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.

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.