha – space, ether, emptiness
  noun (neuter)
• ātman – self, soul, essence
  noun (masculine)

खात्मकाः (khātmakāḥ) - of the nature of space, composed of space

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of khātmaka

khātmaka - of the nature of space, ethereal

Derived from 'kha-ātman' with suffix '-ka'

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kha+ātman+ka)

• kha – space, ether
  noun (neuter)
• ātman – self, nature
  noun (masculine)
• ka – suffix, pertaining to, made of
  indeclinable
  Suffix forming adjectives indicating 'made of' or 'pertaining to'

जनाः (janāḥ) - people, beings

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jana

jana - person, people, creature

Derived from root jan (to be born)

Root: jan (class 4)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

स्थिताः (sthitāḥ) - situated, standing, existing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sthita

sthita - situated, stood, existing

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sthā (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which manner

(indeclinable)

स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - dream, sleep

भवताम् (bhavatām) - of yours (plural), of you (honorific)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of bhavat

bhavat - your, belonging to you (honorific)

स्वप्नमानवाः (svapnamānavāḥ) - dream-figures (svapna-mānava) (dream-people, dream-men)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of svapnamānava

svapnamānava - dream-man, dream-person

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svapna+mānava)

• svapna – dream, sleep
  noun (masculine)
• mānava – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from manu (Manu)

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