योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-149, verse-37

यद्यथा कल्प्यते धत्ते तत्तथा नियतिर्वपुः ।
कल्पितायाश्चितेर्यस्मादेवमेतन्निजं वपुः ॥ ३७ ॥

yadyathā kalpyate dhatte tattathā niyatirvapuḥ ,
kalpitāyāściteryasmādevametannijaṃ vapuḥ 37

37. yat yathā kalpyate dhatte tat tathā niyatiḥ vapuḥ
kalpitāyāḥ citeḥ yasmāt evam etat nijam vapuḥ

37. yat yathā kalpyate tat tathā niyatiḥ vapuḥ dhatte
yasmāt kalpitāyāḥ citeḥ etat nijam vapuḥ evam

37. Whatever is imagined, so does the universal law (niyati) assume that very form (vapuḥ). This is because this is the intrinsic form (vapuḥ) of the imagined consciousness (cit).

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - whatever (which, what, that)

• यथा (yathā) - as, in whatever way (as, just as, in what manner)

• कल्प्यते (kalpyate) - is imagined (is imagined, is fashioned, is assumed)

• धत्ते (dhatte) - it assumes (it assumes, it holds, it places)

• तत् (tat) - that very (form) (that, it)

• तथा (tathā) - so, in that way, accordingly (so, thus, in that manner)

• नियतिः (niyatiḥ) - universal law (niyati) (destiny, fate, fixed order, universal law)

• वपुः (vapuḥ) - form (form, body, shape, appearance)

• कल्पितायाः (kalpitāyāḥ) - of the imagined (of the imagined, of that which is imagined)

• चितेः (citeḥ) - of consciousness (cit) (of consciousness, of mind, of understanding)

• यस्मात् (yasmāt) - because (because, from which, on account of which)

• एवम् (evam) - this is (thus, so)

• एतत् (etat) - this (manifestation/world) (this, this one)

• निजम् (nijam) - intrinsic (own, innate, inherent, proper)

• वपुः (vapuḥ) - form (vapuḥ) (form, body, shape, appearance)

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - whatever (which, what, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that (relative pronoun)

यथा (yathā) - as, in whatever way (as, just as, in what manner)

(indeclinable)

कल्प्यते (kalpyate) - is imagined (is imagined, is fashioned, is assumed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of kḷp

present tense

present indicative, passive voice, 3rd person singular

Root: kḷp (class 10)

धत्ते (dhatte) - it assumes (it assumes, it holds, it places)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of dhā

present tense

present indicative, middle voice, 3rd person singular

Root: dhā (class 3)

तत् (tat) - that very (form) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it (demonstrative/anaphoric pronoun)

Note: Acts as the object 'that (form)'.

तथा (tathā) - so, in that way, accordingly (so, thus, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

नियतिः (niyatiḥ) - universal law (niyati) (destiny, fate, fixed order, universal law)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of niyati

niyati - fixed order, destiny, fate, universal law, restraint

From ni + yam (to control, restrain)

Prefix: ni

Root: yam (class 1)

Note: Subject of dhatte.

वपुः (vapuḥ) - form (form, body, shape, appearance)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vapus

vapus - body, form, figure, beauty

Root: vap

Note: Nominative and accusative singular forms are identical for neuter s-stem nouns.

कल्पितायाः (kalpitāyāḥ) - of the imagined (of the imagined, of that which is imagined)

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, singular of kalpita

kalpita - imagined, fashioned, created, supposed

Past Passive Participle

From root kḷp (to imagine, arrange)

Root: kḷp (class 10)

चितेः (citeḥ) - of consciousness (cit) (of consciousness, of mind, of understanding)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, mind, understanding

From root cit (to perceive, understand)

Root: cit (class 1)

यस्मात् (yasmāt) - because (because, from which, on account of which)

(indeclinable)

Ablative singular, masculine/neuter. Used adverbially to mean 'because'.

एवम् (evam) - this is (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this (manifestation/world) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Subject of an implied 'is'.

निजम् (nijam) - intrinsic (own, innate, inherent, proper)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nija

nija - own, inherent, inborn, proper

Note: Agrees with vapuḥ.

वपुः (vapuḥ) - form (vapuḥ) (form, body, shape, appearance)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vapus

vapus - body, form, figure, beauty

Root: vap

Note: Subject complement of 'etat', implying 'is'.

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