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)?

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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