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).

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'.