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.

10. כשם שבניית רעיונות ומחשבות גורמת לחשיבה להופיע כעיר דמיונית, כך בראשית הבריאה מופיע החלל העליון של התודעה כעולם נתפס.

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'.

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