योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-168, verse-13

तरावाकारवत्येषा कल्पना रचिता यथा ।
चितेराकाशमात्रायास्तथैषा कल्पना कृता ॥ १३ ॥

tarāvākāravatyeṣā kalpanā racitā yathā ,
citerākāśamātrāyāstathaiṣā kalpanā kṛtā 13

13. tarau ākāravati eṣā kalpanā racitā yathā
citeḥ ākāśamātrāyāḥ tathā eṣā kalpanā kṛtā

13. yathā ākāravati tarau eṣā kalpanā racitā,
tathā ākāśamātrāyāḥ citeḥ eṣā kalpanā kṛtā

13. Just as this conceptualization (kalpanā) is created within a tree that has a specific form, similarly, this conceptualization (kalpanā) is made within consciousness (cit), which is merely like space.

Words meanings summery:

• तरौ (tarau) - in the tree

• आकारवति (ākāravati) - in that which has form, in the formed

• एषा (eṣā) - this

• कल्पना (kalpanā) - imagination, conceptualization, mental construct

• रचिता (racitā) - created, composed, arranged

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• चितेः (citeḥ) - of consciousness (cit)

• आकाशमात्रायाः (ākāśamātrāyāḥ) - of that whose measure is space, of that which is mere space

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

• एषा (eṣā) - this

• कल्पना (kalpanā) - imagination, conceptualization, mental construct

• कृता (kṛtā) - made, done, created

Words meanings and morphology

तरौ (tarau) - in the tree

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of taru

taru - a tree, a plant

आकारवति (ākāravati) - in that which has form, in the formed

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of ākāravat

ākāravat - possessing form, having shape, formed

Derived from ākāra (form) with the possessive suffix -vat

Compound type : tatpurusha (ākāra)

• ākāra – form, shape, appearance
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

एषा (eṣā) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, this here

कल्पना (kalpanā) - imagination, conceptualization, mental construct

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kalpanā

kalpanā - imagination, concept, mental construct, fiction, creation

Derived from root kḷp

Root: kḷp (class 10)

रचिता (racitā) - created, composed, arranged

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of racita

racita - created, made, arranged, composed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root rac

Root: rac (class 10)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

चितेः (citeḥ) - of consciousness (cit)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, pure intellect, thought

Root: cit (class 1)

आकाशमात्रायाः (ākāśamātrāyāḥ) - of that whose measure is space, of that which is mere space

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, singular of ākāśamātrā

ākāśamātrā - having space as its measure, mere space, only space

Bahuvrihi compound: ākāśaḥ mātrā yasyāḥ sā (that whose measure is space)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (ākāśa+mātrā)

• ākāśa – space, ether, sky
  noun (masculine)
• mātrā – measure, quantity, mere, only, dimension
  noun (feminine)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

(indeclinable)

एषा (eṣā) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, this here

कल्पना (kalpanā) - imagination, conceptualization, mental construct

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kalpanā

kalpanā - imagination, concept, mental construct, fiction, creation

Derived from root kḷp

Root: kḷp (class 10)

कृता (kṛtā) - made, done, created

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṛta

kṛta - made, done, created, performed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)