योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-34, verse-42

निजसंकल्पमात्रात्मा निजसंकल्पनात्क्षयी ।
द्वैताद्वैतविकारोऽयं संकल्पनगरं यथा ॥ ४२ ॥

nijasaṃkalpamātrātmā nijasaṃkalpanātkṣayī ,
dvaitādvaitavikāro'yaṃ saṃkalpanagaraṃ yathā 42

42. nija-saṃkalpa-mātra-ātmā nija-saṃkalpanāt kṣayī
dvaita-advaita-vikāraḥ ayam saṃkalpa-nagaram yathā

42. ayam dvaita-advaita-vikāraḥ saṃkalpa-nagaram yathā (asti,
tadvat) nija-saṃkalpa-mātra-ātmā nija-saṃkalpanāt kṣayī (bhavati).

42. The (empirical) self (ātman) is merely a product of one's own volitional thought (saṃkalpa-mātra). It (the self) is subject to decay (kṣayī) due to one's own volitional thought (saṃkalpanāt). This modification (vikāra), encompassing both duality (dvaita) and non-duality (advaita), is like a city created by imagination or volitional thought (saṃkalpa-nagara).

Words meanings summery:

• निज-संकल्प-मात्र-आत्मा (nija-saṁkalpa-mātra-ātmā) - the empirical self, defined solely by personal volitional thought (the self that is merely one's own volition/intention)

• निज-संकल्पनात् (nija-saṁkalpanāt) - from one's own volitional thought, due to one's own resolve

• क्षयी (kṣayī) - perishable, decaying, diminishing

• द्वैत-अद्वैत-विकारः (dvaita-advaita-vikāraḥ) - the modification of duality and non-duality

• अयम् (ayam) - this, this one

• संकल्प-नगरम् (saṁkalpa-nagaram) - a city of imagination/volition

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

Words meanings and morphology

निज-संकल्प-मात्र-आत्मा (nija-saṁkalpa-mātra-ātmā) - the empirical self, defined solely by personal volitional thought (the self that is merely one's own volition/intention)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nija-saṃkalpa-mātra-ātman

nija-saṁkalpa-mātra-ātman - the self as merely one's own intention/volition

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nija+saṃkalpa+mātra+ātman)

• nija – one's own, inherent, native
  adjective (masculine)
• saṃkalpa – volitional thought, intention, resolve, conception (saṃkalpa)
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp
• mātra – merely, only, consisting of
  indeclinable (neuter)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

निज-संकल्पनात् (nija-saṁkalpanāt) - from one's own volitional thought, due to one's own resolve

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of nija-saṃkalpana

nija-saṁkalpana - one's own volitional thought/resolve

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nija+saṃkalpana)

• nija – one's own, inherent, native
  adjective (masculine)
• saṃkalpana – volitional thinking, conceiving, resolution (saṃkalpa)
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp

क्षयी (kṣayī) - perishable, decaying, diminishing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣayin

kṣayin - perishing, decaying, diminishing, mortal

derived with suffix -in

Root: kṣi

द्वैत-अद्वैत-विकारः (dvaita-advaita-vikāraḥ) - the modification of duality and non-duality

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dvaita-advaita-vikāra

dvaita-advaita-vikāra - modification encompassing duality and non-duality

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvaita+advaita+vikāra)

• dvaita – duality, dualism
  noun (neuter)
• advaita – non-duality, monism (advaita)
  noun (neuter)
• vikāra – change, transformation, modification, alteration
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: kṛ

अयम् (ayam) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

संकल्प-नगरम् (saṁkalpa-nagaram) - a city of imagination/volition

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṃkalpa-nagara

saṁkalpa-nagara - a city of volitional thought, a conceptual city

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃkalpa+nagara)

• saṃkalpa – volitional thought, intention, resolve, conception (saṃkalpa)
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp
• nagara – city, town
  noun (neuter)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

(indeclinable)

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