योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-177, verse-4

यथेदं कल्पितं दृश्यं मनसा येन तत्तथा ।
वेत्त्यसौ यादृगन्येन कल्पितं वेत्त्यसौ तथा ॥ ४ ॥

yathedaṃ kalpitaṃ dṛśyaṃ manasā yena tattathā ,
vettyasau yādṛganyena kalpitaṃ vettyasau tathā 4

4. yathā idam kalpitam dṛśyam manasā yena tat tathā
vetti asau yādṛk anyena kalpitam vetti asau tathā

4. yathā idam dṛśyam yena manasā kalpitam,
asau tat tathā vetti.
yādṛk anyena kalpitam,
asau tathā vetti.

4. Just as this visible world is imagined by a mind, so one perceives it exactly as it is imagined. And whatever is imagined by another (mind), one perceives it in the same way.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

• इदम् (idam) - this visible world (this, this world)

• कल्पितम् (kalpitam) - imagined, fashioned, created

• दृश्यम् (dṛśyam) - visible, to be seen, the visible world

• मनसा (manasā) - by the mind, mentally

• येन (yena) - by which (mind) (by which, by whom)

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• तथा (tathā) - so, in that way, thus

• वेत्ति (vetti) - knows, perceives, understands

• असौ (asau) - one (the perceiving self/mind) (that one, he/she/it, this (person/thing yonder))

• यादृक् (yādṛk) - of what kind, as, whatever

• अन्येन (anyena) - by another, by someone else

• कल्पितम् (kalpitam) - imagined, fashioned, created

• वेत्ति (vetti) - knows, perceives, understands

• असौ (asau) - one (the perceiving self/mind) (that one, he/she/it, this (person/thing yonder))

• तथा (tathā) - so, in that way, thus

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this visible world (this, this world)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

कल्पितम् (kalpitam) - imagined, fashioned, created

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kalpita

kalpita - imagined, created, arranged, formed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root kḷp- (to be fit, to arrange, to imagine) with suffix -ta.

Root: kḷp (class 1)

दृश्यम् (dṛśyam) - visible, to be seen, the visible world

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dṛśya

dṛśya - visible, to be seen, object of sight, the visible world

Gerundive

Derived from the root dṛś- (to see) with suffix -ya.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

मनसा (manasā) - by the mind, mentally

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought, consciousness

येन (yena) - by which (mind) (by which, by whom)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

तथा (tathā) - so, in that way, thus

(indeclinable)

वेत्ति (vetti) - knows, perceives, understands

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of vid

Class 2 verb (adādi).

Root: vid (class 2)

असौ (asau) - one (the perceiving self/mind) (that one, he/she/it, this (person/thing yonder))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, that yonder, he/she/it

यादृक् (yādṛk) - of what kind, as, whatever

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yādṛś

yādṛś - of what sort, of what kind, as, whatever

अन्येन (anyena) - by another, by someone else

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

कल्पितम् (kalpitam) - imagined, fashioned, created

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kalpita

kalpita - imagined, created, arranged, formed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root kḷp- (to be fit, to arrange, to imagine) with suffix -ta.

Root: kḷp (class 1)

वेत्ति (vetti) - knows, perceives, understands

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of vid

Class 2 verb (adādi).

Root: vid (class 2)

असौ (asau) - one (the perceiving self/mind) (that one, he/she/it, this (person/thing yonder))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, that yonder, he/she/it

तथा (tathā) - so, in that way, thus

(indeclinable)