योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-144, verse-8

यथा जनशतस्वप्ननगराण्येकमन्दिरे ।
तथा जगन्ति खे भान्तिखानि नो सन्त्यसन्ति नो ॥ ८ ॥

yathā janaśatasvapnanagarāṇyekamandire ,
tathā jaganti khe bhāntikhāni no santyasanti no 8

8. yathā janaśatasvapnanagarāṇi ekamandire tathā
jaganti khe bhānti khāni no santi asanti no

8. yathā ekamandire janaśatasvapnanagarāṇi tathā
khe jaganti bhānti khāni no santi no asanti

8. Just as the dream cities of a hundred people appear within a single house, so too do worlds manifest in consciousness (or space). These (worlds), being like empty spaces, are neither truly existent nor truly non-existent.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• जनशतस्वप्ननगराणि (janaśatasvapnanagarāṇi) - dream cities of a hundred people

• एकमन्दिरे (ekamandire) - in one house, in a single dwelling

• तथा (tathā) - so too, similarly

• जगन्ति (jaganti) - worlds, moving things

• खे (khe) - in consciousness or the subtle space of the mind (in space, in the sky, in consciousness)

• भान्ति (bhānti) - they appear, they shine, they manifest

• खानि (khāni) - referring to the worlds metaphorically as empty spaces or illusory appearances, lacking substance (empty spaces, voids, apertures)

• नो (no) - not, neither

• सन्ति (santi) - they are, they exist

• असन्ति (asanti) - they are not, they do not exist

• नो (no) - not, neither

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

जनशतस्वप्ननगराणि (janaśatasvapnanagarāṇi) - dream cities of a hundred people

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of janaśatasvapnanagara

janaśatasvapnanagara - dream cities belonging to a hundred people

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (jana+śata+svapna+nagara)

• jana – person, man
  noun (masculine)
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)
• svapna – dream, sleep
  noun (masculine)
  Root: svap (class 2)
• nagara – city, town
  noun (neuter)

एकमन्दिरे (ekamandire) - in one house, in a single dwelling

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ekamandira

ekamandira - one house, a single dwelling

Compound type : karmadhāraya (eka+mandira)

• eka – one, a single
  numeral (neuter)
• mandira – house, dwelling, temple
  noun (neuter)

तथा (tathā) - so too, similarly

(indeclinable)

जगन्ति (jaganti) - worlds, moving things

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, living beings

Present Active Participle

From root gam (to go), with prefix ja- (reduplication)

Root: gam (class 1)

खे (khe) - in consciousness or the subtle space of the mind (in space, in the sky, in consciousness)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kha

kha - space, sky, ether, void, aperture, Brahman

भान्ति (bhānti) - they appear, they shine, they manifest

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of bhā

Present Active

Root: bhā (class 2)

खानि (khāni) - referring to the worlds metaphorically as empty spaces or illusory appearances, lacking substance (empty spaces, voids, apertures)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of kha

kha - space, sky, ether, void, aperture, Brahman

नो (no) - not, neither

(indeclinable)

सन्ति (santi) - they are, they exist

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of as

Present Active

Root: as (class 2)

असन्ति (asanti) - they are not, they do not exist

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of as

Present Active (negated)

Negated form of santi

Prefix: a

Root: as (class 2)

नो (no) - not, neither

(indeclinable)