योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-72, verse-18

वेत्ति भावितमाकारं पश्यत्यनुभवत्यपि ।
संकल्पकात्मकं शून्यमेव देह इति स्थितम् ॥ १८ ॥

vetti bhāvitamākāraṃ paśyatyanubhavatyapi ,
saṃkalpakātmakaṃ śūnyameva deha iti sthitam 18

18. vetti bhāvitam ākāram paśyati anubhavati api
saṅkalpakātmakam śūnyam eva dehaḥ iti sthitam

18. bhāvitam ākāram vetti paśyati api anubhavati.
saṅkalpakātmakam śūnyam eva dehaḥ iti sthitam.

18. It perceives the imagined form, observing and experiencing it. This emptiness (śūnya), which is essentially volitional (saṅkalpa), is established as the body (deha).

Words meanings summery:

• वेत्ति (vetti) - perceives (knows, understands)

• भावितम् (bhāvitam) - imagined (conceived, imagined, manifested, caused to be)

• आकारम् (ākāram) - form (form, shape, appearance)

• पश्यति (paśyati) - observing (sees, perceives, observes)

• अनुभवति (anubhavati) - experiencing (experiences, perceives, undergoes)

• अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

• सङ्कल्पकात्मकम् (saṅkalpakātmakam) - essentially volitional (saṅkalpa) (of the nature of volition/intention)

• शून्यम् (śūnyam) - emptiness (śūnya) (empty, void, nothingness, space)

• एव (eva) - indeed (only, indeed, just)

• देहः (dehaḥ) - body (deha) (body, form)

• इति (iti) - thus (thus, so, in this manner, marking direct speech or concept)

• स्थितम् (sthitam) - is established (situated, stood, established, remained)

Words meanings and morphology

वेत्ति (vetti) - perceives (knows, understands)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Subject is the implied mind/consciousness from previous verses.

भावितम् (bhāvitam) - imagined (conceived, imagined, manifested, caused to be)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhāvita

bhāvita - conceived, imagined, manifested, made to exist

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of causative bhāvayati from root bhū.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Agreeing with ākāram.

आकारम् (ākāram) - form (form, shape, appearance)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ākāra

ākāra - form, shape, appearance, external aspect

Prefix: ā

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Direct object of vetti, paśyati, anubhavati.

पश्यति (paśyati) - observing (sees, perceives, observes)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

अनुभवति (anubhavati) - experiencing (experiences, perceives, undergoes)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of anubhū

Prefix: anu

Root: bhū (class 1)

अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

सङ्कल्पकात्मकम् (saṅkalpakātmakam) - essentially volitional (saṅkalpa) (of the nature of volition/intention)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṅkalpakātmaka

saṅkalpakātmaka - of the nature of the will/intention/resolve

Tatpuruṣa compound: saṅkalpaka (one who wills/intends) + ātmaka (having the nature of).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṅkalpaka+ātmaka)

• saṅkalpaka – one who wills/intends, volitional
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun from saṅkalpa.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• ātmaka – having the nature of, consisting of
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Agreeing with śūnyam.

शून्यम् (śūnyam) - emptiness (śūnya) (empty, void, nothingness, space)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śūnya

śūnya - empty, void, desolate, nothingness, zero

Note: Subject of sthitam.

एव (eva) - indeed (only, indeed, just)

(indeclinable)

देहः (dehaḥ) - body (deha) (body, form)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form, mass

Note: Used as a predicate noun, forming a part of the idiom iti sthitam.

इति (iti) - thus (thus, so, in this manner, marking direct speech or concept)

(indeclinable)

स्थितम् (sthitam) - is established (situated, stood, established, remained)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sthita

sthita - situated, standing, established, existing

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root sthā (to stand, to be).

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Functions predicatively. 'iti sthitam' indicates 'is established as'.

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