योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-168, verse-28

चिद्व्योम्नि स्वप्नजालानि चिज्जगन्त्यपकारणम् ।
प्रवर्तन्ते निवर्तन्ते शून्यशून्यात्मकान्यपि ॥ २८ ॥

cidvyomni svapnajālāni cijjagantyapakāraṇam ,
pravartante nivartante śūnyaśūnyātmakānyapi 28

28. cit-vyomni svapna-jālāni cit-jaganti apa-kāraṇam
pravartante nivartante śūnya-śūnya-ātmāni api

28. cit-vyomni svapna-jālāni cit-jaganti apa-kāraṇam
api pravartante nivartante śūnya-śūnya-ātmāni

28. Within the expanse of consciousness (cit-vyoma), dream-networks (svapna-jāla) and worlds of consciousness (cit-jagat) emerge and dissolve without any fundamental cause, being in their essence (ātman) utterly empty.

28. במרחב התודעה, רשתות החלומות ועולמות התודעה נוצרים ונעלמים ללא סיבה סיבתית, אף על פי שטבעם הבלעדי הוא ריקנות.

Words meanings summery:

• चित्-व्योम्नि (cit-vyomni) - in the expanse of consciousness (cit-vyoma) (in the consciousness-space, in the ether of consciousness)

• स्वप्न-जालानि (svapna-jālāni) - dream-networks (svapna-jāla) (networks of dreams, dream-webs, illusions like dreams)

• चित्-जगन्ति (cit-jaganti) - worlds of consciousness (cit-jagat) (consciousness-worlds, worlds of consciousness)

• अप-कारणम् (apa-kāraṇam) - without any fundamental cause (without cause, without means, without reason)

• प्रवर्तन्ते (pravartante) - emerge (they proceed, they act, they manifest, they arise)

• निवर्तन्ते (nivartante) - dissolve (they cease, they return, they withdraw, they disappear)

• शून्य-शून्य-आत्मानि (śūnya-śūnya-ātmāni) - being in their essence (ātman) utterly empty (whose essence is emptiness upon emptiness, whose nature is utterly void)

• अपि (api) - even (emphasizing their emptiness) (also, even, too)

Words meanings and morphology

चित्-व्योम्नि (cit-vyomni) - in the expanse of consciousness (cit-vyoma) (in the consciousness-space, in the ether of consciousness)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of cit-vyoma

cit-vyoma - consciousness-space, ether of consciousness

Compound type : karmadhāraya (cit+vyoman)

• cit – consciousness, intelligence, thought
  noun (feminine)
• vyoman – sky, ether, space
  noun (neuter)

स्वप्न-जालानि (svapna-jālāni) - dream-networks (svapna-jāla) (networks of dreams, dream-webs, illusions like dreams)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of svapna-jāla

svapna-jāla - network of dreams, illusion like a dream

Compound type : tatpurusha (svapna+jāla)

• svapna – sleep, dream
  noun (masculine)
  Root: svap (class 2)
• jāla – net, snare, web, collection, multitude
  noun (neuter)

Note: Subject of 'pravartante' and 'nivartante'

चित्-जगन्ति (cit-jaganti) - worlds of consciousness (cit-jagat) (consciousness-worlds, worlds of consciousness)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of cit-jagat

cit-jagat - consciousness-world, world of consciousness

Compound type : karmadhāraya (cit+jagat)

• cit – consciousness, intelligence
  noun (feminine)
• jagat – world, universe
  noun (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  From root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Co-subject with 'svapna-jālāni'

अप-कारणम् (apa-kāraṇam) - without any fundamental cause (without cause, without means, without reason)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of apa-kāraṇa

apa-kāraṇa - without cause, without motive, without means

Compound with negative prefix 'apa-'

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (apa+kāraṇa)

• apa – away, off, down, negative prefix
  indeclinable
• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)
  From root kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Adjective modifying 'svapna-jālāni' and 'cit-jaganti'.

प्रवर्तन्ते (pravartante) - emerge (they proceed, they act, they manifest, they arise)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of pravṛt

Present tense

From 'pra-' (prefix) + root 'vṛt' (to turn, be, exist)

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

निवर्तन्ते (nivartante) - dissolve (they cease, they return, they withdraw, they disappear)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of nivṛt

Present tense

From 'ni-' (prefix) + root 'vṛt' (to turn, be, exist)

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

शून्य-शून्य-आत्मानि (śūnya-śūnya-ātmāni) - being in their essence (ātman) utterly empty (whose essence is emptiness upon emptiness, whose nature is utterly void)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of śūnya-śūnya-ātman

śūnya-śūnya-ātman - whose nature is utter emptiness, whose self is empty of emptiness

Bahuvrīhi compound, literally 'having emptiness-emptiness as self/nature'

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śūnya+śūnya+ātman)

• śūnya – empty, void, zero, non-existent
  adjective (neuter)
• śūnya – empty, void, zero, non-existent
  adjective (neuter)
• ātman – self, soul, essence, nature
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

Note: Adjective modifying 'svapna-jālāni' and 'cit-jaganti'.

अपि (api) - even (emphasizing their emptiness) (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction/emphatic particle

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