योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-54, verse-14

यद्यथा स्फुरितं चित्तं तत्तथा ह्यात्मचिद्भवेत् ।
स्वयमेवानियमतस्तत्तत्स्यान्नेह किंचन ॥ १४ ॥

yadyathā sphuritaṃ cittaṃ tattathā hyātmacidbhavet ,
svayamevāniyamatastattatsyānneha kiṃcana 14

14. yat yathā sphuritaṃ cittaṃ tat tathā hi ātma-cit bhavet
svayam eva aniyamataḥ tat tat syāt na iha kiṃcana

14. yat yathā cittaṃ sphuritaṃ,
tat tathā hi ātma-cit bhavet.
tat tat svayam eva aniyamataḥ syāt.
iha kiṃcana na.

14. Whatever way the mind (citta) manifests, in precisely that way it becomes the consciousness of the self (ātman). By itself, without any external regulation, it is precisely that, and there is nothing else here.

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - whatever (whatever, which, that)

• यथा (yathā) - in whatever way (as, in which manner, just as)

• स्फुरितं (sphuritaṁ) - manifested (manifested, appeared, throbbing, flashing)

• चित्तं (cittaṁ) - mind (mind, consciousness, thought)

• तत् (tat) - that, in that way (that, it)

• तथा (tathā) - in that very way (so, in that manner, thus)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because, for)

• आत्म-चित् (ātma-cit) - consciousness of the self (ātman) (self-consciousness, consciousness of the self)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - it becomes (may be, might be, should be, would be)

• स्वयम् (svayam) - by itself (by oneself, spontaneously, naturally)

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

• अनियमतः (aniyamataḥ) - without any external regulation (without rule, without regulation, uncontrollably)

• तत् (tat) - that very thing (that, it)

• तत् (tat) - that very thing (that, it)

• स्यात् (syāt) - it is (may be, might be, should be, would be)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• इह (iha) - here (here, in this world, in this matter)

• किंचन (kiṁcana) - anything else (when used with 'na') (anything, something, nothing (with na))

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - whatever (whatever, which, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Note: Used here as a relative pronoun or indeclinable 'as, whatever'.

यथा (yathā) - in whatever way (as, in which manner, just as)

(indeclinable)

स्फुरितं (sphuritaṁ) - manifested (manifested, appeared, throbbing, flashing)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sphurita

sphurita - manifested, appeared, throbbed, flashed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √sphur (to throb, flash, manifest)

Root: sphur (class 6)

Note: Agrees with 'cittaṃ'.

चित्तं (cittaṁ) - mind (mind, consciousness, thought)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, consciousness, thought

तत् (tat) - that, in that way (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

तथा (tathā) - in that very way (so, in that manner, thus)

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because, for)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

आत्म-चित् (ātma-cit) - consciousness of the self (ātman) (self-consciousness, consciousness of the self)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ātma-cit

ātma-cit - self-consciousness, consciousness of the self

Compound type : tatpurusha (ātman+cit)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)
• cit – consciousness, intelligence, understanding
  noun (feminine)

भवेत् (bhavet) - it becomes (may be, might be, should be, would be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

स्वयम् (svayam) - by itself (by oneself, spontaneously, naturally)

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

अनियमतः (aniyamataḥ) - without any external regulation (without rule, without regulation, uncontrollably)

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'aniyama' (absence of rule) with suffix -tas (ablative/adverbial).

तत् (tat) - that very thing (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

Note: Repetition emphasizes 'just that'.

तत् (tat) - that very thing (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

Note: Repetition emphasizes 'just that'.

स्यात् (syāt) - it is (may be, might be, should be, would be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

इह (iha) - here (here, in this world, in this matter)

(indeclinable)

किंचन (kiṁcana) - anything else (when used with 'na') (anything, something, nothing (with na))

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with 'na' to mean 'nothing'.