योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-97, verse-14

अयं लोकः परश्चास्ति स्नानाग्न्यादि च नेतरत् ।
एतदेतादृशं सत्यं विद्धि भावितभावनम् ॥ १४ ॥

ayaṃ lokaḥ paraścāsti snānāgnyādi ca netarat ,
etadetādṛśaṃ satyaṃ viddhi bhāvitabhāvanam 14

14. ayam lokaḥ paraḥ ca asti snāna-agni-ādi ca na
itarat etad etādṛśam satyam viddhi bhāvita-bhāvanam

14. viddhi etad etādṛśam satyam bhāvita-bhāvanam (yad) ayam
lokaḥ ca paraḥ asti (yad) snāna-agni-ādi ca na itarat

14. Know that this kind of truth — that this world and the other world exist, and that ritualistic actions like bathing, fire, and so on are not distinct — is established by mental conception.

Words meanings summery:

• अयम् (ayam) - this

• लोकः (lokaḥ) - world, realm

• परः (paraḥ) - other, next, supreme

• च (ca) - and, also

• अस्ति (asti) - exists, is

• स्नान-अग्नि-आदि (snāna-agni-ādi) - bathing, fire, and so on (rituals)

• च (ca) - and, also

• न (na) - not

• इतरत् (itarat) - other, different

• एतद् (etad) - this

• एतादृशम् (etādṛśam) - such, of this kind

• सत्यम् (satyam) - truth, reality

• विद्धि (viddhi) - know, understand

• भावित-भावनम् (bhāvita-bhāvanam) - that which is formed or established by thought/conception

Words meanings and morphology

अयम् (ayam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

लोकः (lokaḥ) - world, realm

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people, space

परः (paraḥ) - other, next, supreme

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of para

para - other, another, next, subsequent, supreme, highest

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - exists, is

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

स्नान-अग्नि-आदि (snāna-agni-ādi) - bathing, fire, and so on (rituals)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of snāna-agni-ādi

snāna-agni-ādi - beginning with bathing and fire, etc.; practices like bathing and fire rituals

Compound type : dvandva (snāna+agni+ādi)

• snāna – bathing, purification
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  Derived from root snā (to bathe)
  Root: snā (class 2)
• agni – fire, god of fire
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etc.
  indeclinable

Note: It functions as a singular noun here.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

इतरत् (itarat) - other, different

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of itara

itara - other, different, distinct

एतद् (etad) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

एतादृशम् (etādṛśam) - such, of this kind

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etādṛśa

etādṛśa - such, of this kind, like this

सत्यम् (satyam) - truth, reality

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality, true, real

Note: Can also be accusative, but nominative fits the sentence structure with viddhi.

विद्धि (viddhi) - know, understand

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Anomalous imperative form for 'vid'.

भावित-भावनम् (bhāvita-bhāvanam) - that which is formed or established by thought/conception

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhāvita-bhāvana

bhāvita-bhāvana - that whose existence is established by contemplation/thought, conceived by thought, formed by mental activity

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhāvita+bhāvana)

• bhāvita – caused to be, cultivated, conceived, produced, established
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the causative of root bhū (to be), bhāvayati
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• bhāvana – act of causing to be, production, conception, contemplation, thought, imagination
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  Derived from the causative of root bhū (to be), bhāvayati
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Functions as a predicate noun/adjective describing 'satyam'.

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