योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-3, verse-29

मनस्तामिव यातेन ब्रह्मणा तन्यते जगत् ।
अनन्यादात्मनः शुद्धाद्द्रवत्वमिव वारिणः ॥ २९ ॥

manastāmiva yātena brahmaṇā tanyate jagat ,
ananyādātmanaḥ śuddhāddravatvamiva vāriṇaḥ 29

29. manastām iva yātena brahmaṇā tanyate jagat
ananyāt ātmanaḥ śuddhāt dravatvam iva vāriṇaḥ

29. brahmaṇā manastām iva yātena jagat tanyate.
śuddhāt ananyāt ātmanaḥ tat tanyate,
vāriṇaḥ dravatvam iva.

29. By Brahman (brahman), which appears to assume the state of mind, the world is extended. This manifestation proceeds from the pure Self (ātman), which is non-different from it, just as liquidity naturally belongs to water.

Words meanings summery:

• मनस्ताम् (manastām) - the quality or state of acting like a mind (creating, imagining) (the state of being mind, mind-ness)

• इव (iva) - as if, implying a semblance or appearance, not literal transformation (like, as, as if)

• यातेन (yātena) - by (Brahman) having seemingly attained or assumed (by having gone, by having attained, by having reached)

• ब्रह्मणा (brahmaṇā) - by the supreme reality (brahman) (by Brahman)

• तन्यते (tanyate) - is manifested or projected (is extended, is stretched, is manifested, is produced)

• जगत् (jagat) - the manifested world (the world, the universe, moving, living beings)

• अनन्यात् (ananyāt) - from that which is non-different (from Brahman) (from the non-other, from the identical, from that which is not different)

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - from the supreme Self (ātman) (from the Self, of the Self)

• शुद्धात् (śuddhāt) - from the intrinsically pure (Self/Brahman) (from the pure, from the clean)

• द्रवत्वम् (dravatvam) - the inherent quality of liquidity (liquidity, fluidity, solubility)

• इव (iva) - as a comparison (like, as, as if)

• वारिणः (vāriṇaḥ) - from water (as the source of liquidity) (from water, of water)

Words meanings and morphology

मनस्ताम् (manastām) - the quality or state of acting like a mind (creating, imagining) (the state of being mind, mind-ness)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of manastā

manastā - the state of being mind, mind-ness

from manas + tā (suffix for state/quality)

Note: Refers to the mind as the creative principle.

इव (iva) - as if, implying a semblance or appearance, not literal transformation (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

यातेन (yātena) - by (Brahman) having seemingly attained or assumed (by having gone, by having attained, by having reached)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of yāta

yāta - gone, attained, reached, become

Past Passive Participle

from √yā (to go, to move, to attain)

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Acts as an adjective modifying 'brahmaṇā'.

ब्रह्मणा (brahmaṇā) - by the supreme reality (brahman) (by Brahman)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman, the Absolute, the universal self, ultimate reality

from √bṛh (to grow, to expand)

Root: bṛh (class 1)

Note: Agent of the passive verb 'tanyate'.

तन्यते (tanyate) - is manifested or projected (is extended, is stretched, is manifested, is produced)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of tan

present passive

3rd person singular present passive indicative

Root: tan (class 8)

जगत् (jagat) - the manifested world (the world, the universe, moving, living beings)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, living beings

Present Active Participle

from √gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

अनन्यात् (ananyāt) - from that which is non-different (from Brahman) (from the non-other, from the identical, from that which is not different)

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, singular of ananya

ananya - not other, identical, not different, unique

na + anya (negation of other)

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - from the supreme Self (ātman) (from the Self, of the Self)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - Self, soul, essence, individual soul, supreme soul

Root: an (class 2)

Note: Source of manifestation.

शुद्धात् (śuddhāt) - from the intrinsically pure (Self/Brahman) (from the pure, from the clean)

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, singular of śuddha

śuddha - pure, clean, clear, undefiled, genuine

Past Passive Participle

from √śudh (to purify)

Root: śudh (class 4)

द्रवत्वम् (dravatvam) - the inherent quality of liquidity (liquidity, fluidity, solubility)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dravatva

dravatva - liquidity, fluidity, solubility, a state of being fluid

from drava + tva (suffix for state/quality)

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'arises' or 'is'.

इव (iva) - as a comparison (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

वारिणः (vāriṇaḥ) - from water (as the source of liquidity) (from water, of water)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of vāri

vāri - water

Note: Source of the quality.

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