योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-211, verse-24

यथा संकल्पनगरं शून्यमेव पुरं स्थितम् ।
साकारमप्यनाकारं ब्रह्मणीदं तथा जगत् ॥ २४ ॥

yathā saṃkalpanagaraṃ śūnyameva puraṃ sthitam ,
sākāramapyanākāraṃ brahmaṇīdaṃ tathā jagat 24

24. yathā saṅkalpanagaram śūnyam eva puram sthitam
sākāram api anākāram brahmaṇi idam tathā jagat

24. yathā saṅkalpanagaram puram śūnyam eva sthitam,
tathā idam jagat brahmaṇi sākāram api anākāram [ast]

24. Just as an imagined city (saṅkalpanagara) exists merely as an empty city (pura), so too is this world (jagat) in Brahman (brahman) both with form and formless.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• सङ्कल्पनगरम् (saṅkalpanagaram) - imagined city, city of thought

• शून्यम् (śūnyam) - empty, void

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

• पुरम् (puram) - city, town

• स्थितम् (sthitam) - standing, situated, existing

• साकारम् (sākāram) - with form, embodied

• अपि (api) - also, even

• अनाकारम् (anākāram) - formless, without form

• ब्रह्मणि (brahmaṇi) - in Brahman

• इदम् (idam) - this

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so too

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

सङ्कल्पनगरम् (saṅkalpanagaram) - imagined city, city of thought

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṅkalpanagara

saṅkalpanagara - a city formed by imagination/thought

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṅkalpa+nagara)

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

शून्यम् (śūnyam) - empty, void

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śūnya

śūnya - empty, void, non-existent

Past Passive Participle of śū- to swell, but usually understood as 'empty'

Root: śū

Note: Agrees with puram.

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

(indeclinable)

पुरम् (puram) - city, town

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pura

pura - city, fortress, town

स्थितम् (sthitam) - standing, situated, existing

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sthita

sthita - standing, remaining, situated, existing

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sthā (to stand).

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with puram.

साकारम् (sākāram) - with form, embodied

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sākāra

sākāra - having form, endowed with shape

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+ākāra)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• ākāra – form, shape, appearance
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ

Note: Agrees with jagat.

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

अनाकारम् (anākāram) - formless, without form

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anākāra

anākāra - formless, without shape

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (an+ākāra)

• an – not, non-
  indeclinable
• ākāra – form, shape, appearance
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ

Note: Agrees with jagat.

ब्रह्मणि (brahmaṇi) - in Brahman

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - the ultimate reality, the absolute

Root: bṛh

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here

Note: Refers to jagat.

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so too

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlative to yathā.

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving

Present Active Participle

Derived from root gam (to go, to move).

Root: gam (class 1)