योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-96, verse-9

चिदेव शैलवद्भाति यथा स्वप्ने निरामया ।
तथा ब्रह्म निराकारं सर्गवद्भाति नेतरत् ॥ ९ ॥

cideva śailavadbhāti yathā svapne nirāmayā ,
tathā brahma nirākāraṃ sargavadbhāti netarat 9

9. citiḥ eva śaila-vat bhāti yathā svapne nirāmayā
tathā brahma nirākāram sarga-vat bhāti na itarat

9. yathā nirāmayā citiḥ eva svapne śaila-vat bhāti,
tathā nirākāram brahma sarga-vat bhāti,
itarat na.

9. Just as in a dream, consciousness (citi) alone appears like a mountain, though it is not truly real, similarly the formless Brahman (brahman) appears as creation, and not as anything other than itself.

9. כשם שבחלום התודעה הטהורה נראית כהר, כך בְּרַהְמַן חסר הצורה נראה כבריאה, ותו לא.

Words meanings summery:

• चितिः (citiḥ) - consciousness, thought, intelligence, understanding

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

• शैल-वत् (śaila-vat) - like a mountain, mountain-like

• भाति (bhāti) - appears, shines, seems

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

• स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream, in sleep

• निरामया (nirāmayā) - untouched by empirical reality, illusory (qualifying citiḥ) (free from illness, healthy, pure, flawless)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman (the ultimate reality), sacred word, prayer

• निराकारम् (nirākāram) - formless, incorporeal, without shape

• सर्ग-वत् (sarga-vat) - like creation, resembling creation

• भाति (bhāti) - appears, shines, seems

• न (na) - not, no

• इतरत् (itarat) - other, another, different

Words meanings and morphology

चितिः (citiḥ) - consciousness, thought, intelligence, understanding

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of citi

citi - consciousness, thought, intelligence, understanding

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, alone

(indeclinable)

शैल-वत् (śaila-vat) - like a mountain, mountain-like

(indeclinable)

Formed from the noun śaila (mountain) and the suffix -vat (indicating resemblance or possession).

भाति (bhāti) - appears, shines, seems

(verb)

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

Root: bhā (class 2)

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

(indeclinable)

स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream, in sleep

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - dream, sleep

Root: svap (class 2)

निरामया (nirāmayā) - untouched by empirical reality, illusory (qualifying citiḥ) (free from illness, healthy, pure, flawless)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nirāmaya

nirāmaya - free from illness, healthy, pure, flawless

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+āmaya)

• nis – without, out, away
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating negation or absence.
• āmaya – disease, illness, suffering
  noun (masculine)
  Root: am (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

(indeclinable)

ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman (the ultimate reality), sacred word, prayer

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman (the ultimate reality), sacred word, prayer, the Vedas

निराकारम् (nirākāram) - formless, incorporeal, without shape

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nirākāra

nirākāra - formless, incorporeal, without shape

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+ākāra)

• nis – without, out, away
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating negation or absence.
• ākāra – form, shape, appearance, figure
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

सर्ग-वत् (sarga-vat) - like creation, resembling creation

(indeclinable)

Formed from the noun sarga (creation) and the suffix -vat (indicating resemblance or possession).

भाति (bhāti) - appears, shines, seems

(verb)

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

Root: bhā (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

इतरत् (itarat) - other, another, different

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of itara

itara - other, another, different

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