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?

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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