योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-144, verse-16

तत्स्वप्नादावपूर्वोऽर्थो दृष्टान्त इति भाति यः ।
ससंस्कारादिनामोक्तो न बाह्योऽर्थोस्ति चेतसि ॥ १६ ॥

tatsvapnādāvapūrvo'rtho dṛṣṭānta iti bhāti yaḥ ,
sasaṃskārādināmokto na bāhyo'rthosti cetasi 16

16. tat svapnādau apūrvaḥ arthaḥ dṛṣṭāntaḥ iti bhāti yaḥ
sasaṃskārādi nāma uktaḥ na bāhyaḥ arthaḥ asti cetasi

16. yaḥ apūrvaḥ arthaḥ svapnādau dṛṣṭāntaḥ iti tat bhāti,
saḥ sasaṃskārādi nāma uktaḥ.
cetasi bāhyaḥ arthaḥ na asti.

16. That novel object which appears, for instance, in a dream, is stated to be born from (mental) impressions (saṃskāra) and the like. No external object exists in the mind (cetas).

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• स्वप्नादौ (svapnādau) - in a dream, etc.

• अपूर्वः (apūrvaḥ) - unprecedented, new, novel

• अर्थः (arthaḥ) - object, meaning, thing

• दृष्टान्तः (dṛṣṭāntaḥ) - example, instance, phenomenon

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, marking quotation

• भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• ससंस्कारादि (sasaṁskārādi) - with impressions, etc.

• नाम (nāma) - name, by name, indeed

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - said, spoken, stated

• न (na) - not, no

• बाह्यः (bāhyaḥ) - external, outward

• अर्थः (arthaḥ) - object, thing

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• चेतसि (cetasi) - in the mind, in consciousness

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

स्वप्नादौ (svapnādau) - in a dream, etc.

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svapnādi

svapnādi - dream, and so on

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svapna+ādi)

• svapna – dream, sleep
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etc., first
  indeclinable

अपूर्वः (apūrvaḥ) - unprecedented, new, novel

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of apūrva

apūrva - not before, unprecedented, new, novel

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+pūrva)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• pūrva – previous, former, prior
  adjective (masculine)

अर्थः (arthaḥ) - object, meaning, thing

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - object, purpose, meaning, wealth, thing

दृष्टान्तः (dṛṣṭāntaḥ) - example, instance, phenomenon

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dṛṣṭānta

dṛṣṭānta - example, illustration, instance, phenomenon

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, marking quotation

(indeclinable)

भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears

(verb)

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

Root: bhā (class 2)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

ससंस्कारादि (sasaṁskārādi) - with impressions, etc.

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sasaṃskārādi

sasaṁskārādi - accompanied by saṃskāras, etc.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+saṃskāra+ādi)

• sa – with, together with, accompanied by
  indeclinable
  prefix forming bahuvrīhi compounds
• saṃskāra – impression, mental trace, purification, ritual
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etc., first
  indeclinable

नाम (nāma) - name, by name, indeed

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nāman

nāman - name, appellation, designation

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - said, spoken, stated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - said, spoken, told

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vac (to speak)

Root: vac

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

बाह्यः (bāhyaḥ) - external, outward

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bāhya

bāhya - external, outer, foreign

अर्थः (arthaḥ) - object, thing

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - object, purpose, meaning, wealth, thing

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

चेतसि (cetasi) - in the mind, in consciousness

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of cetas

cetas - mind, consciousness, intelligence, heart