योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-148, verse-28

जाग्रन्न संभवत्येव यज्जाग्रदिति शब्दितम् ।
स्वप्न एव जगद्रूपं निर्निद्रस्यैव चात्मनः ॥ २८ ॥

jāgranna saṃbhavatyeva yajjāgraditi śabditam ,
svapna eva jagadrūpaṃ nirnidrasyaiva cātmanaḥ 28

28. jāgrat na saṃbhavati eva yat jāgrat iti śabditam
svapnaḥ eva jagadrūpam nirnidrasya eva ca ātmanaḥ

28. yat jāgrat iti śabditam jāgrat eva na saṃbhavati
jagadrūpam ca nirnidrasya ātmanaḥ eva svapnaḥ eva

28. The state referred to as 'waking' does not truly exist. The world is, in fact, a dream for the ever-awake Self (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• जाग्रत् (jāgrat) - the waking state (waking, awake)

• न (na) - not, no

• संभवति (saṁbhavati) - does exist (exists, occurs, is possible)

• एव (eva) - truly (indeed, only, certainly)

• यत् (yat) - which (referring to the waking state) (which, that, because)

• जाग्रत् (jāgrat) - the waking state (waking, awake)

• इति (iti) - thus, as (introducing the term) (thus, so, a marker for quoted speech or thought)

• शब्दितम् (śabditam) - referred to (named, called, referred to)

• स्वप्नः (svapnaḥ) - a dream (dream, sleep)

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, certainly)

• जगद्रूपम् (jagadrūpam) - the world in its entirety (as a form) (the form of the world, having the nature of the world)

• निर्निद्रस्य (nirnidrasya) - of the ever-awake (Self) (of one who is sleepless, beyond sleep)

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, certainly)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the Self (ātman) (of the self, of the soul, of the spirit)

Words meanings and morphology

जाग्रत् (jāgrat) - the waking state (waking, awake)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jāgrat

jāgrat - waking, awake, watchful

Present Active Participle

Derived from root jāgṛ (to wake)

Root: jāgṛ (class 2)

Note: Used here as a noun referring to the waking state.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

संभवति (saṁbhavati) - does exist (exists, occurs, is possible)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of saṃbhavati

Present Tense, 3rd Person, Singular

Root bhū (to be) with prefix sam-

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

एव (eva) - truly (indeed, only, certainly)

(indeclinable)

यत् (yat) - which (referring to the waking state) (which, that, because)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yat

yat - which, what, that (relative pronoun)

जाग्रत् (jāgrat) - the waking state (waking, awake)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jāgrat

jāgrat - waking, awake, watchful

Present Active Participle

Derived from root jāgṛ (to wake)

Root: jāgṛ (class 2)

Note: Used here as a noun referring to the waking state.

इति (iti) - thus, as (introducing the term) (thus, so, a marker for quoted speech or thought)

(indeclinable)

शब्दितम् (śabditam) - referred to (named, called, referred to)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śabdita

śabdita - sounded, spoken, named, called

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root śabd (to sound, speak)

Root: śabd (class 10)

स्वप्नः (svapnaḥ) - a dream (dream, sleep)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - sleep, dream, dreaming

Root: svap (class 2)

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, certainly)

(indeclinable)

जगद्रूपम् (jagadrūpam) - the world in its entirety (as a form) (the form of the world, having the nature of the world)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagadrūpa

jagadrūpa - world-form, having the nature of the world

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (jagat+rūpa)

• jagat – world, moving, living
  noun (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  Derived from root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance, nature
  noun (neuter)

निर्निद्रस्य (nirnidrasya) - of the ever-awake (Self) (of one who is sleepless, beyond sleep)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of nirnidra

nirnidra - sleepless, without sleep, awake

Compound with negative prefix nir- (without) and nidrā (sleep)

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (nis+nidrā)

• nis – without, out, away
  indeclinable
  prefix
• nidrā – sleep
  noun (feminine)

Note: Qualifies ātmanaḥ.

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, certainly)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the Self (ātman) (of the self, of the soul, of the spirit)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence

Root: an (class 2)

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