योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-173, verse-6

स्वप्नोचितः स्वप्नपुरे रूपतायां यथाग्रहः ।
सर्वात्मनस्तथा स्वप्नजाग्रदादौ तथाग्रहः ॥ ६ ॥

svapnocitaḥ svapnapure rūpatāyāṃ yathāgrahaḥ ,
sarvātmanastathā svapnajāgradādau tathāgrahaḥ 6

6. svapna ucitaḥ svapnapure rūpatāyām yathā grahaḥ
sarvātmanaḥ tathā svapnajāgradādau tathā grahaḥ

6. yathā svapna ucitaḥ svapnapure rūpatāyām grahaḥ,
tathā sarvātmanaḥ svapnajāgradādau tathā grahaḥ

6. Just as for one accustomed to dreams, there is a perception of "form-ness" in a dream-city, so too does the universal Self (ātman) have a similar apprehension in dream, waking, and other states.

Words meanings summery:

• स्वप्न (svapna) - dream, sleep

• उचितः (ucitaḥ) - suitable, appropriate, accustomed, fit

• स्वप्नपुरे (svapnapure) - in a dream-city

• रूपतायाम् (rūpatāyām) - in (the state of) form-ness, in the quality of being a form

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• ग्रहः (grahaḥ) - apprehension, perception, grasp

• सर्वात्मनः (sarvātmanaḥ) - of the universal Self (ātman), of the Self of all

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so too

• स्वप्नजाग्रदादौ (svapnajāgradādau) - in dream, waking, and other states

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so too

• ग्रहः (grahaḥ) - apprehension, perception, grasp

Words meanings and morphology

स्वप्न (svapna) - dream, sleep

(noun)

masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - sleep, dream, dreaming

उचितः (ucitaḥ) - suitable, appropriate, accustomed, fit

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ucita

ucita - proper, fit, suitable, accustomed, experienced

Past Passive Participle

from √vac (to speak, to be customary) or √uc (to be pleasing/fit)

Root: vac (class 2)

स्वप्नपुरे (svapnapure) - in a dream-city

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of svapnapura

svapnapura - dream-city, a city seen in a dream

Compound type : tatpurusha (svapna+pura)

• svapna – dream, sleep
  noun (masculine)
• pura – city, town, citadel
  noun (neuter)

रूपतायाम् (rūpatāyām) - in (the state of) form-ness, in the quality of being a form

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of rūpatā

rūpatā - form-ness, the quality or state of having a form

derived from rūpa (form) + tā (suffix for abstract noun)

Compound type : tatpurusha (rūpa+tā)

• rūpa – form, shape, appearance, beauty
  noun (neuter)
• tā – suffix forming abstract nouns ('-ness', '-ity')
  indeclinable (feminine)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

ग्रहः (grahaḥ) - apprehension, perception, grasp

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of graha

graha - grasping, seizing, taking, apprehension, perception, planet

Root: grah (class 9)

सर्वात्मनः (sarvātmanaḥ) - of the universal Self (ātman), of the Self of all

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sarvātman

sarvātman - the universal Self (ātman), the Self of all, the omnipresent soul

Compound type : tatpurusha (sarva+ātman)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective
• ātman – Self, soul, essence, spirit
  noun (masculine)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so too

(indeclinable)

स्वप्नजाग्रदादौ (svapnajāgradādau) - in dream, waking, and other states

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svapnajāgradādi

svapnajāgradādi - pertaining to dream, waking, and so on; dream-waking etc. (as a compound category)

Compound type : dvandva-tatpurusha (svapna+jāgrat+ādi)

• svapna – dream, sleep
  noun (masculine)
• jāgrat – waking, awake; the waking state
  adjective/noun (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  from √jāgṛ (to wake)
  Root: jāgṛ (class 2)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etcetera
  noun (masculine)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so too

(indeclinable)

ग्रहः (grahaḥ) - apprehension, perception, grasp

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of graha

graha - grasping, seizing, taking, apprehension, perception, planet

Root: grah (class 9)

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