योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-103, verse-12

करोत्यृतुकरः कालो यथा रूपान्यथा तरोः ।
चित्तमेवं पदार्थानामेषामेवान्यतामिव ॥ १२ ॥

karotyṛtukaraḥ kālo yathā rūpānyathā taroḥ ,
cittamevaṃ padārthānāmeṣāmevānyatāmiva 12

12. karoti ṛtukaraḥ kālaḥ yathā rūpāni anyathā taroḥ
cittam evam padārthānām eṣām eva anyatām iva

12. yathā ṛtukaraḥ kālaḥ taroḥ rūpāni anyathā karoti
evam cittam eṣām padārthānām eva anyatām iva

12. Just as time, which creates the seasons, alters the forms of a tree, so too does consciousness (citta) modify the very nature of these objects, as it were.

Words meanings summery:

• करोति (karoti) - alters, changes (makes, does, creates)

• ऋतुकरः (ṛtukaraḥ) - which creates the seasons (creator of seasons, season-maker)

• कालः (kālaḥ) - time (time, season, opportune moment)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, like)

• रूपानि (rūpāni) - the forms (forms, shapes, appearances, beauties)

• अन्यथा (anyathā) - differently, alters (otherwise, differently, in another way)

• तरोः (taroḥ) - of a tree

• चित्तम् (cittam) - consciousness (citta) (mind, consciousness, thought)

• एवम् (evam) - so too (thus, so, similarly)

• पदार्थानाम् (padārthānām) - of these objects (of objects, of phenomena)

• एषाम् (eṣām) - of these (objects) (of these (masculine/neuter plural))

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

• अन्यताम् (anyatām) - the very nature (lit. 'otherness' or 'difference') (otherness, difference, a different state)

• इव (iva) - as it were (like, as, as if, as it were)

Words meanings and morphology

करोति (karoti) - alters, changes (makes, does, creates)

(verb)

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

present active

3rd person singular, present tense, active voice

Root: kṛ (class 8)

ऋतुकरः (ṛtukaraḥ) - which creates the seasons (creator of seasons, season-maker)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ṛtukara

ṛtukara - season-maker, creator of seasons

'ṛtu' (season) + 'kara' (maker/doer)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ṛtu+kara)

• ṛtu – season, fixed time
  noun (masculine)
• kara – making, doing, hand, ray
  noun/adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  From root 'kṛ' (to do/make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Qualifies 'kālaḥ'.

कालः (kālaḥ) - time (time, season, opportune moment)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, season, fixed time, death

Root: kal

Note: Subject of 'karoti'.

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, like)

(indeclinable)

रूपानि (rūpāni) - the forms (forms, shapes, appearances, beauties)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of rūpa

rūpa - form, shape, appearance, nature, beauty, image

Root: rūp

Note: Object of 'karoti'.

अन्यथा (anyathā) - differently, alters (otherwise, differently, in another way)

(indeclinable)

तरोः (taroḥ) - of a tree

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of taru

taru - tree, plant

Root: tṛ

चित्तम् (cittam) - consciousness (citta) (mind, consciousness, thought)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, thought, intellect, consciousness, heart

Past passive participle of root 'cit' (to perceive) used as a noun.

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Subject of the implied verb (karoti).

एवम् (evam) - so too (thus, so, similarly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects clauses.

पदार्थानाम् (padārthānām) - of these objects (of objects, of phenomena)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of padārtha

padārtha - object, thing, category, meaning of a word, phenomenon

'pada' (word/step) + 'artha' (meaning/purpose)

Note: Qualifies 'anyatām'.

एषाम् (eṣām) - of these (objects) (of these (masculine/neuter plural))

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, that, these

एव (eva) - very, indeed (indeed, just, only, very)

(indeclinable)

अन्यताम् (anyatām) - the very nature (lit. 'otherness' or 'difference') (otherness, difference, a different state)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of anyatā

anyatā - otherness, difference, diversity

Derived from 'anya' (other) + 'tā' (suffix for abstract noun).

Note: Object of implied 'karoti'.

इव (iva) - as it were (like, as, as if, as it were)

(indeclinable)

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