योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-171, verse-14

प्रबोधकाले स्वप्नाद्रिर्यथा व्योमैव निर्वपुः ।
तथेदं शान्तचिन्मात्रं खं प्रवोधे जगत्त्रयम् ॥ १४ ॥

prabodhakāle svapnādriryathā vyomaiva nirvapuḥ ,
tathedaṃ śāntacinmātraṃ khaṃ pravodhe jagattrayam 14

14. prabodhakāle svapna adriḥ yathā vyoma eva nirvapuḥ
tathā idam śānta cit mātram kham prabodhe jagattrayam

14. yathā prabodhakāle svapna adriḥ
nirvapuḥ vyoma eva (bhavati)
tathā prabodhe idam jagattrayam
śānta cit mātram kham (bhavati)

14. Just as a dream-mountain (svapnādriḥ), upon awakening, becomes merely substanceless (nirvapuḥ) space (vyoma), so too, upon awakening, this three-world universe (jagattrayam) is nothing but tranquil, pure consciousness (cit), like the void (kham).

Words meanings summery:

• प्रबोधकाले (prabodhakāle) - at the time of awakening

• स्वप्न (svapna) - dream

• अद्रिः (adriḥ) - mountain, rock

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

• व्योम (vyoma) - sky, space, ether

• एव (eva) - only, merely, indeed, certainly

• निर्वपुः (nirvapuḥ) - bodiless, formless, substanceless

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

• इदम् (idam) - this

• शान्त (śānta) - tranquil, peaceful, calm

• चित् (cit) - consciousness, pure thought, spirit

• मात्रम् (mātram) - only, merely, solely

• खम् (kham) - sky, space, void, ether

• प्रबोधे (prabodhe) - upon awakening, in awakening, in enlightenment

• जगत्त्रयम् (jagattrayam) - the three worlds, the universe

Words meanings and morphology

प्रबोधकाले (prabodhakāle) - at the time of awakening

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of prabodhakāla

prabodhakāla - time of awakening, moment of enlightenment

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prabodha+kāla)

• prabodha – awakening, enlightenment, knowledge
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from pra + √budh (to awaken, perceive)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: budh (class 1)
• kāla – time, season, period
  noun (masculine)

स्वप्न (svapna) - dream

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - sleep, dream, dreaming

Root: svap (class 2)

Note: Functions as the first part of the compound 'svapnādriḥ' (dream-mountain).

अद्रिः (adriḥ) - mountain, rock

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adri

adri - mountain, rock, cloud

Note: Functions as the second part of the compound 'svapnādriḥ' (dream-mountain).

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

व्योम (vyoma) - sky, space, ether

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vyoman

vyoman - sky, atmosphere, space, ether

एव (eva) - only, merely, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

निर्वपुः (nirvapuḥ) - bodiless, formless, substanceless

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nirvapus

nirvapus - bodiless, formless, substanceless, ethereal

Compound of 'nir' (without) and 'vapus' (body, form)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nir+vapus)

• nir – without, out of, away
  prefix
• vapus – body, form, figure
  noun (neuter)

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

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, here

शान्त (śānta) - tranquil, peaceful, calm

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śānta

śānta - tranquil, peaceful, calm, appeased, ceased

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √śam (to be calm, cease)

Root: śam (class 4)

चित् (cit) - consciousness, pure thought, spirit

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, pure thought, spirit, understanding

Root: cit (class 1)

मात्रम् (mātram) - only, merely, solely

(indeclinable)

Suffix used to indicate 'only' or 'mere'

खम् (kham) - sky, space, void, ether

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kha

kha - sky, space, void, ether, air

प्रबोधे (prabodhe) - upon awakening, in awakening, in enlightenment

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of prabodha

prabodha - awakening, enlightenment, knowledge, consciousness

Derived from pra + √budh (to awaken, perceive)

Prefix: pra

Root: budh (class 1)

जगत्त्रयम् (jagattrayam) - the three worlds, the universe

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagattraya

jagattraya - the three worlds (heaven, earth, netherworld), the universe

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jagat+traya)

• jagat – world, universe, moving
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from √gam (to go) + suffix -at
  Root: gam (class 1)
• traya – a triad, group of three
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from tri (three)

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