योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-171, verse-10

यथा पुरतया भाति मनः संकल्पमन्थरम् ।
तथा दृश्यमिवाभाति सर्गादौ चिन्नभः परम् ॥ १० ॥

yathā puratayā bhāti manaḥ saṃkalpamantharam ,
tathā dṛśyamivābhāti sargādau cinnabhaḥ param 10

10. yathā puratayā bhāti manaḥ saṃkalpa-mantharam
tathā dṛśyam iva ābhāti sarga-ādau cit-nabhaḥ param

10. yathā saṃkalpa-mantharam manaḥ puratayā bhāti
tathā sarga-ādau param cit-nabhaḥ dṛśyam iva ābhāti

10. Just as the mind, sluggish with its intentions (saṃkalpa), appears as a city, similarly, at the beginning of creation, the supreme consciousness-space appears as if it were the visible world.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

• पुरतया (puratayā) - as a city (as a city, by means of a city)

• भाति (bhāti) - appears (shines, appears, seems)

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind (mind, intellect, heart)

• संकल्प-मन्थरम् (saṁkalpa-mantharam) - sluggish with its intentions (saṃkalpa) (sluggish due to intentions/thoughts, agitated by volitions)

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

• दृश्यम् (dṛśyam) - visible (world) (visible, to be seen, object of sight, phenomenon)

• इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if, indeed)

• आभाति (ābhāti) - appears (shines, appears, seems)

• सर्ग-आदौ (sarga-ādau) - at the beginning of creation

• चित्-नभः (cit-nabhaḥ) - consciousness-space (consciousness-space, ether of consciousness)

• परम् (param) - supreme (supreme, highest, ultimate, excellent)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

(indeclinable)

Note: Often used correlatively with 'tathā'.

पुरतया (puratayā) - as a city (as a city, by means of a city)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of puratā

puratā - city-ness, the state of being a city

from pura (city) + suffix -tā (state of being)

भाति (bhāti) - appears (shines, appears, seems)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhā

Present Active

3rd person singular, present tense, parasmaipada

Root: bhā (class 2)

मनः (manaḥ) - mind (mind, intellect, heart)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, heart, consciousness

Root: man (class 4)

संकल्प-मन्थरम् (saṁkalpa-mantharam) - sluggish with its intentions (saṃkalpa) (sluggish due to intentions/thoughts, agitated by volitions)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of saṃkalpa-manthara

saṁkalpa-manthara - sluggish due to intentions/thoughts, agitated by volitions

Compound type : tatpurusha (saṃkalpa+manthara)

• saṃkalpa – intention, resolution, volition, thought
  noun (masculine)
  from sam + kḷp (to imagine, to resolve)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• manthara – slow, sluggish, dull, agitated
  adjective (neuter)
  Root: manth (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'manaḥ'.

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlative to 'yathā'.

दृश्यम् (dṛśyam) - visible (world) (visible, to be seen, object of sight, phenomenon)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of dṛśya

dṛśya - visible, to be seen, object, phenomenon

Gerundive

from root dṛś (to see), suffix -ya

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Functions as a noun here.

इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if, indeed)

(indeclinable)

आभाति (ābhāti) - appears (shines, appears, seems)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of ābhā

Present Active

3rd person singular, present tense, parasmaipada

Prefix: ā

Root: bhā (class 2)

सर्ग-आदौ (sarga-ādau) - at the beginning of creation

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of sarga-ādi

sarga-ādi - beginning of creation

Compound type : tatpurusha (sarga+ādi)

• sarga – creation, emanation
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sṛj (class 6)
• ādi – beginning, origin, first
  noun (masculine)

चित्-नभः (cit-nabhaḥ) - consciousness-space (consciousness-space, ether of consciousness)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cit-nabhas

cit-nabhas - consciousness-space, ether of consciousness

Compound type : tatpurusha (cit+nabhas)

• cit – consciousness, intelligence
  noun (feminine)
• nabhas – sky, atmosphere, space, ether
  noun (neuter)

परम् (param) - supreme (supreme, highest, ultimate, excellent)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, other, excellent

Note: Modifies 'cit-nabhaḥ'.