योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-54, verse-31

देशाद्देशान्तरप्राप्तौ क्षणान्मध्ये विदो वपुः ।
यत्तज्जगदितीवेदं व्योमात्मनि व्यवस्थितम् ॥ ३१ ॥

deśāddeśāntaraprāptau kṣaṇānmadhye vido vapuḥ ,
yattajjagaditīvedaṃ vyomātmani vyavasthitam 31

31. deśāt deśāntaraprāptau kṣaṇāt madhye vidaḥ vapuḥ |
yat tat jagat iti iva idam vyomātmani vyavasthitam ||

31. vidaḥ vapuḥ deśāt deśāntaraprāptau kṣaṇāt madhye
yat tat idam jagat iti iva vyomātmani vyavasthitam

31. Just as the body of a conscious being (vid) appears instantly upon moving from one place to another, so too is this entire universe (jagat) established within the Self (ātman), which is like space, as if it were identical to it.

Words meanings summery:

• देशात् (deśāt) - from a country, from a place, from a region

• देशान्तरप्राप्तौ (deśāntaraprāptau) - upon reaching another place, upon obtaining another region

• क्षणात् (kṣaṇāt) - from a moment, instantly, in a moment

• मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle, amidst, within

• विदः (vidaḥ) - of the knower, of consciousness, of the wise one

• वपुः (vapuḥ) - body, form, subtle body

• यत् (yat) - which, what, that

• तत् (tat) - that

• जगत् (jagat) - the phenomenal universe (the universe, the world, that which moves)

• इति (iti) - thus, so, as

• इव (iva) - as if, like, similar to

• इदम् (idam) - this

• व्योमात्मनि (vyomātmani) - in the space-like Self, in the Self which is space

• व्यवस्थितम् (vyavasthitam) - established, situated, fixed

Words meanings and morphology

देशात् (deśāt) - from a country, from a place, from a region

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of deśa

deśa - place, country, region

देशान्तरप्राप्तौ (deśāntaraprāptau) - upon reaching another place, upon obtaining another region

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of deśāntaraprāpti

deśāntaraprāpti - attainment of another place

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deśa+antara+prāpti)

• deśa – place, country
  noun (masculine)
• antara – other, another
  adjective (neuter)
• prāpti – attainment, acquisition
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'āp' with prefix 'pra'
  Prefix: pra
  Root: āp

क्षणात् (kṣaṇāt) - from a moment, instantly, in a moment

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kṣaṇa

kṣaṇa - moment, instant

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'instantly'.

मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle, amidst, within

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of madhya

madhya - middle, center

विदः (vidaḥ) - of the knower, of consciousness, of the wise one

(noun)

Genitive, singular of vit

vit - knower, wise one, consciousness

Root: vid

वपुः (vapuḥ) - body, form, subtle body

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vapus

vapus - body, form, beautiful form

यत् (yat) - which, what, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, that (relative pronoun)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that (demonstrative pronoun)

जगत् (jagat) - the phenomenal universe (the universe, the world, that which moves)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving

Present Active Participle

From root 'gam' (to go, move) with suffix 'śatṛ'.

Root: gam

इति (iti) - thus, so, as

(indeclinable)

इव (iva) - as if, like, similar to

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this (demonstrative pronoun)

व्योमात्मनि (vyomātmani) - in the space-like Self, in the Self which is space

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vyomātman

vyomātman - space-self, the Self as space

Compound type : karmadhāraya (vyoman+ātman)

• vyoman – sky, space, ether
  noun (neuter)
• ātman – Self, soul, essence
  noun (masculine)

व्यवस्थितम् (vyavasthitam) - established, situated, fixed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vyavasthita

vyavasthita - established, standing, arranged

Past Passive Participle

From root 'sthā' (to stand) with prefixes 'vi' and 'ava'.

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: sthā