योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-14, verse-37

एवं कनिष्ठजीवानां ज्येष्ठजीवक्रमाक्रमैः ।
समुदेत्यात्मजीवत्वं ताम्राणामिव हेमता ॥ ३७ ॥

evaṃ kaniṣṭhajīvānāṃ jyeṣṭhajīvakramākramaiḥ ,
samudetyātmajīvatvaṃ tāmrāṇāmiva hematā 37

37. evam kaniṣṭhajīvānām jyeṣṭhajīvakramākramaiḥ
| samudeti ātmajīvatvam tāmrāṇām iva hematā ||

37. evam kaniṣṭhajīvānām jyeṣṭhajīvakramākramaiḥ ātmajīvatvam samudeti,
tāmrāṇām hematā iva

37. In this manner, the true nature of the Self (ātmajīvatva) arises in lesser individual souls (jīva) through the progressive stages of higher individual souls (jīva), just as the state of gold (hematā) develops in copper.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• कनिष्ठजीवानाम् (kaniṣṭhajīvānām) - of the lowest individual souls

• ज्येष्ठजीवक्रमाक्रमैः (jyeṣṭhajīvakramākramaiḥ) - through the progressive stages of higher individual souls (jīva) (through the successive and non-successive stages of superior individual souls)

• समुदेति (samudeti) - emerges, arises, comes forth

• आत्मजीवत्वम् (ātmajīvatvam) - the true nature of the Self (ātmajīvatva) (the state of being the true Self, the true individual soul)

• ताम्राणाम् (tāmrāṇām) - of coppers

• इव (iva) - like, as

• हेमता (hematā) - gold-ness, the state of being gold

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

कनिष्ठजीवानाम् (kaniṣṭhajīvānām) - of the lowest individual souls

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kaniṣṭhajīva

kaniṣṭhajīva - lowest individual soul

Compound type : karmadhāraya (kaniṣṭha+jīva)

• kaniṣṭha – lowest, youngest, smallest
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative degree of 'kana' (young).
• jīva – individual soul, living being
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jīv (class 1)

ज्येष्ठजीवक्रमाक्रमैः (jyeṣṭhajīvakramākramaiḥ) - through the progressive stages of higher individual souls (jīva) (through the successive and non-successive stages of superior individual souls)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of jyeṣṭhajīvakramākrama

jyeṣṭhajīvakramākrama - orderly and disorderly stages of superior jīvas

Compound type : tatpurusha (jyeṣṭha+jīva+kramākrama)

• jyeṣṭha – eldest, highest, superior
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative degree of 'pra-√aj' or 'vr̥ddha'.
• jīva – individual soul, living being
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jīv (class 1)
• kramākrama – order and disorder, successive and non-successive stages
  noun (masculine)

समुदेति (samudeti) - emerges, arises, comes forth

(verb)

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

Prefixes: sam+ud

Root: i (class 2)

आत्मजीवत्वम् (ātmajīvatvam) - the true nature of the Self (ātmajīvatva) (the state of being the true Self, the true individual soul)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ātmajīvatva

ātmajīvatva - the state of being the Self, Self-hood of the jīva

Compound type : tatpurusha (ātman+jīvatva)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit
  noun (masculine)
• jīvatva – state of being a jīva, individual soul-ness
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from 'jīva' with the suffix '-tva' denoting 'state of being'.
  Root: jīv (class 1)

ताम्राणाम् (tāmrāṇām) - of coppers

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of tāmra

tāmra - copper, copper-colored

इव (iva) - like, as

(indeclinable)

हेमता (hematā) - gold-ness, the state of being gold

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of heman

heman - gold

Derived from 'heman' (gold) with the suffix '-tā', forming a feminine noun meaning 'the state of being gold'.