योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-209, verse-23

स्वप्नसंकल्पपुरयोरेको गच्छति लक्षताम् ।
तथा चैकैव चित्स्वप्ने सेनात्वमुपगच्छति ॥ २३ ॥

svapnasaṃkalpapurayoreko gacchati lakṣatām ,
tathā caikaiva citsvapne senātvamupagacchati 23

23. svapnasaṃkalpapurayoḥ ekaḥ gacchati lakṣatām
tathā ca ekā eva cit svapne senātvam upagacchati

23. svapnasaṃkalpapurayoḥ ekaḥ lakṣatām gacchati.
tathā ca svapne ekā eva cit senātvam upagacchati.

23. In the realms of dream and imagination (saṃkalpa), a single entity expands to become a multitude. And similarly, a single consciousness (cit) in a dream attains the state of an entire army.

Words meanings summery:

• स्वप्नसंकल्पपुरयोः (svapnasaṁkalpapurayoḥ) - in the realms/states created by dreams and mental imagination (saṃkalpa) (in the cities of dream and imagination)

• एकः (ekaḥ) - one, a single

• गच्छति (gacchati) - attains (the state of) (goes, proceeds, attains)

• लक्षताम् (lakṣatām) - the state of being a hundred thousand (i.e., a vast multitude) (the state of a hundred thousand, multitude)

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly

• च (ca) - and, also

• एका (ekā) - one, a single

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• चित् (cit) - consciousness, intelligence, thought

• स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream, in sleep

• सेनात्वम् (senātvam) - the state of being an army, military nature

• उपगच्छति (upagacchati) - attains, approaches, undergoes

Words meanings and morphology

स्वप्नसंकल्पपुरयोः (svapnasaṁkalpapurayoḥ) - in the realms/states created by dreams and mental imagination (saṃkalpa) (in the cities of dream and imagination)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, dual of svapnasaṃkalpapura

svapnasaṁkalpapura - city/realm of dream and imagination

Compound type : dvandva-tatpurusha (svapna+saṃkalpa+pura)

• svapna – dream, sleep
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root svap.
  Root: svap (class 2)
• saṃkalpa – intention, resolve, imagination, mental conception
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root kḷp with prefix sam.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• pura – city, town, realm
  noun (neuter)

एकः (ekaḥ) - one, a single

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, a single, unique, alone

गच्छति (gacchati) - attains (the state of) (goes, proceeds, attains)

(verb)

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

present active

3rd person singular present indicative active

Root: gam (class 1)

लक्षताम् (lakṣatām) - the state of being a hundred thousand (i.e., a vast multitude) (the state of a hundred thousand, multitude)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of lakṣatā

lakṣatā - the state of being a lakṣa (100,000), a multitude

Noun formed from lakṣa (100,000) with suffix -tā (state of being).

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एका (ekā) - one, a single

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of eka

eka - one, a single, unique, alone

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

चित् (cit) - consciousness, intelligence, thought

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, intelligence, thought, mind

Root: cit (class 1)

स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream, in sleep

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - dream, sleep

Root: svap (class 2)

सेनात्वम् (senātvam) - the state of being an army, military nature

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of senātva

senātva - the state or quality of being an army

Noun formed from senā (army) with suffix -tva (abstract noun forming suffix).

Compound type : tatpurusha (senā+tva)

• senā – army, host, forces
  noun (feminine)
• tva – state, condition, -ness, -hood
  indeclinable (neuter)
  Suffix forming abstract nouns.

उपगच्छति (upagacchati) - attains, approaches, undergoes

(verb)

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

present active

3rd person singular present indicative active

Prefix: upa

Root: gam (class 1)

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