योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-13, verse-24

भावयत्येति तद्भावं चित्तं चेत्यार्थतामिव ।
परित्यज्यैव तद्बाह्यं ततस्तारककोटरे ॥ २४ ॥

bhāvayatyeti tadbhāvaṃ cittaṃ cetyārthatāmiva ,
parityajyaiva tadbāhyaṃ tatastārakakoṭare 24

24. bhāvayati eti tat bhāvam cittam cetyārthatām
iva parityajya eva tat bāhyam tataḥ tārakakoṭare

24. cittam tat bāhyam parityajya eva cetyārthatām
iva tat bhāvam bhāvayati eti tataḥ tārakakoṭare

24. The mind (citta), having completely abandoned external objects, conceives and attains that very state, becoming as if the object of its own thought; then, this occurs within the pupil of the eye.

Words meanings summery:

• भावयति (bhāvayati) - conceives (mentally creates) (conceives, imagines, causes to be)

• एति (eti) - attains (goes, attains, reaches)

• तत् (tat) - that very (that, that one)

• भावम् (bhāvam) - that (imagined) state or nature (state, condition, nature, sentiment)

• चित्तम् (cittam) - mind, consciousness

• चेत्यार्थताम् (cetyārthatām) - the state of being an object of thought

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having abandoned, having given up

• एव (eva) - completely, utterly (only, indeed, very, certainly)

• तत् (tat) - that (external object) (that, that one)

• बाह्यम् (bāhyam) - external (object) (external, outer, outward)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon (then, thereafter, from that)

• तारककोटरे (tārakakoṭare) - in the star-like cavity, in the pupil of the eye

Words meanings and morphology

भावयति (bhāvayati) - conceives (mentally creates) (conceives, imagines, causes to be)

(verb)

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

Present Tense, Active Voice, Causative

From root bhū, causative stem bhāvaya.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: The subject is `citta`.

एति (eti) - attains (goes, attains, reaches)

(verb)

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

Present Tense, Active Voice

From root i.

Root: i (class 2)

Note: The subject is `citta`.

तत् (tat) - that very (that, that one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Modifies `bhāvam`.

भावम् (bhāvam) - that (imagined) state or nature (state, condition, nature, sentiment)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhāva

bhāva - being, existence, state, condition, nature, sentiment, feeling

From root bhū (to be, become).

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Object of `bhāvayati` and `eti`.

चित्तम् (cittam) - mind, consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, consciousness, thought, heart

From root cit (to perceive, observe, understand).

Root: cit (class 1)

चेत्यार्थताम् (cetyārthatām) - the state of being an object of thought

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of cetyārthatā

cetyārthatā - the state of being an object of thought/consciousness

Compound of cetya (that which is to be thought/perceived) and arthatā (state of being an object).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cetya+arthatā)

• cetya – that which is to be thought, an object of thought/perception
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  From root cit (to perceive) + ya suffix.
  Root: cit (class 1)
• arthatā – the state of being an object, objectivity
  noun (feminine)
  From artha (object, meaning) + tā (suffix forming abstract nouns).

Note: Used with `iva`, "as if becoming the object of thought."

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having abandoned, having given up

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root tyaj (to abandon) with prefix pari + lyp suffix.

Prefix: pari

Root: tyaj (class 1)

एव (eva) - completely, utterly (only, indeed, very, certainly)

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that (external object) (that, that one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Modifies `bāhyam`.

बाह्यम् (bāhyam) - external (object) (external, outer, outward)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bāhya

bāhya - external, outer, foreign, excluded

From bahis (outside) + ya suffix.

Note: Object of `parityajya`.

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon (then, thereafter, from that)

(indeclinable)

Ablative adverb derived from tad.

तारककोटरे (tārakakoṭare) - in the star-like cavity, in the pupil of the eye

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of tārakakoṭara

tārakakoṭara - star-like cavity, pupil of the eye

Compound of tārakā (star, pupil) and koṭara (cavity, hollow).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tārakā+koṭara)

• tārakā – star, pupil of the eye
  noun (feminine)
• koṭara – cavity, hollow, socket
  noun (neuter)

Note: Refers to the place where the mental projection occurs.