योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-152, verse-4

यथा स्वप्नस्तथैवायमादौ सर्गोऽवभासते ।
पृथ्व्यादिरहितोऽप्येष पृथ्व्यादिभिरवस्थितः ॥ ४ ॥

yathā svapnastathaivāyamādau sargo'vabhāsate ,
pṛthvyādirahito'pyeṣa pṛthvyādibhiravasthitaḥ 4

4. yathā svapnaḥ tathā eva ayam ādau sargaḥ avabhāsate |
pṛthvyādi rahitaḥ api eṣaḥ pṛthvyādibhiḥ avasthitaḥ || 4 ||

4. yathā svapnaḥ,
tathā eva ayam sargaḥ ādau avabhāsate eṣaḥ pṛthvyādi-rahitaḥ api pṛthvyādibhiḥ avasthitaḥ

4. Just as a dream, so too does this creation (sarga) appear in the beginning. Although it is devoid of elements like earth (pṛthvī) and others, it nonetheless exists as if composed of these very elements.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in the manner that

• स्वप्नः (svapnaḥ) - dream, sleep

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

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

• अयम् (ayam) - this (creation) (this, this one)

• आदौ (ādau) - in the beginning, at first

• सर्गः (sargaḥ) - creation, emanation, cosmic creation

• अवभासते (avabhāsate) - appears, shines forth, becomes manifest

• पृथ्व्यादि (pṛthvyādi) - earth and so on, beginning with earth

• रहितः (rahitaḥ) - devoid of, without, free from

• अपि (api) - although (introducing a concession) (also, even, although)

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (creation) (this, this one)

• पृथ्व्यादिभिः (pṛthvyādibhiḥ) - by earth and so on, by elements like earth

• अवस्थितः (avasthitaḥ) - situated, established, existing, standing

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in the manner that

(indeclinable)

स्वप्नः (svapnaḥ) - dream, sleep

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - sleep, dream

Root: svap (class 2)

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

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

(indeclinable)

अयम् (ayam) - this (creation) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

आदौ (ādau) - in the beginning, at first

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ādi

ādi - beginning, commencement

Note: Often functions adverbially as 'at first'.

सर्गः (sargaḥ) - creation, emanation, cosmic creation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarga

sarga - creation, emanation, discharge

Root: sṛj (class 6)

अवभासते (avabhāsate) - appears, shines forth, becomes manifest

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of avabhās

Present Middle

Present, 3rd person, singular, Ātmanepada

Prefix: ava

Root: bhās (class 1)

पृथ्व्यादि (pṛthvyādi) - earth and so on, beginning with earth

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pṛthvyādi

pṛthvyādi - earth and so on, beginning with earth

Dvanda or Tatpurusha compound

Compound type : dvandva (pṛthvī+ādi)

• pṛthvī – earth, world
  noun (feminine)
• ādi – beginning, etcetera, and so on
  noun (masculine)

Note: Part of the compound 'pṛthvyādi-rahitaḥ'

रहितः (rahitaḥ) - devoid of, without, free from

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rahita

rahita - left, abandoned, devoid of, without

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root rah (to abandon)

Root: rah (class 1)

Note: Forms a compound 'pṛthvyādi-rahitaḥ'

अपि (api) - although (introducing a concession) (also, even, although)

(indeclinable)

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (creation) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

पृथ्व्यादिभिः (pṛthvyādibhiḥ) - by earth and so on, by elements like earth

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of pṛthvyādi

pṛthvyādi - earth and so on, beginning with earth

Dvanda or Tatpurusha compound

Compound type : dvandva (pṛthvī+ādi)

• pṛthvī – earth, world
  noun (feminine)
• ādi – beginning, etcetera, and so on
  noun (masculine)

अवस्थितः (avasthitaḥ) - situated, established, existing, standing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avasthita

avasthita - situated, standing, existing, stable

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root sthā with prefix ava

Prefix: ava

Root: sthā (class 1)