योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-57, verse-22

यथा स्वप्नपुरं जन्तोश्चिन्मात्रप्रविजृम्भितम् ।
तथैव सर्गः सर्गादौ शुद्धचिन्मात्रजृम्भितम् ॥ २२ ॥

yathā svapnapuraṃ jantościnmātrapravijṛmbhitam ,
tathaiva sargaḥ sargādau śuddhacinmātrajṛmbhitam 22

22. yathā svapna-puram jantoḥ cit-mātra-pra-vi-jṛmbhitam
tathā eva sargaḥ sarga-ādau śuddha-cit-mātra-jṛmbhitam

22. yathā jantoḥ svapna-puram cit-mātra-pra-vi-jṛmbhitam,
tathā eva sarga-ādau sargaḥ śuddha-cit-mātra-jṛmbhitam.

22. Just as a dream-city for a living being is merely an expansion of consciousness, so too is creation (sarga) at the very beginning of creation merely an expansion of pure consciousness.

22. כשם שעיר בחלום של יצור חי אינה אלא התגלות של תודעה טהורה בלבד, כך גם הבריאה בראשיתה אינה אלא התרחבות של תודעה זכה וטהורה בלבד.

Words meanings summery:

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

• स्वप्न-पुरम् (svapna-puram) - dream city

• जन्तोः (jantoḥ) - of a living being, of a creature

• चित्-मात्र-प्र-वि-जृम्भितम् (cit-mātra-pra-vi-jṛmbhitam) - merely an expansion of consciousness

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• सर्गः (sargaḥ) - creation (sarga) (creation, emanation, world)

• सर्ग-आदौ (sarga-ādau) - at the beginning of creation

• शुद्ध-चित्-मात्र-जृम्भितम् (śuddha-cit-mātra-jṛmbhitam) - merely an expansion of pure consciousness

Words meanings and morphology

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

(indeclinable)

स्वप्न-पुरम् (svapna-puram) - dream city

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of svapna-pura

svapna-pura - dream city

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svapna+pura)

• svapna – sleep, dream
  noun (masculine)
  Root: svap (class 2)
• pura – city, town, fortress
  noun (neuter)

जन्तोः (jantoḥ) - of a living being, of a creature

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jantu

jantu - living being, creature, man, person

Root: jan (class 4)

चित्-मात्र-प्र-वि-जृम्भितम् (cit-mātra-pra-vi-jṛmbhitam) - merely an expansion of consciousness

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cit-mātra-pra-vi-jṛmbhita

cit-mātra-pra-vi-jṛmbhita - merely/only an expansion of consciousness, manifested only as consciousness

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cit+mātra+pravijṛmbhita)

• cit – consciousness, thought, intelligence
  noun (feminine)
• mātra – only, merely, nothing but
  indeclinable
• pravijṛmbhita – fully expanded, widely manifested, bloomed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root jṛmbh (to yawn, expand) with prefixes pra- and vi-.
  Prefixes: pra+vi
  Root: jṛmbh (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

सर्गः (sargaḥ) - creation (sarga) (creation, emanation, world)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarga

sarga - creation, emanation, world, universe, chapter, section

Root: sṛj (class 6)

सर्ग-आदौ (sarga-ādau) - at the beginning of creation

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of sarga-ādi

sarga-ādi - beginning of creation

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarga+ādi)

• sarga – creation, emanation, world, universe
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sṛj (class 6)
• ādi – beginning, commencement, first
  noun (masculine)

शुद्ध-चित्-मात्र-जृम्भितम् (śuddha-cit-mātra-jṛmbhitam) - merely an expansion of pure consciousness

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śuddha-cit-mātra-jṛmbhita

śuddha-cit-mātra-jṛmbhita - merely/only an expansion of pure consciousness, manifested only as pure consciousness

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śuddha+cit+mātra+jṛmbhita)

• śuddha – pure, clean, clear, spotless
  adjective
  Root: śudh (class 4)
• cit – consciousness, thought, intelligence
  noun (feminine)
• mātra – only, merely, nothing but
  indeclinable
• jṛmbhita – expanded, manifested, bloomed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root jṛmbh (to yawn, expand) + -ta suffix.
  Root: jṛmbh (class 1)

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