योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-13, verse-19

अणुतेजःकणोऽस्मीति स्वयं चेतति चिन्तया ।
यत्तदेवोच्छूनमिव भावयत्यात्मनाम्बरे ॥ १९ ॥

aṇutejaḥkaṇo'smīti svayaṃ cetati cintayā ,
yattadevocchūnamiva bhāvayatyātmanāmbare 19

19. aṇutejaḥkaṇaḥ asmi iti svayam cetati cintayā | yat
tat eva ucchūnam iva bhāvayati ātmanā ambare ||

19. svayam cintayā aṇutejaḥkaṇaḥ asmi iti cetati.
yat tat eva ātmanā ambare ucchūnam iva bhāvayati.

19. Through thinking (cintā), it (the individual consciousness) becomes conscious of itself, saying 'I am a minute particle of energy.' That very consciousness then, by its own self (ātmanā), imagines itself as if swollen or expanded within space.

Words meanings summery:

• अणुतेजःकणः (aṇutejaḥkaṇaḥ) - a minute particle of light or energy (a particle of atomic light/energy)

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• इति (iti) - (quoting particle for the thought) (thus, so, which means, quoting particle)

• स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself (the jīvākāśa) (oneself, by oneself, spontaneously)

• चेतति (cetati) - becomes conscious, perceives (perceives, is conscious, thinks)

• चिन्तया (cintayā) - by means of thought (by thought, by thinking, through reflection)

• यत् (yat) - that which (referring to the jīvākāśa or the state described) (which, what, that)

• तत् (tat) - that (very thing, referring back to the jīvākāśa) (that)

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

• उच्छूनम् (ucchūnam) - as if swollen or expanded (swollen, expanded, inflated)

• इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

• भावयति (bhāvayati) - imagines, creates in thought (causes to be, imagines, conceives, cultivates)

• आत्मना (ātmanā) - by its own self, by its own agency (by the self, by oneself, by the soul)

• अम्बरे (ambare) - within space (in space, in the sky, in the ether)

Words meanings and morphology

अणुतेजःकणः (aṇutejaḥkaṇaḥ) - a minute particle of light or energy (a particle of atomic light/energy)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṇutejaḥkaṇa

aṇutejaḥkaṇa - particle of atomic light/energy, atom of subtle essence

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aṇu+tejas+kaṇa)

• aṇu – minute, atomic, subtle
  adjective (masculine)
• tejas – light, brilliance, energy, spiritual power
  noun (neuter)
  Root: tij
• kaṇa – grain, particle, drop
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kan

Note: This forms the predicate of the "asmi" (I am) statement.

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present active indicative

Class 2 verb, Parasmaipada

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - (quoting particle for the thought) (thus, so, which means, quoting particle)

(indeclinable)

स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself (the jīvākāśa) (oneself, by oneself, spontaneously)

(indeclinable)

चेतति (cetati) - becomes conscious, perceives (perceives, is conscious, thinks)

(verb)

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

Present active indicative

Class 1 verb (or derived from noun cit), Parasmaipada

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Subject is implicitly jīvākāśa.

चिन्तया (cintayā) - by means of thought (by thought, by thinking, through reflection)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of cintā

cintā - thought, reflection, consideration, anxiety

Derived from root cit + nā.

Root: cit (class 10)

यत् (yat) - that which (referring to the jīvākāśa or the state described) (which, what, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

तत् (tat) - that (very thing, referring back to the jīvākāśa) (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Correlative pronoun, paired with yat.

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

(indeclinable)

उच्छूनम् (ucchūnam) - as if swollen or expanded (swollen, expanded, inflated)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ucchūna

ucchūna - swollen, expanded, increased, inflated

Past Passive Participle

From root śvi ('to swell') with prefix ud.

Prefix: ud

Root: śvi (class 1)

Note: Used as a predicate adjective or adverbial accusative.

इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

भावयति (bhāvayati) - imagines, creates in thought (causes to be, imagines, conceives, cultivates)

(verb)

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

Present active indicative (causative)

Causative of root bhū, Class 10 (bhāvayati), Parasmaipada

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject is implicitly jīvākāśa or the self.

आत्मना (ātmanā) - by its own self, by its own agency (by the self, by oneself, by the soul)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, ego

Root: at (class 1)

Note: Refers to the jīvākāśa's own agency.

अम्बरे (ambare) - within space (in space, in the sky, in the ether)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ambara

ambara - sky, atmosphere, space, ether, clothing