योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-54, verse-16

सर्गादौ स्वयमेवान्तश्चिद्यथा कचितात्मनि ।
हिमाग्न्यादितयाद्यापि सा तथास्ते स्वसत्तया ॥ १६ ॥

sargādau svayamevāntaścidyathā kacitātmani ,
himāgnyāditayādyāpi sā tathāste svasattayā 16

16. sarga-ādau svayam eva antaḥ cit yathā kacitātmani
hima agni ādi-tayā adya api sā tathā āste sva-sattayā

16. sarga-ādau yathā cit svayam eva antaḥ kacitātmani,
adya api sā hima agni ādi-tayā tathā sva-sattayā āste.

16. Just as consciousness (cit) manifested internally by itself within the manifested self (ātman) at the beginning of creation, so too, even now, that same (consciousness) exists by its own being, appearing as ice, fire, and so forth.

Words meanings summery:

• सर्ग-आदौ (sarga-ādau) - at the beginning of creation (at the beginning of creation, in the primal stage of creation)

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

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

• अन्तः (antaḥ) - internally (within, inside, internally)

• चित् (cit) - consciousness (cit) (consciousness, intelligence, understanding)

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

• कचितात्मनि (kacitātmani) - within the manifested self (ātman) (in the manifested self, in the illuminated self)

• हिम (hima) - ice (ice, snow, cold)

• अग्नि (agni) - fire

• आदि-तया (ādi-tayā) - and so forth, etc. (by the state of being 'etcetera', by being the beginning/foremost)

• अद्य (adya) - even now (today, now, at present)

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

• सा (sā) - that same (consciousness) (she, that (feminine))

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

• आस्ते (āste) - exists (sits, remains, exists, abides)

• स्व-सत्तया (sva-sattayā) - by its own being (by one's own being, by one's inherent existence)

Words meanings and morphology

सर्ग-आदौ (sarga-ādau) - at the beginning of creation (at the beginning of creation, in the primal stage of creation)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of sarga-ādi

sarga-ādi - beginning of creation

Compound type : tatpurusha (sarga+ādi)

• sarga – creation, emission, discharge
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sṛj (class 6)
• ādi – beginning, primary, first
  noun (masculine)

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

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

अन्तः (antaḥ) - internally (within, inside, internally)

(indeclinable)

चित् (cit) - consciousness (cit) (consciousness, intelligence, understanding)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, intelligence, understanding

Root: cit (class 1)

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

(indeclinable)

कचितात्मनि (kacitātmani) - within the manifested self (ātman) (in the manifested self, in the illuminated self)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kacitātman

kacitātman - manifested self, illuminated self

Compound type : tatpurusha (kacita+ātman)

• kacita – manifested, appeared, shone
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √kac (to bind, shine, glitter, appear)
  Root: kac (class 1)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

हिम (hima) - ice (ice, snow, cold)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of hima

hima - ice, snow, cold

Note: Part of the list of manifestations (hima, agni, ādi).

अग्नि (agni) - fire

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire, god of fire

Note: Part of the list of manifestations (hima, agni, ādi).

आदि-तया (ādi-tayā) - and so forth, etc. (by the state of being 'etcetera', by being the beginning/foremost)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of ādi-tā

ādi-tā - the state of being a beginning, etc.

Derived from 'ādi' (beginning, etc.) with the suffix -tā (forms abstract nouns).

Compound type : tatpurusha (ādi+tā)

• ādi – beginning, and so forth, etc.
  noun (masculine)
• tā – suffix forming abstract nouns: -ness, -hood, state of being
  suffix (feminine)

अद्य (adya) - even now (today, now, at present)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

सा (sā) - that same (consciousness) (she, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Note: Refers to 'cit' (consciousness).

तथा (tathā) - in that same manner (so, in that manner, thus)

(indeclinable)

आस्ते (āste) - exists (sits, remains, exists, abides)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of ās

Root: ās (class 2)

स्व-सत्तया (sva-sattayā) - by its own being (by one's own being, by one's inherent existence)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of sva-sattā

sva-sattā - one's own being, inherent existence

Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+sattā)

• sva – own, one's own
  pronoun (neuter)
• sattā – being, existence, reality
  noun (feminine)
  Root: as (class 2)