योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-186, verse-56

संकल्पनगरे बालः शिलाप्रोड्डयनं यथा ।
सत्यं वेत्त्यनुभूयाशु स्वविधेयनियन्त्रणम् ॥ ५६ ॥

saṃkalpanagare bālaḥ śilāproḍḍayanaṃ yathā ,
satyaṃ vettyanubhūyāśu svavidheyaniyantraṇam 56

56. saṅkalpa-nagare bālaḥ śilā-proḍḍayanam yathā
satyam vetty anubhūya āśu sva-vidheya-niyantraṇam

56. yathā saṅkalpanagare bālaḥ śilāproḍḍayanam
sva-vidheya-niyantraṇam anubhūya āśu satyam vetty

56. Just as a child in the city of imagination (saṅkalpa) quickly experiences and recognizes the reality of making a stone fly, through the control that is subject to its own will.

56. כמו ילד בעיר דמיונית הרואה אבן מעופפת וחווה זאת כדבר אמת, מפני שהדבר כפוף לחוקים שהוא עצמו קבע בעולם הדמיון...

Words meanings summery:

• सङ्कल्प-नगरे (saṅkalpa-nagare) - in the city of imagination, in the city of resolve, in the mental city

• बालः (bālaḥ) - a child, a young person, an ignorant person

• शिला-प्रोड्डयनम् (śilā-proḍḍayanam) - making a stone fly, the flying of a stone

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

• सत्यम् (satyam) - truth, reality, real

• वेत्त्य् (vetty) - knows, understands, perceives

• अनुभूय (anubhūya) - having experienced, having perceived

• आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

• स्व-विधेय-नियन्त्रणम् (sva-vidheya-niyantraṇam) - control over what is subject to one's own will/regulation, self-imposed control

Words meanings and morphology

सङ्कल्प-नगरे (saṅkalpa-nagare) - in the city of imagination, in the city of resolve, in the mental city

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of saṅkalpa-nagara

saṅkalpa-nagara - city of imagination, city of resolve, mental city

Compound type : tatpurusha (saṅkalpa+nagara)

• saṅkalpa – intention, will, imagination, mental conception, resolve (saṅkalpa)
  noun (masculine)
  derived from root kḷp with prefix sam-
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 10)
• nagara – city, town
  noun (neuter)

बालः (bālaḥ) - a child, a young person, an ignorant person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bāla

bāla - child, young, ignorant

शिला-प्रोड्डयनम् (śilā-proḍḍayanam) - making a stone fly, the flying of a stone

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śilā-proḍḍayana

śilā-proḍḍayana - making a stone fly, the act of a stone flying upwards

Compound type : tatpurusha (śilā+proḍḍayana)

• śilā – stone, rock
  noun (feminine)
• proḍḍayana – flying, soaring, leaping
  noun (neuter)
  derived from root ḍī (to fly) with prefixes ut and pra
  Prefixes: pra+ut
  Root: ḍī (class 1)

Note: Object of vetty.

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

(indeclinable)

सत्यम् (satyam) - truth, reality, real

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality, real, true

वेत्त्य् (vetty) - knows, understands, perceives

(verb)

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

Present active indicative, 3rd person singular

From root vid, 2nd class, atti type.

Root: vid (class 2)

अनुभूय (anubhūya) - having experienced, having perceived

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Formed from root bhū with prefix anu-.

Prefix: anu

Root: bhū (class 1)

आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

(indeclinable)

स्व-विधेय-नियन्त्रणम् (sva-vidheya-niyantraṇam) - control over what is subject to one's own will/regulation, self-imposed control

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sva-vidheya-niyantraṇa

sva-vidheya-niyantraṇa - control over what is subject to one's own will, self-control

Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+vidheya+niyantraṇa)

• sva – own, oneself, one's own property
  pronoun (masculine)
• vidheya – to be done, to be regulated, subject to, amenable
  adjective (masculine)
  Gerundive
  From root dhā with prefix vi- and suffix -eya.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: dhā (class 3)
• niyantraṇa – control, restraint, governing
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root yam with prefix ni- and nominal suffix lyuṭ (ana).
  Prefix: ni
  Root: yam (class 1)

Note: Object of anubhūya.

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