योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-12, verse-26

चिता विभाव्यमानानि तन्मात्राणि परस्परम् ।
स्वयं परिणतान्यन्तरम्बुनीव निरन्तरम् ॥ २६ ॥

citā vibhāvyamānāni tanmātrāṇi parasparam ,
svayaṃ pariṇatānyantarambunīva nirantaram 26

26. citā vibhāvyamānāni tanmātrāṇi parasparam
svayaṃ pariṇatāni antar ambunī iva nirantaram

26. yathā ambunī antaram nirantaram svayaṃ pariṇatāni (bhavataḥ),
tathā citā vibhāvyamānāni tanmātrāṇi parasparam svayaṃ pariṇatāni (bhavanti).

26. Just as water continually transforms itself internally, so too do the subtle elements (tanmātras), being mutually manifested by consciousness (cit), spontaneously and continuously transform themselves.

Words meanings summery:

• चिता (citā) - by the fundamental consciousness (cit) (by consciousness, by the mind)

• विभाव्यमानानि (vibhāvyamānāni) - being perceived, being manifested, being made clear

• तन्मात्राणि (tanmātrāṇi) - The five subtle elements (sound, touch, form, taste, smell) that are the objects of the senses. (subtle elements, rudiments of matter)

• परस्परम् (parasparam) - mutually, reciprocally, one another

• स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by itself, spontaneously

• परिणतानि (pariṇatāni) - transformed, evolved, ripened

• अन्तर् (antar) - within, internally, in the middle

• अम्बुनी (ambunī) - Used metaphorically to represent any liquid or substance undergoing transformation. (water (dual))

• इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

• निरन्तरम् (nirantaram) - continuously, without interval, uninterruptedly

Words meanings and morphology

चिता (citā) - by the fundamental consciousness (cit) (by consciousness, by the mind)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, spirit, mind, intelligence

विभाव्यमानानि (vibhāvyamānāni) - being perceived, being manifested, being made clear

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, plural of vibhāvyamāna

vibhāvyamāna - being manifested, being perceived, being made clear

Present Passive Participle

Derived from root `bhū` (to be, to become) with prefixes `vi` and `ā`, in causative form `bhāvaya`, then passive participle suffix `śānac` (`māna`).

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `tanmātrāṇi`.

तन्मात्राणि (tanmātrāṇi) - The five subtle elements (sound, touch, form, taste, smell) that are the objects of the senses. (subtle elements, rudiments of matter)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of tanmātra

tanmātra - subtle element, rudimentary matter, that much only

Compound `tad` (that) + `mātra` (only, element).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (tad+mātra)

• tad – that, those
  pronoun (neuter)
• mātra – measure, extent, element, only, merely
  noun (neuter)

परस्परम् (parasparam) - mutually, reciprocally, one another

(indeclinable)

Formed from `para` (other) and `aspara` (not other, i.e., mutual).

स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by itself, spontaneously

(indeclinable)

Accusative singular of `sva` (self) used adverbially.

परिणतानि (pariṇatāni) - transformed, evolved, ripened

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, plural of pariṇata

pariṇata - transformed, evolved, ripened, matured

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root `ṇam` (to bend, incline) with prefix `pari`, then past passive participle suffix `kta` (`ta`). `ṇam` becomes `ṇata`.

Prefix: pari

Root: ṇam (nam) (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `tanmātrāṇi`.

अन्तर् (antar) - within, internally, in the middle

(indeclinable)

From root `an` (to breathe) or related to `anta` (end).

अम्बुनी (ambunī) - Used metaphorically to represent any liquid or substance undergoing transformation. (water (dual))

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of ambu

ambu - water

Note: The dual form is unusual in this context and may indicate a poetic license or specific implied referents, or simply a generic reference to water in its two states (e.g., liquid and vapor) undergoing transformation.

इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

(indeclinable)

निरन्तरम् (nirantaram) - continuously, without interval, uninterruptedly

(indeclinable)

Compound `nis` (without) + `antara` (interval). Used adverbially here.

Compound type : avyayībhāva (nis+antara)

• nis – out, forth, without, free from
  prefix
• antara – interval, interior, difference, another
  noun (neuter)

Note: Functions as an adverb modifying `pariṇatāni`.