योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-105, verse-32

स्वप्नो जाग्रदिवाभाति जाग्रत्स्वप्नमिवोदितम् ।
वस्तुतस्तु द्वयमसच्चित्खं कचति केवलम् ॥ ३२ ॥

svapno jāgradivābhāti jāgratsvapnamivoditam ,
vastutastu dvayamasaccitkhaṃ kacati kevalam 32

32. svapnaḥ jāgrat iva ābhāti jāgrat svapnam iva uditam
vastutaḥ tu dvayam asat citkham kacati kevalam

32. A dream appears as if it were the waking state, and the waking state is perceived as if it were a dream. But in reality, both (states) are unreal; only consciousness-space (citkham) shines forth.

Words meanings summery:

• स्वप्नः (svapnaḥ) - dream, sleep

• जाग्रत् (jāgrat) - waking state

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• आभाति (ābhāti) - appears, shines, seems

• जाग्रत् (jāgrat) - waking (state), awake

• स्वप्नम् (svapnam) - dream, sleep

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• उदितम् (uditam) - arisen, appeared, manifested

• वस्तुतः (vastutaḥ) - in reality, truly, essentially

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand

• द्वयम् (dvayam) - the pair, the two, duality

• असत् (asat) - non-existent, unreal, false

• चित्खम् (citkham) - consciousness-space, consciousness which is like space

• कचति (kacati) - shines, appears, glitters

• केवलम् (kevalam) - only, merely, purely, alone

Words meanings and morphology

स्वप्नः (svapnaḥ) - dream, sleep

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - sleep, dream

Root: svap (class 2)

जाग्रत् (jāgrat) - waking state

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jāgrat

jāgrat - waking, the waking state

Present Active Participle (used as noun)

Derived from root jāgṛ

Root: jāgṛ (class 2)

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

आभाति (ābhāti) - appears, shines, seems

(verb)

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

Prefix: ā

Root: bhā (class 2)

जाग्रत् (jāgrat) - waking (state), awake

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jāgrat

jāgrat - waking, the waking state

Present Active Participle (used as noun)

Derived from root jāgṛ

Root: jāgṛ (class 2)

स्वप्नम् (svapnam) - dream, sleep

(noun)

Accusative, masculine/neuter, singular of svapna

svapna - sleep, dream

Root: svap (class 2)

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

उदितम् (uditam) - arisen, appeared, manifested

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of udita

udita - risen, appeared, manifested, said

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root i (to go) with prefix ud (up)

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

वस्तुतः (vastutaḥ) - in reality, truly, essentially

(indeclinable)

Formed from vastu with the suffix -tas

तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

द्वयम् (dvayam) - the pair, the two, duality

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dvaya

dvaya - a pair, a couple, duality

असत् (asat) - non-existent, unreal, false

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, false, bad

Present Participle

Negative particle a- + Present participle of root as (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

चित्खम् (citkham) - consciousness-space, consciousness which is like space

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of citkham

citkham - consciousness-space, pure consciousness pervading like space

Compound type : karmadhāraya (cit+kha)

• cit – consciousness, intelligence, thought
  noun (feminine)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• kha – space, ether, sky, Brahman (as space)
  noun (neuter)

कचति (kacati) - shines, appears, glitters

(verb)

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

Root: kach (class 1)

केवलम् (kevalam) - only, merely, purely, alone

(indeclinable)

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