योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-55, verse-38

संसुप्तकरणस्त्वेवं बीजतां यात्यसौ नरे
तद्बीजं योनिगलितं गर्भो भवति मातरि ॥ ३८ ॥

saṃsuptakaraṇastvevaṃ bījatāṃ yātyasau nare
tadbījaṃ yonigalitaṃ garbho bhavati mātari 38

38. saṃsuptakaraṇaḥ tu evam bījatām yāti asau nare
tat bījam yonigalitam garbhaḥ bhavati mātari

38. evam saṃsuptakaraṇaḥ asau nare bījatām yāti.
tat bījam yonigalitam mātari garbhaḥ bhavati.

38. Thus, that being, with dormant faculties, assumes the state of a seed within a man. That very seed, when released from the generative source (yoni), develops into an embryo in the mother.

Words meanings summery:

• संसुप्तकरणः (saṁsuptakaraṇaḥ) - with dormant faculties (having dormant senses/faculties)

• तु (tu) - thus, indeed (as a connective) (but, indeed, on the other hand)

• एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner, so)

• बीजताम् (bījatām) - the state of a seed (seed-state, quality of a seed)

• याति (yāti) - attains, assumes (goes, attains, reaches)

• असौ (asau) - that being/soul (that one, this one)

• नरे (nare) - within a man (in a man, in a human being)

• तत् (tat) - that very (seed) (that, that one)

• बीजम् (bījam) - the seed (sperm/semen) (seed, germ, origin)

• योनिगलितम् (yonigalitam) - released from the generative source (fallen from the womb/source, discharged from the generative organ)

• गर्भः (garbhaḥ) - embryo (embryo, fetus, womb, interior)

• भवति (bhavati) - becomes (is, becomes, exists)

• मातरि (mātari) - in the mother's womb (in the mother)

Words meanings and morphology

संसुप्तकरणः (saṁsuptakaraṇaḥ) - with dormant faculties (having dormant senses/faculties)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃsuptakaraṇa

saṁsuptakaraṇa - whose senses are dormant, having dormant faculties

Compound type : bahuvrihi (saṃsupta+karaṇa)

• saṃsupta – fast asleep, dormant
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from sam + root svap- 'to sleep'.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: svap (class 2)
• karaṇa – instrument, sense organ, faculty
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Qualifies 'asau' (that one).

तु (tu) - thus, indeed (as a connective) (but, indeed, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as a particle indicating a slight contrast or continuation.

एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner, so)

(indeclinable)

बीजताम् (bījatām) - the state of a seed (seed-state, quality of a seed)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bījatā

bījatā - seed-state, quality of a seed, condition of being a cause

Derived from bīja + suffix -tā (feminine noun).

Note: Object of 'yāti'.

याति (yāti) - attains, assumes (goes, attains, reaches)

(verb)

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

Present indicative, 3rd person singular.

Root: yā (class 2)

असौ (asau) - that being/soul (that one, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, that one, this one

Note: Masculine nominative singular of 'adas'. Refers to the agent, the entity that undergoes transformation.

नरे (nare) - within a man (in a man, in a human being)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, human being

तत् (tat) - that very (seed) (that, that one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, that one

Note: Adjective modifying 'bījam'.

बीजम् (bījam) - the seed (sperm/semen) (seed, germ, origin)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bīja

bīja - seed, germ, origin, cause

Note: Subject of the second clause.

योनिगलितम् (yonigalitam) - released from the generative source (fallen from the womb/source, discharged from the generative organ)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yonigalita

yonigalita - fallen from the womb, discharged from the yoni

Compound type : tatpurusha (yoni+galita)

• yoni – womb, source, origin, generative organ
  noun (feminine)
• galita – fallen, dropped, discharged, dissolved
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root gal- 'to drop, fall'.
  Root: gal (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'bījam'.

गर्भः (garbhaḥ) - embryo (embryo, fetus, womb, interior)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of garbha

garbha - embryo, fetus, womb, interior

Note: Predicative nominative to 'bījam'.

भवति (bhavati) - becomes (is, becomes, exists)

(verb)

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

Present indicative, 3rd person singular.

Root: bhū (class 1)

मातरि (mātari) - in the mother's womb (in the mother)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother