योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-34, verse-4

अहं ब्रह्म जगच्चेति शब्दसंभ्रमविभ्रमः ।
सर्वस्मिञ्छान्त आकाशे केन नामोपकल्पितः ॥ ४ ॥

ahaṃ brahma jagacceti śabdasaṃbhramavibhramaḥ ,
sarvasmiñchānta ākāśe kena nāmopakalpitaḥ 4

4. aham brahma jagat ca iti śabda-saṃbhrama-vibhramaḥ
sarvasmin śānte ākāśe kena nāma upakalpitaḥ

4. aham brahma jagat ca iti śabda-saṃbhrama-vibhramaḥ
kena nāma sarvasmin śānte ākāśe upakalpitaḥ

4. The concepts 'I', 'the world', and 'the ultimate reality (brahman)' are merely a bewildering illusion created by words. In the entirely peaceful space (ākāśa), by whom indeed could such an illusion have been conceived?

Words meanings summery:

• अहम् (aham) - I, ego

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - the ultimate reality (brahman) (Brahman, the Absolute, the ultimate reality)

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

• च (ca) - and, also

• इति (iti) - thus, so, as follows (marks quotation)

• शब्द-संभ्रम-विभ्रमः (śabda-saṁbhrama-vibhramaḥ) - illusion of verbal bewilderment, delusion of word-confusion

• सर्वस्मिन् (sarvasmin) - in all, in everything

• शान्ते (śānte) - peaceful, calm, tranquil

• आकाशे (ākāśe) - in the entirely peaceful space (ākāśa) (in space, in ether, in sky)

• केन (kena) - by whom, by what

• नाम (nāma) - indeed, by name, as it were

• उपकल्पितः (upakalpitaḥ) - conceived, arranged, created

Words meanings and morphology

अहम् (aham) - I, ego

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, ego

ब्रह्म (brahma) - the ultimate reality (brahman) (Brahman, the Absolute, the ultimate reality)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman, the Absolute, the ultimate reality, sacred word, the Veda

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, alive

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of root 'gam'.

Root: gam (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - thus, so, as follows (marks quotation)

(indeclinable)

Note: Marks the preceding words as a concept or quotation.

शब्द-संभ्रम-विभ्रमः (śabda-saṁbhrama-vibhramaḥ) - illusion of verbal bewilderment, delusion of word-confusion

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śabda-saṃbhrama-vibhrama

śabda-saṁbhrama-vibhrama - illusion due to confusion of words

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śabda+saṃbhrama+vibhrama)

• śabda – word, sound
  noun (masculine)
• saṃbhrama – confusion, agitation, bewilderment
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'bhram' with prefix 'sam-'.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: bhram (class 1)
• vibhrama – error, delusion, illusion, confusion
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'bhram' with prefix 'vi-'.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: bhram (class 1)

सर्वस्मिन् (sarvasmin) - in all, in everything

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Agrees with 'ākāśe'.

शान्ते (śānte) - peaceful, calm, tranquil

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of śānta

śānta - peaceful, calm, tranquil, pacified

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root 'śam'.

Root: śam (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'ākāśe'.

आकाशे (ākāśe) - in the entirely peaceful space (ākāśa) (in space, in ether, in sky)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - space, ether, sky, vacuity, the universal substratum of sound

केन (kena) - by whom, by what

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

नाम (nāma) - indeed, by name, as it were

(indeclinable)

Note: An emphatic particle.

उपकल्पितः (upakalpitaḥ) - conceived, arranged, created

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of upakalpita

upakalpita - conceived, arranged, constructed, created, imagined

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root 'kḷp' with prefix 'upa-'.

Prefix: upa

Root: kḷp (class 1)