योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-175, verse-6

यदेतद्वेदनं शुद्धं तदेव स्वप्नपत्तनम् ।
जगत्तदेव सर्गादौ पृथ्व्यादेः संभवः कुतः ॥ ६ ॥

yadetadvedanaṃ śuddhaṃ tadeva svapnapattanam ,
jagattadeva sargādau pṛthvyādeḥ saṃbhavaḥ kutaḥ 6

6. yat etat vedanam śuddham tat eva svapna-pattanam
jagat tat eva sarga-ādau pṛthvī-ādeḥ saṃbhavaḥ kutaḥ

6. yat etat śuddham vedanam tat eva svapna-pattanam.
jagat tat eva sarga-ādau pṛthvī-ādeḥ saṃbhavaḥ kutaḥ

6. This very pure cognition (vedanam) is itself merely a dream-city. If this world (jagat) is nothing but that (cognition), then how could there be the emergence (saṃbhava) of earth and other elements at the beginning of creation (sargādau)?

6. הידיעה הטהורה הזו עצמה היא עיר החלומות; היא היא היקום בראשית הבריאה. מניין יכלו לצמוח יסודות כמו אדמה?

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - which, what (neuter)

• एतत् (etat) - this (neuter)

• वेदनम् (vedanam) - knowledge, cognition, perception

• शुद्धम् (śuddham) - pure, clear, clean

• तत् (tat) - that (neuter)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, exactly, just

• स्वप्न-पत्तनम् (svapna-pattanam) - dream-city

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

• तत् (tat) - that (neuter)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, exactly, just

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

• पृथ्वी-आदेः (pṛthvī-ādeḥ) - of earth and so on, beginning with earth

• संभवः (saṁbhavaḥ) - possibility, origin, birth, emergence

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, whence, why, how

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - which, what (neuter)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

Note: Relative pronoun.

एतत् (etat) - this (neuter)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Note: Demonstrative pronoun.

वेदनम् (vedanam) - knowledge, cognition, perception

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vedana

vedana - knowing, perceiving, feeling, cognition, knowledge, sensation

Derived from root 'vid' (to know).

Root: vid (class 2)

शुद्धम् (śuddham) - pure, clear, clean

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śuddha

śuddha - pure, clean, clear, unblemished, free from error

Past Passive Participle

From root 'śudh' (to be pure).

Root: śudh (class 4)

Note: Participle used adjectivally.

तत् (tat) - that (neuter)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, that one

Note: Demonstrative pronoun.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, exactly, just

(indeclinable)

स्वप्न-पत्तनम् (svapna-pattanam) - dream-city

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of svapna-pattana

svapna-pattana - city of a dream, illusory city

Compound of 'svapna' (dream) and 'pattana' (city).

Compound type : tatpurusha (svapna+pattana)

• svapna – dream, sleep
  noun (masculine)
  Root: svap (class 2)
• pattana – city, town
  noun (neuter)

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, what moves, living beings

Present Active Participle

Formed from root 'gam' (to go) with reduplication.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Nominative singular neuter.

तत् (tat) - that (neuter)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, that one

Note: Demonstrative pronoun.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, exactly, just

(indeclinable)

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

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of sarga-ādi

sarga-ādi - beginning of creation

Compound of 'sarga' (creation) and 'ādi' (beginning).

Compound type : tatpurusha (sarga+ādi)

• sarga – creation, emission, discharge
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'sṛj' (to create, emit).
  Root: sṛj (class 6)
• ādi – beginning, origin, first
  noun (masculine)

पृथ्वी-आदेः (pṛthvī-ādeḥ) - of earth and so on, beginning with earth

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pṛthvī-ādi

pṛthvī-ādi - earth etc., beginning with earth

Compound of 'pṛthvī' (earth) and 'ādi' (beginning, etc.).

Compound type : tatpurusha (pṛthvī+ādi)

• pṛthvī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'pṛth' (to spread).
  Root: pṛth
• ādi – beginning, origin, first, and so on
  noun (masculine)

संभवः (saṁbhavaḥ) - possibility, origin, birth, emergence

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃbhava

saṁbhava - origin, birth, possibility, existence, production

From root 'bhū' (to be, become) with prefix 'sam'.

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, whence, why, how

(indeclinable)

Ablative of 'kim' (what/who) used as an indeclinable.

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