योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-14, verse-30

यदेवेच्छति तत्तस्य भवत्याशु महात्मनः ।
पूर्वं तेनेष्टमिच्छादि ततो द्वित्वमुदेति यत् ॥ ३० ॥

yadevecchati tattasya bhavatyāśu mahātmanaḥ ,
pūrvaṃ teneṣṭamicchādi tato dvitvamudeti yat 30

30. yat eva icchati tat tasya bhavati āśu mahātmanaḥ
pūrvam tena iṣṭam icchā ādi tataḥ dvitvam udeti yat

30. mahātmanaḥ yat eva icchati tat tasya āśu bhavati
pūrvam tena icchā ādi iṣṭam tataḥ dvitvam udeti yat

30. Whatever the Great Soul (mahātman) desires, that quickly comes into being for it. It is from that initial desire (icchā), previously willed by it, that duality arises.

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - whatever (it desires) (whatever, which)

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

• इच्छति (icchati) - (it) desires (he/she/it desires, wishes)

• तत् (tat) - that (thing desired) (that)

• तस्य (tasya) - for it (the Great Soul) (for it, of it, to it)

• भवति (bhavati) - it becomes (it becomes, it exists)

• आशु (āśu) - quickly, instantly (quickly, swiftly, immediately)

• महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the Great Soul (mahātman) (of the great soul, of the magnanimous one)

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - previously (previously, before, formerly)

• तेन (tena) - by that (Brahman) (by that, by it)

• इष्टम् (iṣṭam) - desired, willed (desired, wished, worshipped)

• इच्छा (icchā) - desire (icchā), primal wish (desire, wish, will)

• आदि (ādi) - first, primal (beginning, first, and so on)

• ततः (tataḥ) - from that (desire) (from that, thence, then)

• द्वित्वम् (dvitvam) - duality (duality, twoness)

• उदेति (udeti) - arises (it arises, it comes forth, it appears)

• यत् (yat) - which (is that desire) (which, that)

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - whatever (it desires) (whatever, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whatever, that which

Note: Acts as the subject of 'icchati' and is picked up by 'tat'.

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

(indeclinable)

इच्छति (icchati) - (it) desires (he/she/it desires, wishes)

(verb)

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

Present tense, Active voice (Parasmaipada)

Root 'iṣ' (Pāṇini 6th class).

Root: iṣ (class 6)

तत् (tat) - that (thing desired) (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, that one, it

Note: Subject of 'bhavati'.

तस्य (tasya) - for it (the Great Soul) (for it, of it, to it)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, that one, it

Note: Used in the sense of dative, 'for it'.

भवति (bhavati) - it becomes (it becomes, it exists)

(verb)

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

Present tense, Active voice (Parasmaipada)

Root 'bhū' (Pāṇini 1st class).

Root: bhū (class 1)

आशु (āśu) - quickly, instantly (quickly, swiftly, immediately)

(indeclinable)

Note: Modifies 'bhavati'.

महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the Great Soul (mahātman) (of the great soul, of the magnanimous one)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great soul (mahātman), high-souled, magnanimous, the Supreme Spirit

From 'mahat' (great) + 'ātman' (soul).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+ātman)

• mahat – great, large, powerful
  adjective
• ātman – breath, soul, Self (ātman), essential nature
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

Note: Agent of 'icchati' (desires).

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - previously (previously, before, formerly)

(indeclinable)

Root: pṝ (class 10)

Note: Modifies 'iṣṭam'.

तेन (tena) - by that (Brahman) (by that, by it)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, that one, it

Note: Agent of the passive participle 'iṣṭam'.

इष्टम् (iṣṭam) - desired, willed (desired, wished, worshipped)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of iṣṭa

iṣṭa - desired, wished, liked, worshipped, chosen

Past Passive Participle

From root 'iṣ' (to wish, desire).

Root: iṣ (class 6)

Note: Qualifies 'icchā'.

इच्छा (icchā) - desire (icchā), primal wish (desire, wish, will)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of icchā

icchā - wish, desire, will

From root 'iṣ' (to wish, desire).

Root: iṣ (class 6)

Note: Part of 'icchā-ādi'.

आदि (ādi) - first, primal (beginning, first, and so on)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ādi

ādi - beginning, commencement, first, etcetera

Note: Part of 'icchā-ādi', indicating the primal nature of the desire.

ततः (tataḥ) - from that (desire) (from that, thence, then)

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'tad' (that) + 'tas' suffix.

द्वित्वम् (dvitvam) - duality (duality, twoness)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dvitva

dvitva - duality, twoness, state of being two

From 'dvi' (two) + 'tva' (suffix for abstract nouns).

Note: Subject of 'udeti'.

उदेति (udeti) - arises (it arises, it comes forth, it appears)

(verb)

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

Present tense, Active voice (Parasmaipada)

Root 'i' (Pāṇini 2nd class) with prefix 'ud'.

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

यत् (yat) - which (is that desire) (which, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whatever, that which

Note: Refers back to 'icchā-ādi'.