योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-105, verse-35

वस्तुजातमिदं स्वप्ने जाग्रत्यपि तथैव नः ।
दृष्टो य उपलः स्वप्ने चिच्चमत्करणादृते ॥ ३५ ॥

vastujātamidaṃ svapne jāgratyapi tathaiva naḥ ,
dṛṣṭo ya upalaḥ svapne ciccamatkaraṇādṛte 35

35. vastujātam idam svapne jāgrati api tathā eva
naḥ dṛṣṭaḥ yaḥ upalaḥ svapne citcamatkaraṇāt ṛte

35. idam vastujātam svapne jāgrati api tathā eva naḥ.
svapne yaḥ upalaḥ dṛṣṭaḥ citcamatkaraṇāt ṛte

35. This collection of objects appears to us both in a dream and similarly in the waking state. What kind of stone, seen in a dream, could exist apart from the manifestation of pure consciousness (cit)?

Words meanings summery:

• वस्तुजातम् (vastujātam) - this collection of objects (aggregate of objects, collection of things, multitude of substances)

• इदम् (idam) - this (collection) (this, this one)

• स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream

• जाग्रति (jāgrati) - in the waking state (in the waking state, while awake)

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, similarly)

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

• नः (naḥ) - to us (to us, by us, our)

• दृष्टः (dṛṣṭaḥ) - seen (seen, perceived)

• यः (yaḥ) - what kind of (stone) (who, which, what)

• उपलः (upalaḥ) - stone (stone, rock, gem)

• स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream

• चित्चमत्करणात् (citcamatkaraṇāt) - apart from the manifestation of pure consciousness (cit) (from the manifestation of consciousness, by the act of consciousness's wonder)

• ऋते (ṛte) - apart from (without, apart from, except)

Words meanings and morphology

वस्तुजातम् (vastujātam) - this collection of objects (aggregate of objects, collection of things, multitude of substances)

(noun)

neuter, singular of vastujāta

vastujāta - aggregate of objects, collection of things

Compound type : tatpurusha (vastu+jāta)

• vastu – object, thing, substance, reality, essence
  noun (neuter)
• jāta – born, produced; multitude, collection, class
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  derived from root jan (to be born, to produce)
  Root: jan (class 4)

इदम् (idam) - this (collection) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, here

स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - dream, sleep

Root: svap (class 2)

जाग्रति (jāgrati) - in the waking state (in the waking state, while awake)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of jāgrat

jāgrat - waking, awake, alert

Present Active Participle

derived from root jāgṛ (to wake, to be awake)

Root: jāgṛ (class 2)

Note: Used here as a noun referring to the waking state.

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, similarly)

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

नः (naḥ) - to us (to us, by us, our)

(pronoun)

plural of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

दृष्टः (dṛṣṭaḥ) - seen (seen, perceived)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, perceived, observed

Past Passive Participle

derived from root dṛś (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

यः (yaḥ) - what kind of (stone) (who, which, what)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, that

उपलः (upalaḥ) - stone (stone, rock, gem)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of upala

upala - stone, rock, gem, a small stone

स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - dream, sleep

Root: svap (class 2)

चित्चमत्करणात् (citcamatkaraṇāt) - apart from the manifestation of pure consciousness (cit) (from the manifestation of consciousness, by the act of consciousness's wonder)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of citcamatkaraṇa

citcamatkaraṇa - manifestation of consciousness, act of consciousness's wonder

Compound type : tatpurusha (cit+camatkaraṇa)

• cit – consciousness, pure intelligence
  noun (feminine)
• camatkaraṇa – making wonderful, causing astonishment, manifestation
  noun (neuter)
  derived from root kṛ (to do) with upasarga camat-
  Prefix: camat
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

ऋते (ṛte) - apart from (without, apart from, except)

(indeclinable)

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