योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-110, verse-53

सुरत्वाद्दैत्यतामेत्य नागत्वान्नगतामपि ।
प्रतिभासवशाच्चित्तमापन्नं लवणो यथा ॥ ५३ ॥

suratvāddaityatāmetya nāgatvānnagatāmapi ,
pratibhāsavaśāccittamāpannaṃ lavaṇo yathā 53

53. suratvāt daityatām etya nāgatvāt nagatām api |
pratibhāsavaśāt cittam āpannam lavaṇaḥ yathā ||

53. yathā lavaṇaḥ,
(tathā) pratibhāsavaśāt cittam suratvāt daityatām etya,
nāgatvāt nagatām api āpannam.

53. Just as salt (lavaṇa) appears to change, so too the mind (citta), due to its perceptions (pratibhāsa), assumes different states: from divinity (suratva) to demonhood (daityatva), and even from being a serpent deity (nāgatva) to being an immobile mountain (nagatā).

Words meanings summery:

• सुरत्वात् (suratvāt) - from divinity (suratva) (from the state of a god, from divinity)

• दैत्यताम् (daityatām) - to demonhood (daityatva) (to the state of a demon, demonhood)

• एत्य (etya) - having assumed (having gone, having attained, having reached, having approached, having assumed)

• नागत्वात् (nāgatvāt) - from being a serpent deity (nāgatva) (from the state of being a nāga (serpent deity))

• नगताम् (nagatām) - to the state of an immobile mountain (nagatā) (to the state of a mountain, mountain-ness)

• अपि (api) - and even (also, even, too)

• प्रतिभासवशात् (pratibhāsavaśāt) - due to its perceptions (pratibhāsa) (due to appearance, owing to perception)

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

• आपन्नम् (āpannam) - assumes, falls into (these states) (attained, reached, fallen into, undergone)

• लवणः (lavaṇaḥ) - salt (lavaṇa) (as an example) (salt (masculine form))

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

Words meanings and morphology

सुरत्वात् (suratvāt) - from divinity (suratva) (from the state of a god, from divinity)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of suratva

suratva - state of being a god, divinity, godhood

Derived from sura (god) + -tva (abstract noun suffix)

Note: Indicates source or origin of transformation.

दैत्यताम् (daityatām) - to demonhood (daityatva) (to the state of a demon, demonhood)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of daityatā

daityatā - state of being a demon, demonhood

Derived from daitya (demon) + -tā (abstract noun suffix)

Note: Object of 'etya'.

एत्य (etya) - having assumed (having gone, having attained, having reached, having approached, having assumed)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

Absolutive form of verb root i (to go/approach/attain)

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Null for gender/number/case_name as it is an indeclinable participle.

नागत्वात् (nāgatvāt) - from being a serpent deity (nāgatva) (from the state of being a nāga (serpent deity))

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of nāgatva

nāgatva - state of being a nāga, serpentine nature

Derived from nāga (serpent/serpent deity) + -tva (abstract noun suffix)

Note: Indicates source or origin of transformation.

नगताम् (nagatām) - to the state of an immobile mountain (nagatā) (to the state of a mountain, mountain-ness)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nagatā

nagatā - state of being a mountain, mountain-ness

Derived from naga (mountain) + -tā (abstract noun suffix)

Note: Object of implied 'etya' or 'āpannam'.

अपि (api) - and even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

Note: Null for gender/number/case_name as it is an indeclinable particle.

प्रतिभासवशात् (pratibhāsavaśāt) - due to its perceptions (pratibhāsa) (due to appearance, owing to perception)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of pratibhāsavaśa

pratibhāsavaśa - due to appearance or perception

Compound formed from pratibhāsa and vaśa

Compound type : tatpurusha (pratibhāsa+vaśa)

• pratibhāsa – appearance, perception, manifestation, luster
  noun (masculine)
  From prati- + bhās (to shine)
  Prefix: prati
  Root: bhās (class 1)
• vaśa – will, control, power, influence; by means of, due to
  noun (masculine)

Note: Null for person/tense/lakara/voice as it is a noun.

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

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, consciousness, thought, intellect

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

आपन्नम् (āpannam) - assumes, falls into (these states) (attained, reached, fallen into, undergone)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āpanna

āpanna - attained, reached, fallen into, undergone, met with

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root ā-pad (to obtain, fall into)

Prefix: ā

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'cittam' (neuter singular nominative).

लवणः (lavaṇaḥ) - salt (lavaṇa) (as an example) (salt (masculine form))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lavaṇa

lavaṇa - salt; saline; charming, handsome

Note: Used as the subject of the comparison 'just like salt'.

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

(indeclinable)

Note: Null for gender/number/case_name as it is an indeclinable particle.