योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-143, verse-60

एकैव संविन्नानात्वं नृलक्षत्वं च गच्छति ।
शून्यत्वं च तथार्थत्वं स्वप्नसंकल्पयोरिव ॥ ६० ॥

ekaiva saṃvinnānātvaṃ nṛlakṣatvaṃ ca gacchati ,
śūnyatvaṃ ca tathārthatvaṃ svapnasaṃkalpayoriva 60

60. ekā eva saṃvit nānātvam nṛlakṣatvam ca gacchati |
śūnyatvam ca tathā arthatvam svapna-saṃkalpayoḥ iva ||

60. ekā eva saṃvit nānātvam ca nṛlakṣatvam gacchati tathā
śūnyatvam ca arthatvam svapna-saṃkalpayoḥ iva gacchati

60. The one consciousness alone attains manifoldness and the state of myriad beings, and similarly, emptiness and objectivity, just as in dreams and imaginations.

60. התודעה האחת והיחידה עוברת ריבוי והופכת למאות אלפי בני אדם, לריקות ולדברים מוחשיים, בדיוק כמו בחלום ובדמיון.

Words meanings summery:

• एका (ekā) - one, single

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• संवित् (saṁvit) - consciousness, knowledge, understanding

• नानात्वम् (nānātvam) - manifoldness, diversity, variety

• नृलक्षत्वम् (nṛlakṣatvam) - the state of being myriad beings, the state of being a hundred thousand men

• च (ca) - and, also

• गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, attains, becomes, reaches

• शून्यत्वम् (śūnyatvam) - emptiness, voidness, nothingness

• च (ca) - and, also

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly

• अर्थत्वम् (arthatvam) - objectness, being an object, having meaning

• स्वप्न-संकल्पयोः (svapna-saṁkalpayoḥ) - of dreams and imaginations

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

एका (ekā) - one, single

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique, sole

Note: Agrees with feminine 'saṃvit'.

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

संवित् (saṁvit) - consciousness, knowledge, understanding

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃvid

saṁvid - consciousness, knowledge, understanding, intelligence

Prefix: sam

Root: vid (class 2)

नानात्वम् (nānātvam) - manifoldness, diversity, variety

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nānātva

nānātva - manifoldness, diversity, variety

derived from nānā (diverse) + -tva (suffix for state/nature)

Note: Object of 'gacchati'.

नृलक्षत्वम् (nṛlakṣatvam) - the state of being myriad beings, the state of being a hundred thousand men

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nṛlakṣatva

nṛlakṣatva - the state of being myriad beings/forms, the state of being a hundred thousand men

derived from nṛlakṣa + -tva

Compound type : tatpurusha (nṛ+lakṣa)

• nṛ – man, human being, person
  noun (masculine)
• lakṣa – a hundred thousand, target, mark
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of 'gacchati'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, attains, becomes, reaches

(verb)

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

present indicative, active voice, 3rd person singular

Root: gam (class 1)

शून्यत्वम् (śūnyatvam) - emptiness, voidness, nothingness

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śūnyatva

śūnyatva - emptiness, voidness, nothingness

derived from śūnya (empty) + -tva (suffix for state/nature)

Note: Object of 'gacchati' (implied).

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly

(indeclinable)

अर्थत्वम् (arthatvam) - objectness, being an object, having meaning

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of arthatva

arthatva - objectness, being an object, having meaning, significance

derived from artha (object, meaning) + -tva (suffix for state/nature)

Note: Object of 'gacchati' (implied).

स्वप्न-संकल्पयोः (svapna-saṁkalpayoḥ) - of dreams and imaginations

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of svapna-saṃkalpa

svapna-saṁkalpa - dream and imagination/resolve

Compound type : dvandva (svapna+saṃkalpa)

• svapna – dream, sleep
  noun (masculine)
• saṃkalpa – intention, resolve, imagination, will
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam

Note: Genitive dual, used in comparison with 'iva'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

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