योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-147, verse-9

आकाशमृन्मयानन्तकुड्यमाकाशपत्तनम् ।
मनो मत्तो गजमयो मिथ्या जीवस्य जीवितम् ॥ ९ ॥

ākāśamṛnmayānantakuḍyamākāśapattanam ,
mano matto gajamayo mithyā jīvasya jīvitam 9

9. ākāśamṛnmayānantakuḍyam ākāśapattanam manaḥ
mattaḥ gajamayaḥ mithyā jīvasya jīvitam

9. jīvasya jīvitam mithyā ākāśamṛnmayānantakuḍyam
ākāśapattanam manaḥ mattaḥ gajamayaḥ

9. The life (jīvita) of the individual soul (jīva) is illusory (mithyā), like an infinite wall made of space and earth, or a city in the sky. The mind (manas) is deluded, like a wild elephant.

Words meanings summery:

• आकाशमृन्मयानन्तकुड्यम् (ākāśamṛnmayānantakuḍyam) - (life is like) an infinite wall made of space and earth (an illusory construct) (an infinite wall made of space and earth)

• आकाशपत्तनम् (ākāśapattanam) - (life is like) a city in the sky (an illusory construct) (a city in the sky, an illusory city)

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind

• मत्तः (mattaḥ) - deluded (referring to the mind's confused state) (intoxicated, deluded, mad, wild)

• गजमयः (gajamayaḥ) - (like) a wild elephant (metaphor for the mind's uncontrolled nature) (consisting of elephants, elephant-like, full of elephants)

• मिथ्या (mithyā) - illusory, unreal (referring to 'jīvitam') (falsely, incorrectly, illusory, unreal)

• जीवस्य (jīvasya) - of the individual soul (jīva) (of the living being, of the individual soul)

• जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, existence

Words meanings and morphology

आकाशमृन्मयानन्तकुड्यम् (ākāśamṛnmayānantakuḍyam) - (life is like) an infinite wall made of space and earth (an illusory construct) (an infinite wall made of space and earth)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ākāśamṛnmayānantakuḍya

ākāśamṛnmayānantakuḍya - an infinite wall made of space and earth

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ākāśa+mṛnmaya+ananta+kuḍya)

• ākāśa – space, ether, sky
  noun (masculine)
• mṛn – earth, clay
  noun (feminine)
• maya – made of, consisting of, full of
  adjective
  suffix -maya
• ananta – infinite, endless
  adjective
  Prefix: an
• kuḍya – wall
  noun (neuter)

आकाशपत्तनम् (ākāśapattanam) - (life is like) a city in the sky (an illusory construct) (a city in the sky, an illusory city)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ākāśapattana

ākāśapattana - a city in the sky

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (ākāśa+pattana)

• ākāśa – space, ether, sky
  noun (masculine)
• pattana – city, town
  noun (neuter)

मनः (manaḥ) - mind

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, heart, internal organ

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Sandhi form of 'manas'.

मत्तः (mattaḥ) - deluded (referring to the mind's confused state) (intoxicated, deluded, mad, wild)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of matta

matta - intoxicated, deluded, mad, wild, passionate

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'mad' (to be mad, intoxicated).

Root: mad (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'manaḥ' in gender, number, and case.

गजमयः (gajamayaḥ) - (like) a wild elephant (metaphor for the mind's uncontrolled nature) (consisting of elephants, elephant-like, full of elephants)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gajamaya

gajamaya - consisting of elephants, elephant-like, full of elephants

Formed by suffix -maya (made of, full of) from 'gaja'.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (gaja+maya)

• gaja – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• maya – made of, consisting of, full of
  adjective
  suffix -maya

Note: Agrees with 'manaḥ' in gender, number, and case.

मिथ्या (mithyā) - illusory, unreal (referring to 'jīvitam') (falsely, incorrectly, illusory, unreal)

(indeclinable)

जीवस्य (jīvasya) - of the individual soul (jīva) (of the living being, of the individual soul)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - living being, individual soul, life principle

Root: jīv (class 1)

जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, existence

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, existence, livelihood

Past Passive Participle (used as noun)

Derived from root 'jīv' (to live).

Root: jīv (class 1)