योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-143, verse-10

स्वप्नद्रष्टुर्दृश्यनृणामस्ति काल्पनिकं यथा ।
न वास्तवं पूर्वकामं जाग्रत्स्वप्ने तथा नृणाम् ॥ १० ॥

svapnadraṣṭurdṛśyanṛṇāmasti kālpanikaṃ yathā ,
na vāstavaṃ pūrvakāmaṃ jāgratsvapne tathā nṛṇām 10

10. svapnadraṣṭuḥ dṛśyanṛṇām asti kālpanikam yathā |
na vāstavam pūrvakāmam jāgratsvapne tathā nṛṇām

10. yathā svapnadraṣṭuḥ dṛśyanṛṇām kālpanikam asti,
pūrvakāmam vāstavam na (asti) jāgratsvapne,
tathā nṛṇām (pūrvakāmam vāstavam na asti)

10. Just as for a dreamer, the people seen in the dream are merely imaginary, not real, and their past actions or experiences (karma) are not factual; so too, for people in the waking state (likened to a dream), their prior actions or desires (karma) are not truly real.

10. כפי שעבור חולם, האנשים הנראים בחלומו הם מדומיינים וחסרי רצונות מעבר מציאותיים, כך בדיוק הדבר עבור בני אדם בחלום הערות.

Words meanings summery:

• स्वप्नद्रष्टुः (svapnadraṣṭuḥ) - of a dreamer, of one who sees dreams

• दृश्यनृणाम् (dṛśyanṛṇām) - of visible people, of seen men

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• काल्पनिकम् (kālpanikam) - imaginary, fictional

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• न (na) - not, no

• वास्तवम् (vāstavam) - real, factual, true, reality

• पूर्वकामम् (pūrvakāmam) - previous actions (karma) or experiences, not factual (previous desire, former wish, object of prior desire, prior action (karma))

• जाग्रत्स्वप्ने (jāgratsvapne) - in the waking dream, in the waking state (likened to a dream)

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

• नृणाम् (nṛṇām) - of people, of men

Words meanings and morphology

स्वप्नद्रष्टुः (svapnadraṣṭuḥ) - of a dreamer, of one who sees dreams

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of svapnadraṣṭṛ

svapnadraṣṭṛ - one who sees dreams, a dreamer

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svapna+draṣṭṛ)

• svapna – sleep, dream
  noun (masculine)
  Root: svap (class 2)
• draṣṭṛ – seer, one who sees
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun
  Derived from root dṛś with suffix tṛC
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

दृश्यनृणाम् (dṛśyanṛṇām) - of visible people, of seen men

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of dṛśyanṛ

dṛśyanṛ - visible person, seen man

Compound type : karma-dhāraya (dṛśya+nṛ)

• dṛśya – visible, to be seen
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive/Future Passive Participle
  Derived from root dṛś
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• nṛ – man, person, human being
  noun (masculine)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

काल्पनिकम् (kālpanikam) - imaginary, fictional

(adjective)

neuter, singular of kālpanika

kālpanika - imaginary, fictional, produced by imagination

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

वास्तवम् (vāstavam) - real, factual, true, reality

(adjective)

neuter, singular of vāstava

vāstava - real, true, factual; reality, truth

पूर्वकामम् (pūrvakāmam) - previous actions (karma) or experiences, not factual (previous desire, former wish, object of prior desire, prior action (karma))

(noun)

neuter, singular of pūrvakāma

pūrvakāma - longing for something former or previous, a former desire/wish, a previously desired object/state

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pūrva+kāma)

• pūrva – former, prior, previous
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
• kāma – desire, wish, love, object of desire
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kam (class 1)

जाग्रत्स्वप्ने (jāgratsvapne) - in the waking dream, in the waking state (likened to a dream)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of jāgratsvapna

jāgratsvapna - waking dream, the waking state experienced as a dream

Compound type : karma-dhāraya (jāgrat+svapna)

• jāgrat – waking, awake
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  Derived from root jāgṛ
  Root: jāgṛ (class 2)
• svapna – sleep, dream, dreaming
  noun (masculine)
  Root: svap (class 2)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so too, thus

(indeclinable)

नृणाम् (nṛṇām) - of people, of men

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of nṛ

nṛ - man, person, human being

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