योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-64, verse-19

तेजःकणत्वमादत्ते चित्तं तन्मात्रकल्पनात् ।
शनैः स्वस्मात्परिस्पन्दाद्बीजमङ्कुरतामिव ॥ १९ ॥

tejaḥkaṇatvamādatte cittaṃ tanmātrakalpanāt ,
śanaiḥ svasmātparispandādbījamaṅkuratāmiva 19

19. tejaḥ kaṇatvam ādatte cittam tanmātra kalpanāt
śanaiḥ svasmāt parispandāt bījam aṅkuratām iva

19. tanmātra kalpanāt svasmāt parispandāt ca cittam
śanaiḥ tejaḥ kaṇatvam ādatte bījam aṅkuratām iva

19. The mind (citta) assumes the nature of a particle of light from its imagination (kalpanā) of the subtle elements (tanmātra), gradually through its own vibration, just as a seed (bīja) develops into a sprout.

Words meanings summery:

• तेजः (tejaḥ) - light, brilliance, energy

• कणत्वम् (kaṇatvam) - the state of being a particle

• आदत्ते (ādatte) - assumes (takes, assumes, accepts)

• चित्तम् (cittam) - mind, consciousness

• तन्मात्र (tanmātra) - subtle element

• कल्पनात् (kalpanāt) - from imagination, from conception

• शनैः (śanaiḥ) - slowly, gradually

• स्वस्मात् (svasmāt) - from its own (from itself, from one's own)

• परिस्पन्दात् (parispandāt) - from vibration, from pulsation, from activity

• बीजम् (bījam) - seed

• अङ्कुरताम् (aṅkuratām) - the state of being a sprout

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

तेजः (tejaḥ) - light, brilliance, energy

(noun)

neuter, singular of tejas

tejas - light, brilliance, energy, fire, vitality

कणत्वम् (kaṇatvam) - the state of being a particle

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kaṇatva

kaṇatva - the state of being a particle

From kaṇa + tva (suffix for abstract noun)

Compound type : tatpurusha (kaṇa+tva)

• kaṇa – a particle, atom, grain, drop
  noun (masculine)
• tva – state, condition, quality
  suffix (neuter)

Note: Object of ādatte.

आदत्ते (ādatte) - assumes (takes, assumes, accepts)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of ā-dā

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Verb for cittam.

चित्तम् (cittam) - mind, consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, consciousness (citta), intellect, thought

Past Passive Participle (from cit)

From root cit (चित्) 'to perceive, know'

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

तन्मात्र (tanmātra) - subtle element

(noun)

neuter, singular of tanmātra

tanmātra - a subtle element (tanmātra), rudimentary element, only that much

From tad (that) + mātra (only, measure)

Compound type : tatpurusha (tad+mātra)

• tad – that, he, she, it
  pronoun (neuter)
• mātra – only, merely, a measure, quantity
  noun (neuter)
  From mā (मा) 'to measure'
  Root: mā (class 2)

कल्पनात् (kalpanāt) - from imagination, from conception

(noun)

Ablative, feminine, singular of kalpanā

kalpanā - imagination (kalpanā), conception, formation, creation, arrangement

Action noun

From root kḷp (कल्प) 'to be fit, imagine'

Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: Indicates cause or origin.

शनैः (śanaiḥ) - slowly, gradually

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb.

स्वस्मात् (svasmāt) - from its own (from itself, from one's own)

(pronoun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of sva

sva - one's own, self

Note: Refers to cittam.

परिस्पन्दात् (parispandāt) - from vibration, from pulsation, from activity

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of parispanda

parispanda - vibration, pulsation, movement, agitation

From pari- + spand (स्पन्द) 'to throb, vibrate'

Prefix: pari

Root: spand (class 1)

Note: Indicates cause or origin.

बीजम् (bījam) - seed

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bīja

bīja - seed (bīja), germ, origin, cause

Note: Subject in the simile.

अङ्कुरताम् (aṅkuratām) - the state of being a sprout

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of aṅkuratā

aṅkuratā - the state of being a sprout

From aṅkura + tā (suffix for state of being)

Compound type : tatpurusha (aṅkura+tā)

• aṅkura – sprout, shoot, germ
  noun (masculine)
• tā – state, condition, quality
  suffix (feminine)

Note: Object in the simile.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Indicates comparison.

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