योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-29, verse-72

संकल्पेष्वद्भुतं भव्य स्वप्नमायेन्द्रजालकम् ।
यद्वत्संसृतयस्तद्बदृष्टेऽप्यास्था किमत्र वै ॥ ७२ ॥

saṃkalpeṣvadbhutaṃ bhavya svapnamāyendrajālakam ,
yadvatsaṃsṛtayastadbadṛṣṭe'pyāsthā kimatra vai 72

72. saṅkalpeṣu adbhutam bhavyam svapnamāyāindrajālakam
yadvat saṃsṛtayaḥ tadvat dṛṣṭe api āsthā kim atra vai

72. yadvat saṅkalpeṣu adbhutam bhavyam svapnamāyāindrajālakam tadvat saṃsṛtayaḥ [santi].
atra dṛṣṭe api kim āsthā vai?

72. Just as mental intentions (saṅkalpa), marvelous and grand, are like a dream, an illusion (māyā), or a magic show, similarly, regarding the perceived world (dṛṣṭa), which is likened to the cycles of rebirth (saṃsāra), what steadfast belief (āsthā) can there possibly be in it?

72. כשם שהדברים המופלאים והמרהיבים שנוצרים במחשבה, בחלום, מתוך מָאיָה (האשליה הקוסמית) או במעשה קסמים אינם אמיתיים, כך גם סבך הקיום התופעתי; אפילו כשרואים אותו, איזו אמונה או חשיבות יש לייחס לו?

Words meanings summery:

• सङ्कल्पेषु (saṅkalpeṣu) - in mental resolves, intentions, determinations

• अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - wonderful, astonishing, marvelous

• भव्यम् (bhavyam) - grand, magnificent, splendid, future

• स्वप्नमायाइन्द्रजालकम् (svapnamāyāindrajālakam) - like a dream, illusion (māyā), or magic show

• यद्वत् (yadvat) - just as, in the manner that

• संसृतयः (saṁsṛtayaḥ) - cycles of rebirth (saṃsāra), worldly existences

• तद्वत् (tadvat) - similarly, so too, in that manner

• दृष्टे (dṛṣṭe) - in the perceived world, in what is seen

• अपि (api) - even, also, though

• आस्था (āsthā) - faith, belief, reliance, confidence

• किम् (kim) - what? why?

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

• वै (vai) - indeed, surely (emphatic particle)

Words meanings and morphology

सङ्कल्पेषु (saṅkalpeṣu) - in mental resolves, intentions, determinations

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of saṅkalpa

saṅkalpa - intention, mental resolve, determination, volition

अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - wonderful, astonishing, marvelous

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of adbhuta

adbhuta - wonderful, astonishing, marvelous, extraordinary

भव्यम् (bhavyam) - grand, magnificent, splendid, future

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhavya

bhavya - grand, magnificent, splendid, noble, what is to be, future

स्वप्नमायाइन्द्रजालकम् (svapnamāyāindrajālakam) - like a dream, illusion (māyā), or magic show

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of svapnamāyāindrajālaka

svapnamāyāindrajālaka - a dream, an illusion (māyā), or a magic show/trick

Compound type : dvandva (svapna+māyā+indrajālaka)

• svapna – dream, sleep
  noun (masculine)
• māyā – illusion (māyā), magic, artifice
  noun (feminine)
• indrajālaka – magic trick, conjuring, illusion
  noun (neuter)

यद्वत् (yadvat) - just as, in the manner that

(indeclinable)

संसृतयः (saṁsṛtayaḥ) - cycles of rebirth (saṃsāra), worldly existences

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of saṃsṛti

saṁsṛti - transmigration, cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra), worldly existence, course of life

तद्वत् (tadvat) - similarly, so too, in that manner

(indeclinable)

दृष्टे (dṛṣṭe) - in the perceived world, in what is seen

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, perceived, observed; the visible world

Past Passive Participle

From verb root 'dṛś' (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

अपि (api) - even, also, though

(indeclinable)

आस्था (āsthā) - faith, belief, reliance, confidence

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āsthā

āsthā - faith, belief, reliance, confidence, stability, perseverance

किम् (kim) - what? why?

(indeclinable)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

(indeclinable)

वै (vai) - indeed, surely (emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

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