योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-177, verse-5

कल्पनाकल्पनात्मैकं तच्च ब्रह्म स्वभावतः ।
कल्पनात्मेदृशं जन्तुर्यथा केशनखादिमान् ॥ ५ ॥

kalpanākalpanātmaikaṃ tacca brahma svabhāvataḥ ,
kalpanātmedṛśaṃ janturyathā keśanakhādimān 5

5. kalpanā akalpanā ātma ekam tat ca brahma svabhāvataḥ
kalpanā ātma īdṛśam jantuḥ yathā keśa-nakha-ādimān

5. tat ca brahma svabhāvataḥ kalpanā-akalpanā-ātma-ekam.
yathā keśa-nakha-ādimān jantuḥ,
īdṛśam kalpanā-ātma.

5. And that Brahman (brahman) is, by its intrinsic nature (svabhāvataḥ), one with both imagination (kalpanā) and its absence (akalpanā) as its essence (ātman). A living being (jantuḥ) is of such an imaginative nature, just as it inherently possesses hair and nails.

5. הדימיון והיעדר הדימיון אינם אלא בְּרַהְמַן היחיד בטבעו. היצור החי בעל הדימיון נובע ממנו כפי ששיער וציפורניים צומחים מגוף האדם.

Words meanings summery:

• कल्पना (kalpanā) - imagination, mental creation, conception

• अकल्पना (akalpanā) - non-imagination, absence of mental construction

• आत्म (ātma) - self, essence, soul

• एकम् (ekam) - one, singular, unified

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• च (ca) - and, also

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman, the Absolute Reality

• स्वभावतः (svabhāvataḥ) - by nature, intrinsically, naturally

• कल्पना (kalpanā) - imagination, mental creation, conception

• आत्म (ātma) - self, essence, soul

• ईदृशम् (īdṛśam) - such, of this kind, like this

• जन्तुः (jantuḥ) - living being, creature, human being

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

• केश-नख-आदिमान् (keśa-nakha-ādimān) - possessing hair, nails, and so forth

Words meanings and morphology

कल्पना (kalpanā) - imagination, mental creation, conception

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kalpanā

kalpanā - imagination, mental formation, conception, fiction

From root kḷp- (to arrange, imagine) + yuṭ.

Root: kḷp (class 1)

अकल्पना (akalpanā) - non-imagination, absence of mental construction

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of akalpanā

akalpanā - non-imagination, absence of mental construction

Nañ-Tatpuruṣa compound of 'a' (negation) and 'kalpanā'.

Compound type : Nañ-Tatpuruṣa (a+kalpanā)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• kalpanā – imagination, mental formation, conception, fiction
  noun (feminine)
  From root kḷp- (to arrange, imagine) + yuṭ.
  Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: This forms part of a larger compound: kalpanā-akalpanā-ātma-ekam.

आत्म (ātma) - self, essence, soul

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self (ātman), soul, essence, true nature, breath

Note: Used here in a compound to mean 'whose essence is'.

एकम् (ekam) - one, singular, unified

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique, sole

Note: Part of the compound 'kalpanā-akalpanā-ātma-ekam'.

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman, the Absolute Reality

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman (brahman), the ultimate reality, the absolute, the universal spirit

स्वभावतः (svabhāvataḥ) - by nature, intrinsically, naturally

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'svabhāva' (one's own nature) with the taddhita suffix -tas (ablative/adverbial).

कल्पना (kalpanā) - imagination, mental creation, conception

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kalpanā

kalpanā - imagination, mental formation, conception, fiction

From root kḷp- (to arrange, imagine) + yuṭ.

Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: Forms part of the compound 'kalpanā-ātma'.

आत्म (ātma) - self, essence, soul

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self (ātman), soul, essence, true nature, breath

Note: Used here in a compound 'kalpanā-ātma' to mean 'whose nature/self is imagination'.

ईदृशम् (īdṛśam) - such, of this kind, like this

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of īdṛśa

īdṛśa - such, of this kind, like this

जन्तुः (jantuḥ) - living being, creature, human being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jantu

jantu - living being, creature, sentient being

From root jan- (to be born).

Root: jan (class 4)

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

(indeclinable)

केश-नख-आदिमान् (keśa-nakha-ādimān) - possessing hair, nails, and so forth

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of keśa-nakha-ādimat

keśa-nakha-ādimat - possessing hair, nails, etc.

Bahuvrīhi compound of 'keśa-nakha-ādi' and the possessive suffix '-mat'.

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (keśa-nakha-ādi+mat)

• keśa-nakha-ādi – hair, nails, etc.
  noun (masculine)
  Dvandva compound 'keśa' and 'nakha', followed by 'ādi'.
• mat – having, possessing, endowed with (suffix)
  indeclinable
  Possessive suffix.

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