योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-54, verse-58

स्यान्मे इत्येव संविश्य गुल्मवत्तत्स्वभावजम् ।
वेत्ति चित्तविजृम्भोत्थं नान्यदत्रास्ति कारणम् ॥ ५८ ॥

syānme ityeva saṃviśya gulmavattatsvabhāvajam ,
vetti cittavijṛmbhotthaṃ nānyadatrāsti kāraṇam 58

58. syāt me iti eva saṃviśya gulmavat tat svabhāva-jam
vetti citta-vijṛmbha-utthām na anyat atra asti kāraṇam

58. iti eva syāt me saṃviśya,
[janaḥ] tat svabhāva-jam gulmavat [ca] citta-vijṛmbha-utthām vetti.
atra anyat kāraṇam na asti.

58. By dwelling on the thought, 'This is mine,' one perceives that which arises from one's own intrinsic nature (svabhāva), like a mental obstruction (gulma), as well as that which originates from the mind's expansion. There is no other cause for this here.

58. כשמחשבה כמו זה קורה לי נכנסת לתודעתו, הוא חווה סבל שנובע מטבעו כמו שיח הצומח מעצמו; הדבר נובע אך ורק מהתפשטות התודעה, ואין לכך כל סיבה אחרת.

Words meanings summery:

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

• मे (me) - to me, for me, my, mine

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

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

• संविश्य (saṁviśya) - having entered, having settled, having resorted to, having dwelt upon

• गुल्मवत् (gulmavat) - like a mental obstruction or entanglement (like a tumor, like a growth, like an obstruction)

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• स्वभाव-जम् (svabhāva-jam) - that which arises from one's own intrinsic nature (born of one's own nature, arising from intrinsic nature, inherent)

• वेत्ति (vetti) - knows, perceives, understands

• चित्त-विजृम्भ-उत्थाम् (citta-vijṛmbha-utthām) - that which arises from the expansion/unfolding of the mind

• न (na) - not, no

• अन्यत् (anyat) - other, another, different

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this place, in this matter

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason, instrument

Words meanings and morphology

स्यात् (syāt) - may be, let it be, it might be, it would be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, potential (liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

मे (me) - to me, for me, my, mine

(pronoun)

singular of aham

aham - I

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

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

संविश्य (saṁviśya) - having entered, having settled, having resorted to, having dwelt upon

(indeclinable)

Prefix: sam

Root: viś (class 6)

गुल्मवत् (gulmavat) - like a mental obstruction or entanglement (like a tumor, like a growth, like an obstruction)

(adjective)

singular of gulmavat

gulmavat - like a tumor, like a growth, like an obstruction

Derived from noun gulma with suffix -vat (indicating similarity)

Note: Used adverbially to qualify 'tat svabhāva-jam'

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, this

स्वभाव-जम् (svabhāva-jam) - that which arises from one's own intrinsic nature (born of one's own nature, arising from intrinsic nature, inherent)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of svabhāva-ja

svabhāva-ja - born of one's own nature, inherent, natural

Compound ending in -ja (born from)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svabhāva+ja)

• sva – one's own, self
  pronoun
• bhāva – being, existence, state, nature, intrinsic nature
  noun (masculine)
  From root √bhū (to be)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• ja – born, produced, arising from
  adjective
  Agent noun/Adjective from root jan- 'to be born'
  Derived from root √jan (to be born, produced)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: svabhāva is 'one's own nature' or 'intrinsic nature (svabhāva)'

वेत्ति (vetti) - knows, perceives, understands

(verb)

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

Root: vid (class 2)

चित्त-विजृम्भ-उत्थाम् (citta-vijṛmbha-utthām) - that which arises from the expansion/unfolding of the mind

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of citta-vijṛmbha-uttha

citta-vijṛmbha-uttha - arising from the expansion/unfolding of the mind

Compound ending in -uttha (arising from)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (citta+vijṛmbha+uttha)

• citta – mind, consciousness, thought, heart
  noun (neuter)
• vijṛmbha – expansion, unfolding, yawning, manifestation
  noun (masculine)
  From root √jṛmbh 'to yawn, expand' with vi-
  Prefix: vi
  Root: jṛmbh (class 1)
• uttha – arising, standing up, produced from
  adjective
  From root sthā with ut-
  Derived from root √sthā (to stand) with prefix ut
  Prefix: ut
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Used as a substantive, referring to 'that which arises'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अन्यत् (anyat) - other, another, different

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

अत्र (atra) - here, in this place, in this matter

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason, instrument

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument, motive

Derived from root √kṛ (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

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