योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-94, verse-48

भवन्मनो यथाकाशपुरं पश्यति कल्पितम् ।
तथा मनोविरञ्चित्वं पश्यत्यात्मनि कल्पितम् ॥ ४८ ॥

bhavanmano yathākāśapuraṃ paśyati kalpitam ,
tathā manovirañcitvaṃ paśyatyātmani kalpitam 48

48. bhavat manaḥ yathā ākāśapuram paśyati kalpitam |
tathā manaḥ-virañcitvam paśyati ātmani kalpitam ||

48. yathā bhavat manaḥ ākāśapuram kalpitam paśyati,
tathā manaḥ-virañcitvam ātmani kalpitam paśyati.

48. Just as your mind perceives an imagined city in the sky (ākāśa-pura), similarly, it perceives its own state of being Brahmā (virañcitvam) as something conjured within the Self (ātman).

48. כשם שהחשיבה שלך רואה עיר מדומיינת בשמיים, כך החשיבה הקוסמית רואה בתוכה את מצב היותו של בְּרַהְמָא הבורא כהזיה מדומיינת.

Words meanings summery:

• भवत् (bhavat) - your, belonging to you, being

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, heart, consciousness

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to, in which way

• आकाशपुरम् (ākāśapuram) - city in the sky, phantom city, imaginary city

• पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, perceives, beholds

• कल्पितम् (kalpitam) - imagined, fabricated, created, conjured, artificial

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, similarly, in that manner

• मनः-विरञ्चित्वम् (manaḥ-virañcitvam) - the state of the mind being Brahmā, the mind's Brahmā-nature

• पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, perceives, beholds

• आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the Self, in oneself, in the soul

• कल्पितम् (kalpitam) - imagined, fabricated, created, conjured, artificial

Words meanings and morphology

भवत् (bhavat) - your, belonging to you, being

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhavat

bhavat - being, existent, present; your, venerable

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root √bhū (to be, to become) with the suffix -at.

Root: bhū (class 1)

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, heart, consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, heart, spirit

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to, in which way

(indeclinable)

आकाशपुरम् (ākāśapuram) - city in the sky, phantom city, imaginary city

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ākāśapura

ākāśapura - city in the sky, phantom city

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ākāśa+pura)

• ākāśa – sky, space, ether
  noun (masculine)
• pura – city, town, citadel
  noun (neuter)

पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, perceives, beholds

(verb)

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

Present Indicative

Root √dṛś, 1st conjugation, present stem paśya-.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

कल्पितम् (kalpitam) - imagined, fabricated, created, conjured, artificial

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kalpita

kalpita - imagined, fabricated, created, conjured, arranged

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √kḷp (to arrange, to make, to imagine) with the suffix -ta.

Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'ākāśapuram'.

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, similarly, in that manner

(indeclinable)

मनः-विरञ्चित्वम् (manaḥ-virañcitvam) - the state of the mind being Brahmā, the mind's Brahmā-nature

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of manovirañcitva

manovirañcitva - the state of the mind being Brahmā, the mind's Brahmā-nature

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (manas+virañcitva)

• manas – mind, intellect, heart
  noun (neuter)
• virañcitva – the state of being Brahmā, Brahmā-ness
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from 'virañci' (a name for Brahmā) with the suffix '-tva' indicating an abstract quality or state.

पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, perceives, beholds

(verb)

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

Present Indicative

Root √dṛś, 1st conjugation, present stem paśya-.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the Self, in oneself, in the soul

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - Self, soul, spirit, essence

कल्पितम् (kalpitam) - imagined, fabricated, created, conjured, artificial

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kalpita

kalpita - imagined, fabricated, created, conjured, arranged

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √kḷp (to arrange, to make, to imagine) with the suffix -ta.

Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'manaḥ-virañcitvam'.

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