योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-54, verse-10

तच्चिद्रूपतया तेजःकणोऽहमिति चेतति ।
स्वप्ने संविद्यथा हि त्वमाकाशगमनादि च ॥ १० ॥

taccidrūpatayā tejaḥkaṇo'hamiti cetati ,
svapne saṃvidyathā hi tvamākāśagamanādi ca 10

10. tat cit-rūpatayā tejaḥ-kaṇaḥ aham iti cetati
svapne saṃvit yathā hi tvam ākāśa-gamanā-ādi ca

10. tat cit-rūpatayā aham tejaḥ-kaṇaḥ iti cetati.
yathā hi svapne tvam ākāśa-gamanā-ādi ca saṃvit (anubhavati).

10. That consciousness, by virtue of its nature as pure consciousness (cit), perceives itself saying, "I am a particle of light (tejas-kaṇa)." Just as in a dream, one's consciousness (saṃvit) indeed experiences things like flying in the sky.

10. מתוקף היותו תודעה טהורה, הוא חושב "אני ניצוץ של אור", בדיוק כפי שבחלום חשיבתך חווה תעופה בחלל וכיוצא בכך.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - that (consciousness or Self) (that)

• चित्-रूपतया (cit-rūpatayā) - by the nature of consciousness, by its conscious form

• तेजः-कणः (tejaḥ-kaṇaḥ) - a particle of light, a spark of energy

• अहम् (aham) - I

• इति (iti) - (marks direct speech or thought) (thus, in this way)

• चेतति (cetati) - perceives, thinks, understands

• स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream

• संवित् (saṁvit) - consciousness, knowledge, understanding

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in the manner that

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• त्वम् (tvam) - the individual consciousness (you)

• आकाश-गमना-आदि (ākāśa-gamanā-ādi) - experiences such as traversing the sky in a dream (flying in the sky and so on)

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - that (consciousness or Self) (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, that one, such

Note: Refers to the ultimate consciousness or Self.

चित्-रूपतया (cit-rūpatayā) - by the nature of consciousness, by its conscious form

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of cit-rūpatā

cit-rūpatā - the state or nature of consciousness; the form of pure intelligence

Compound type : tatpurusha (cit+rūpatā)

• cit – consciousness, pure intelligence, understanding
  noun (feminine)
• rūpatā – nature, form, state of being
  noun (feminine)
  From rūpa + tā (suffix for abstract noun)

तेजः-कणः (tejaḥ-kaṇaḥ) - a particle of light, a spark of energy

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tejaḥ-kaṇa

tejaḥ-kaṇa - a particle of light, a spark of energy

Compound type : tatpurusha (tejas+kaṇa)

• tejas – light, energy, splendor, vital essence
  noun (neuter)
• kaṇa – a particle, a grain, a drop
  noun (masculine)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, my

इति (iti) - (marks direct speech or thought) (thus, in this way)

(indeclinable)

चेतति (cetati) - perceives, thinks, understands

(verb)

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

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: The subject is 'tat' (that consciousness).

स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - sleep, dream, a dream state

संवित् (saṁvit) - consciousness, knowledge, understanding

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃvid

saṁvid - consciousness, knowledge, understanding, intelligence

Derived from sam- + vid (to know)

Prefix: sam

Root: vid (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in the manner that

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

त्वम् (tvam) - the individual consciousness (you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular)

आकाश-गमना-आदि (ākāśa-gamanā-ādi) - experiences such as traversing the sky in a dream (flying in the sky and so on)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ākāśa-gamanā-ādi

ākāśa-gamanā-ādi - flying in the sky and other similar things

Compound type : tatpurusha (ākāśa-gamana+ādi)

• ākāśa – sky, space, ether
  noun (masculine)
• gamana – going, moving, motion, flying
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)
• ādi – and so on, beginning, etc.
  indeclinable

Note: It functions as the object of an implied verb like 'experiences'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

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