योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-1, verse-30

यत्र तत्र स्थिते यद्वद्दर्पणे प्रतिबिम्बति ।
अद्यब्ध्युर्वीनदीवारि चिदादर्शे तथैव हि ॥ ३० ॥

yatra tatra sthite yadvaddarpaṇe pratibimbati ,
adyabdhyurvīnadīvāri cidādarśe tathaiva hi 30

30. yatra tatra sthite yat vat darpaṇe pratibimbati
adyābdhyurvīnadīvāri cit ādarśe tathā eva hi

30. yatra tatra sthite adyābdhyurvīnadīvāri darpaṇe yat vat pratibimbati,
tathā eva hi cit ādarśe (pratibimbati).

30. Just as the water of oceans, lands, and rivers, wherever it may be, reflects in a mirror, similarly, it reflects in the mirror of consciousness (cit).

Words meanings summery:

• यत्र (yatra) - where, wherever

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• स्थिते (sthite) - wherever it is located (situated, located, standing)

• यत् (yat) - which, what

• वत् (vat) - like, as, in the manner of

• दर्पणे (darpaṇe) - in a mirror

• प्रतिबिम्बति (pratibimbati) - reflects, mirrors

• अद्याब्ध्युर्वीनदीवारि (adyābdhyurvīnadīvāri) - the water of oceans, earth, and rivers (now)

• चित् (cit) - consciousness

• आदर्शे (ādarśe) - in the mirror

• तथा (tathā) - thus, in that manner

• एव (eva) - indeed, precisely

• हि (hi) - surely, indeed

Words meanings and morphology

यत्र (yatra) - where, wherever

(indeclinable)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

स्थिते (sthite) - wherever it is located (situated, located, standing)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of sthita

sthita - stood, standing, situated, existing, firm

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sthā with suffix -ta

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Refers to the 'water' (vāri) implicitly.

यत् (yat) - which, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

वत् (vat) - like, as, in the manner of

(indeclinable)

Note: An adverbial suffix indicating comparison.

दर्पणे (darpaṇe) - in a mirror

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of darpaṇa

darpaṇa - mirror, looking-glass

प्रतिबिम्बति (pratibimbati) - reflects, mirrors

(verb)

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

Prefix: prati

Root: bimb (class 1)

अद्याब्ध्युर्वीनदीवारि (adyābdhyurvīnadīvāri) - the water of oceans, earth, and rivers (now)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of adyābdhyurvīnadīvāri

adyābdhyurvīnadīvāri - the water (vāri) of oceans (abdhi), earth (urvī), and rivers (nadī) that is (now/today - adya)

Compound type : karmadhāraya-dvandva-tatpuruṣa (adya+abdhi+urvī+nadī+vāri)

• adya – today, now, at present
  indeclinable
• abdhi – ocean, sea (literally 'water-receptacle')
  noun (masculine)
• urvī – earth, land
  noun (feminine)
• nadī – river
  noun (feminine)
• vāri – water
  noun (neuter)

चित् (cit) - consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, thought, spirit

Note: Here treated as the first member of a compound 'cit-ādarśe' which is external sandhi cidādareśe.

आदर्शे (ādarśe) - in the mirror

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ādarśa

ādarśa - mirror, reflection, model

तथा (tathā) - thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, precisely

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - surely, indeed

(indeclinable)