योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-106, verse-59

यथा कल्पद्रुमोऽभीष्टं कुर्याच्चिन्तामणिर्यथा ।
तथा यद्भावितं स्वान्तस्तत्पूरयति चित्क्षणात् ॥ ५९ ॥

yathā kalpadrumo'bhīṣṭaṃ kuryāccintāmaṇiryathā ,
tathā yadbhāvitaṃ svāntastatpūrayati citkṣaṇāt 59

59. yathā kalpa-drumaḥ abhīṣṭam kuryāt cintā-maṇiḥ yathā
| tathā yat bhāvitam sva-antaḥ tat pūrayati cit kṣaṇāt

59. Just as the wish-fulfilling tree (kalpa-druma) and the wish-fulfilling jewel (cintā-maṇi) grant whatever is desired, so too, consciousness (cit) instantly fulfills whatever is conceived within one's own mind (svāntaḥ).

59. כשם שעץ המשאלות (קַלְפַּדְרוּמַה) או אבן המשאלות (צִנְתָאמַנִי) מגשימים כל מבוקש, כך כל מה שמתהרהר בלב פנימה, התודעה מגשימה כהרף עין.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• कल्प-द्रुमः (kalpa-drumaḥ) - wish-fulfilling tree, mythical tree of desires

• अभीष्टम् (abhīṣṭam) - desired, wished for, agreeable

• कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - may do, should do, would do, create

• चिन्ता-मणिः (cintā-maṇiḥ) - wish-fulfilling jewel, magic gem

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

• यत् (yat) - whatever, that which

• भावितम् (bhāvitam) - conceived, imagined, thought of, made to be

• स्व-अन्तः (sva-antaḥ) - in one's own mind, within oneself, the inner self

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• पूरयति (pūrayati) - fulfills, completes, makes full

• चित् (cit) - consciousness (cit), pure awareness

• क्षणात् (kṣaṇāt) - in an instant, immediately, from a moment

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

कल्प-द्रुमः (kalpa-drumaḥ) - wish-fulfilling tree, mythical tree of desires

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kalpa-druma

kalpa-druma - a wish-fulfilling tree of Svarga (heaven)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kalpa+druma)

• kalpa – wish, resolve, cosmic age, possibility
  noun (masculine)
• druma – tree
  noun (masculine)

अभीष्टम् (abhīṣṭam) - desired, wished for, agreeable

(participle)

Accusative, neuter, singular of abhīṣṭa

abhīṣṭa - desired, wished, beloved, agreeable

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root √iṣ (to desire) with prefix 'abhi'

Prefix: abhi

Root: iṣ (class 6)

कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - may do, should do, would do, create

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

चिन्ता-मणिः (cintā-maṇiḥ) - wish-fulfilling jewel, magic gem

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cintā-maṇi

cintā-maṇi - a wish-fulfilling jewel; a mythical gem that grants all desires

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cintā+maṇi)

• cintā – thought, reflection, anxiety, wish
  noun (feminine)
• maṇi – jewel, gem, pearl
  noun (masculine)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

(indeclinable)

यत् (yat) - whatever, that which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whoever, whatever

भावितम् (bhāvitam) - conceived, imagined, thought of, made to be

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhāvita

bhāvita - made to be, caused, conceived, imagined, manifested

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of the causative form of root √bhū (to be, become), meaning 'to cause to be'

Root: bhū (class 1)

स्व-अन्तः (sva-antaḥ) - in one's own mind, within oneself, the inner self

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sva-anta

sva-anta - one's own inner self/mind, internal

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+anta)

• sva – one's own, self
  pronoun
• anta – end, boundary, interior, inner self, mind
  noun (masculine)

Note: Although grammatically nominative, here it functions adverbially or as a locative by implication, meaning 'within one's mind'.

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'yat bhāvitam' (whatever is conceived).

पूरयति (pūrayati) - fulfills, completes, makes full

(verb)

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

Causative of root √pṝ (to fill)

Root: pṝ (class 9)

Note: The implied subject is 'cit' (consciousness).

चित् (cit) - consciousness (cit), pure awareness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness (cit), pure awareness, intellect, understanding

Note: Here, 'cit' is the implied subject of 'pūrayati'.

क्षणात् (kṣaṇāt) - in an instant, immediately, from a moment

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kṣaṇa

kṣaṇa - moment, instant, very short time

Note: Functions adverbially to mean 'instantly' or 'immediately'.

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