योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-168, verse-16

यथा खानिलपुष्पाणां शून्यतास्पन्दगन्धदृक् ।
शून्यरूपानुभूता च तथा सर्गस्थितिश्चिति ॥ १६ ॥

yathā khānilapuṣpāṇāṃ śūnyatāspandagandhadṛk ,
śūnyarūpānubhūtā ca tathā sargasthitiściti 16

16. yathā kha-anila-puṣpāṇām śūnyatā-spanda-gandha-dṛk
śūnya-rūpā anubhūtā ca tathā sarga-sthitiḥ citi

16. yathā kha-anila-puṣpāṇām śūnyatā-spanda-gandha-dṛk
śūnya-rūpā anubhūtā ca tathā sarga-sthitiḥ citi

16. Just as the nature of emptiness, vibration, and fragrance – pertaining to space, wind, and flowers respectively – is experienced as formless, so too are creation and sustenance found in consciousness (cit).

16. כשם שהתפיסה של הריקנות בשמיים, התנועה ברוח והריח בפרח נחווים כחסרי צורה מוחשית, כך גם קיומה של הבריאה נחווה בתוך התודעה.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

• ख-अनिल-पुष्पाणाम् (kha-anila-puṣpāṇām) - of space, wind, and flowers

• शून्यता-स्पन्द-गन्ध-दृक् (śūnyatā-spanda-gandha-dṛk) - the nature/perception of emptiness, vibration, and fragrance

• शून्य-रूपा (śūnya-rūpā) - formless, having an empty form

• अनुभूता (anubhūtā) - experienced, perceived

• च (ca) - and, also

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in the same way

• सर्ग-स्थितिः (sarga-sthitiḥ) - creation and existence/sustenance

• चिति (citi) - in consciousness

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

(indeclinable)

ख-अनिल-पुष्पाणाम् (kha-anila-puṣpāṇām) - of space, wind, and flowers

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of kha-anila-puṣpa

kha-anila-puṣpa - sky, wind, and flower

Compound type : dvandva (kha+anila+puṣpa)

• kha – sky, space, ether, zero
  noun (neuter)
• anila – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)
• puṣpa – flower, blossom
  noun (neuter)
  Root: puṣ (class 4)

शून्यता-स्पन्द-गन्ध-दृक् (śūnyatā-spanda-gandha-dṛk) - the nature/perception of emptiness, vibration, and fragrance

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śūnyatā-spanda-gandha-dṛk

śūnyatā-spanda-gandha-dṛk - the nature or perception of emptiness, vibration, and fragrance

Compound type : dvandva (śūnyatā+spanda+gandha+dṛk)

• śūnyatā – emptiness, voidness
  noun (feminine)
  From śūnya (empty) + -tā (suffix)
• spanda – vibration, throbbing
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'spand' (to tremble)
  Root: spand (class 1)
• gandha – fragrance, smell
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'gandh' (to smell)
  Root: gandh (class 10)
• dṛk – sight, perception, aspect, nature
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'dṛś' (to see)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

शून्य-रूपा (śūnya-rūpā) - formless, having an empty form

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śūnya-rūpa

śūnya-rūpa - empty-formed, having an empty form, whose form is empty

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śūnya+rūpa)

• śūnya – empty, void, hollow
  adjective
  Root: śū
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance, nature
  noun (neuter)
  Root: rūp (class 10)

अनुभूता (anubhūtā) - experienced, perceived

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anubhūta

anubhūta - experienced, perceived, felt

Past Passive Participle

Derived from verb root 'bhū' with prefix 'anu'

Prefix: anu

Root: bhū (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in the same way

(indeclinable)

सर्ग-स्थितिः (sarga-sthitiḥ) - creation and existence/sustenance

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sarga-sthiti

sarga-sthiti - creation and existence, origin and duration

Compound type : dvandva (sarga+sthiti)

• sarga – creation, emission, chapter
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'sṛj' (to emit, create)
  Root: sṛj (class 6)
• sthiti – standing, existing, continuance, state, sustenance
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'sthā' (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

चिति (citi) - in consciousness

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, thought, intelligence, understanding

Root: cit (class 1)

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