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.

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