योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-107, verse-7

चिद्वालकल्पनाजाले शून्यात्मनि निरर्थके ।
अवस्तुभूते पृथ्व्यादौ भ्रान्तिमात्राम्बरोदये ॥ ७ ॥

cidvālakalpanājāle śūnyātmani nirarthake ,
avastubhūte pṛthvyādau bhrāntimātrāmbarodaye 7

7. cidbālakalpanājāle śūnyātmani nirarthake
avastubhūte pṛthvyādau bhrāntimātrāmbarodaye

7. cidbālakalpanājāle śūnyātmani nirarthake
avastubhūte pṛthvyādau bhrāntimātrāmbarodaye

7. This (world/manifestation exists) within a net of childlike imagination (kalpanā) related to consciousness (cit). Its intrinsic nature (ātman) is void; it is meaningless and devoid of true substance. In this context, the earth and other elements are merely the illusory appearance of the sky.

7. ברשת ההרהורים הילדותיים של התודעה, הקהה מתוכן וחסרת המשמעות, באלמנטים הבלתי-ממשיים כמו אדמה וזולתה, שאינם אלא הופעת אשליה במרחב...

Words meanings summery:

• चिद्बालकल्पनाजाले (cidbālakalpanājāle) - in the net of childlike imagination (kalpanā) of consciousness (cit)

• शून्यात्मनि (śūnyātmani) - in that whose intrinsic nature (ātman) is void

• निरर्थके (nirarthake) - in the meaningless, purposeless

• अवस्तुभूते (avastubhūte) - in what is devoid of substance, in the unreal

• पृथ्व्यादौ (pṛthvyādau) - in the earth and so on

• भ्रान्तिमात्राम्बरोदये (bhrāntimātrāmbarodaye) - in the mere illusory appearance of the sky

Words meanings and morphology

चिद्बालकल्पनाजाले (cidbālakalpanājāle) - in the net of childlike imagination (kalpanā) of consciousness (cit)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of cidbālakalpanājāla

cidbālakalpanājāla - net of childlike imagination (kalpanā) relating to consciousness (cit)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cit+bāla+kalpanā+jāla)

• cit – consciousness (cit)
  noun (feminine)
• bāla – child, childlike, naive
  adjective (masculine)
• kalpanā – imagination (kalpanā), fabrication, mental creation
  noun (feminine)
• jāla – net, web, snare
  noun (neuter)

शून्यात्मनि (śūnyātmani) - in that whose intrinsic nature (ātman) is void

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of śūnyātman

śūnyātman - having a void intrinsic nature (ātman), whose essence is emptiness

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śūnya+ātman)

• śūnya – empty, void, non-existent
  adjective (neuter)
• ātman – self, soul, intrinsic nature (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

निरर्थके (nirarthake) - in the meaningless, purposeless

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of nirarthaka

nirarthaka - meaningless, useless, purposeless

Compound type : prādi samāsa (nis+arthaka)

• nis – without, devoid of
  indeclinable
• arthaka – having meaning, serving a purpose
  adjective (neuter)

अवस्तुभूते (avastubhūte) - in what is devoid of substance, in the unreal

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of avastubhūta

avastubhūta - devoid of substance, unreal, non-existent

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vastubhūta)

• a – not, non-
  prefix/indeclinable
• vastubhūta – having become real, substantial
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Compound of vastu (substance) and bhūta (become)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

पृथ्व्यादौ (pṛthvyādau) - in the earth and so on

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of pṛthvyādi

pṛthvyādi - earth and so on (earth, water, fire, air, ether)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pṛthvī+ādi)

• pṛthvī – earth
  noun (feminine)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etcetera
  noun (masculine)

भ्रान्तिमात्राम्बरोदये (bhrāntimātrāmbarodaye) - in the mere illusory appearance of the sky

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of bhrāntimātrāmbarodaya

bhrāntimātrāmbarodaya - mere illusory appearance of the sky

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhrānti+mātra+ambara+udaya)

• bhrānti – illusion, error, delusion
  noun (feminine)
• mātra – merely, only, just
  indeclinable
• ambara – sky, atmosphere
  noun (neuter)
• udaya – appearance, rise, manifestation
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from ud-i (to rise)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: i (class 2)

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