योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-131, verse-20

कल्पनं तत्परं ब्रह्म परं ब्रह्मैव कल्पनम् ।
चिद्रूपं नानयोर्भेदः शून्यत्वाकाशयोरिव ॥ २० ॥

kalpanaṃ tatparaṃ brahma paraṃ brahmaiva kalpanam ,
cidrūpaṃ nānayorbhedaḥ śūnyatvākāśayoriva 20

20. kalpanam tat param brahma param brahma eva kalpanam
cit-rūpam na anayoḥ bhedaḥ śūnyatva-ākāśayoḥ iva

20. kalpanam tat param brahma; param brahma eva kalpanam; anayoḥ bhedaḥ na; cit-rūpam (ca asti); śūnyatva-ākāśayoḥ iva (asti).

20. Imagination is the supreme reality (brahman); indeed, the supreme reality (brahman) itself is imagination. They are both of the nature of pure consciousness (cit-rūpa); there is no difference between them, just as there is no difference between emptiness and space.

20. הדמיון הוא בְּרַהְמַן העליון, והבְּרַהְמַן העליון אינו אלא הדמיון עצמו. שניהם עשויים מתודעה טהורה, ואין ביניהם כל הבדל, כמו בין הריק למרחב.

Words meanings summery:

• कल्पनम् (kalpanam) - imagining, conception, mental creation, formation

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• परम् (param) - supreme, highest, ultimate

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - the ultimate reality, the absolute

• परम् (param) - supreme, highest, ultimate

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - the ultimate reality, the absolute

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

• कल्पनम् (kalpanam) - imagining, conception, mental creation, formation

• चित्-रूपम् (cit-rūpam) - of the nature of consciousness, pure consciousness, consciousness-form

• न (na) - not, no

• अनयोः (anayoḥ) - of these two

• भेदः (bhedaḥ) - difference, distinction, separation

• शून्यत्व-आकाशयोः (śūnyatva-ākāśayoḥ) - of emptiness and space

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

कल्पनम् (kalpanam) - imagining, conception, mental creation, formation

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kalpanam

kalpanam - imagining, forming, arrangement, fiction, mental projection

Root: kḷp (class 10)

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

परम् (param) - supreme, highest, ultimate

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of para

para - other, distant, supreme, highest, ultimate

ब्रह्म (brahma) - the ultimate reality, the absolute

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - the ultimate reality, the absolute, the Supreme Being

परम् (param) - supreme, highest, ultimate

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of para

para - other, distant, supreme, highest, ultimate

ब्रह्म (brahma) - the ultimate reality, the absolute

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - the ultimate reality, the absolute, the Supreme Being

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

(indeclinable)

कल्पनम् (kalpanam) - imagining, conception, mental creation, formation

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kalpanam

kalpanam - imagining, forming, arrangement, fiction, mental projection

Root: kḷp (class 10)

चित्-रूपम् (cit-rūpam) - of the nature of consciousness, pure consciousness, consciousness-form

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cit-rūpa

cit-rūpa - of the form of consciousness, whose nature is consciousness

Compound type : tatpurusha (cit+rūpa)

• cit – consciousness, intelligence, thought
  noun (feminine)
• rūpa – form, shape, nature, appearance
  noun (neuter)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अनयोः (anayoḥ) - of these two

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, dual of idam

idam - this, this one

भेदः (bhedaḥ) - difference, distinction, separation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bheda

bheda - difference, distinction, splitting, breaking, separation

Root: bhid (class 7)

शून्यत्व-आकाशयोः (śūnyatva-ākāśayoḥ) - of emptiness and space

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of śūnyatva-ākāśa

śūnyatva-ākāśa - emptiness and space/ether

Compound type : dvandva (śūnyatva+ākāśa)

• śūnyatva – emptiness, voidness
  noun (neuter)
• ākāśa – space, ether, sky
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

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