योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-56, verse-34

चिदेव वासना सैव धत्ते स्वप्न इवार्थताम् ।
कार्यकारणतां याति सैवागत्येव तिष्ठति ॥ ३४ ॥

cideva vāsanā saiva dhatte svapna ivārthatām ,
kāryakāraṇatāṃ yāti saivāgatyeva tiṣṭhati 34

34. cit eva vāsanā sā eva dhatte svapna iva arthatām
kārya-kāraṇatām yāti sā eva āgatya iva tiṣṭhati

34. cit eva vāsanā,
sā eva svapna iva arthatām dhatte; sā eva kārya-kāraṇatām yāti,
āgatya iva tiṣṭhati.

34. Consciousness (cit) itself, as subtle impressions (vāsanā), assumes the character of objects, just as in a dream. It takes on the role of both cause and effect, and thus it appears to exist, having manifested itself.

Words meanings summery:

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

• एव (eva) - itself, indeed, only, certainly

• वासना (vāsanā) - subtle impression (vāsanā) (subtle impression, mental tendency, latent desire, imaginative notion)

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

• एव (eva) - itself, indeed, only, certainly

• धत्ते (dhatte) - assumes, holds, places, performs

• स्वप्न (svapna) - dream, sleep

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• अर्थताम् (arthatām) - objectivity, reality of objects, state of being an object

• कार्य-कारणताम् (kārya-kāraṇatām) - the state of being cause and effect, causality

• याति (yāti) - goes, attains, becomes, proceeds

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

• एव (eva) - itself, indeed, only, certainly

• आगत्य (āgatya) - having come forth, having manifested (having come, having arrived)

• इव (iva) - as if (like, as if, as)

• तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - stands, remains, exists, stays

Words meanings and morphology

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

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, thought, intelligence, perception, understanding

Root: cit (class 1)

एव (eva) - itself, indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

वासना (vāsanā) - subtle impression (vāsanā) (subtle impression, mental tendency, latent desire, imaginative notion)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vāsanā

vāsanā - subtle impression, mental tendency, latent desire, imaginative notion, conceptualization, fragrance

From the root vas (to dwell, to perfume).

Root: vas (class 1)

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

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

एव (eva) - itself, indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

धत्ते (dhatte) - assumes, holds, places, performs

(verb)

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

3rd person singular, present tense, middle voice

Root: dhā (class 3)

स्वप्न (svapna) - dream, sleep

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - dream, sleep, state of dreaming or sleeping

Root: svap (class 2)

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

अर्थताम् (arthatām) - objectivity, reality of objects, state of being an object

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of arthatā

arthatā - objectivity, the state of being an object, reality, substantiality

Derived from artha (object, meaning, purpose) with the suffix -tā.

कार्य-कारणताम् (kārya-kāraṇatām) - the state of being cause and effect, causality

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kārya-kāraṇatā

kārya-kāraṇatā - the state of being cause and effect, causality

Derived from kārya-kāraṇa (cause and effect) with the suffix -tā.

Compound type : tatpurusha (kārya+kāraṇa+tā)

• kārya – effect, work, that which is to be done
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive/Future Passive Participle
  From the root kṛ (to do) with the suffix -ya.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)
  From the root kṛ (to do).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• tā – state, condition, quality
  suffix (feminine)

याति (yāti) - goes, attains, becomes, proceeds

(verb)

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

3rd person singular, present tense, active voice

Root: yā (class 2)

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

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

एव (eva) - itself, indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

आगत्य (āgatya) - having come forth, having manifested (having come, having arrived)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From the root gam (to go) with the prefix ā, and the suffix -ya.

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

इव (iva) - as if (like, as if, as)

(indeclinable)

तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - stands, remains, exists, stays

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of sthā

3rd person singular, present tense, active voice

Root: sthā (class 1)

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