योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-182, verse-53

चिद्व्योमसंकल्पमहापुरेऽस्मिन्नित्थं विचित्राण्यसमञ्जसानि ।
निःशून्यरूपेऽपि हि संभवन्ति दृश्ये यथा व्योमनि दृश्यजृम्भाः ॥ ५३ ॥

cidvyomasaṃkalpamahāpure'sminnitthaṃ vicitrāṇyasamañjasāni ,
niḥśūnyarūpe'pi hi saṃbhavanti dṛśye yathā vyomani dṛśyajṛmbhāḥ 53

53. cit-vyoma-saṅkalpa-mahāpure asmin
ittham vicitrāṇi asamañjasāni
niḥśūnya-rūpe api hi sambhavanti
dṛśye yathā vyomani dṛśya-jṛmbhāḥ

53. asmin cit-vyoma-saṅkalpa-mahāpure ittham vicitrāṇi asamañjasāni hi niḥśūnya-rūpe api sambhavanti,
yathā dṛśya-jṛmbhāḥ dṛśye vyomani (sambhavanti)

53. In this great city of consciousness-space (cidvyoma) formed by imagination (saṅkalpa), such diverse and incongruous (asamañjasa) phenomena indeed arise, even in its non-empty nature, just as the myriad manifestations of the visible world emerge in the visible sky (vyoman).

53. בעיר הגדולה הזו של מחשבות במרחב התודעה, מתרחשים שיבושים מוזרים כאלה, אף על פי שאינה אלא חלל ריק, בדיוק כפי שחזיונות מופיעים בשמיים הריקים.

Words meanings summery:

• चित्-व्योम-सङ्कल्प-महापुरे (cit-vyoma-saṅkalpa-mahāpure) - in the great city of consciousness-space-imagination

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

• इत्थम् (ittham) - thus, in this manner

• विचित्राणि (vicitrāṇi) - diverse, variegated, wonderful

• असमञ्जसानि (asamañjasāni) - inappropriate, incongruous (asamañjasa)

• निःशून्य-रूपे (niḥśūnya-rūpe) - in the non-empty form/nature

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• सम्भवन्ति (sambhavanti) - they arise, they are possible, they occur

• दृश्ये (dṛśye) - in the visible (sky/space)

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

• व्योमनि (vyomani) - in the sky, in space

• दृश्य-जृम्भाः (dṛśya-jṛmbhāḥ) - manifestations of the visible world

Words meanings and morphology

चित्-व्योम-सङ्कल्प-महापुरे (cit-vyoma-saṅkalpa-mahāpure) - in the great city of consciousness-space-imagination

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of cit-vyoma-saṅkalpa-mahāpura

cit-vyoma-saṅkalpa-mahāpura - great city of consciousness-space-imagination

Compound type : Karmadhāraya-Tatpuruṣa chain (cit+vyoman+saṅkalpa+mahā+pura)

• cit – consciousness, pure intelligence
  noun (feminine)
• vyoman – sky, atmosphere, space, ether (cidvyoma: consciousness-space)
  noun (neuter)
• saṅkalpa – intention, resolve, conception, imagination, thought (saṅkalpa)
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• pura – city, town, citadel
  noun (neuter)

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

इत्थम् (ittham) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

विचित्राणि (vicitrāṇi) - diverse, variegated, wonderful

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of vicitra

vicitra - diverse, variegated, manifold, wonderful, strange

असमञ्जसानि (asamañjasāni) - inappropriate, incongruous (asamañjasa)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of asamañjasa

asamañjasa - inappropriate, unsuitable, improper, absurd, incongruous

Compound type : Nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+samañjasa)

• a – not, non-, un- (negative prefix)
  prefix
• samañjasa – proper, fit, suitable, appropriate
  adjective (masculine)

निःशून्य-रूपे (niḥśūnya-rūpe) - in the non-empty form/nature

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of niḥśūnya-rūpa

niḥśūnya-rūpa - having a non-empty form/nature; essentially full, substantial

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (nis+śūnya+rūpa)

• nis – without, out, forth
  prefix
• śūnya – empty, void, hollow
  adjective (neuter)
• rūpa – form, nature, appearance, aspect
  noun (neuter)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

सम्भवन्ति (sambhavanti) - they arise, they are possible, they occur

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of sam-bhū

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

दृश्ये (dṛśye) - in the visible (sky/space)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of dṛśya

dṛśya - visible, perceptible, worth seeing, an object of sight

Gerundive/Present Passive Participle

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

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with vyomani in gender, number, and case.

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

(indeclinable)

व्योमनि (vyomani) - in the sky, in space

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vyoman

vyoman - sky, atmosphere, space, ether (vyoman)

दृश्य-जृम्भाः (dṛśya-jṛmbhāḥ) - manifestations of the visible world

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of dṛśya-jṛmbhā

dṛśya-jṛmbhā - expansion or manifestation of the visible, appearance of phenomena

Compound type : Ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (dṛśya+jṛmbhā)

• dṛśya – visible, object of sight, phenomenon
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive/Present Passive Participle
  Derived from root dṛś (to see)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• jṛmbhā – yawning, expansion, manifestation, display
  noun (feminine)
  Root: jṛmbh (class 1)

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