योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-65, verse-10

जीवत्वादप्यहंभावस्त्वहंभावाच्च चित्तता ।
चित्तत्वादिन्द्रियादित्वं ततो देहादिविभ्रमाः ॥ १० ॥

jīvatvādapyahaṃbhāvastvahaṃbhāvācca cittatā ,
cittatvādindriyāditvaṃ tato dehādivibhramāḥ 10

10. jīvatvāt api ahaṃbhāvaḥ tu ahaṃbhāvāt ca cittatā
cittatvāt indriyāditvam tataḥ dehādivibhramāḥ

10. jīvatvāt api ahaṃbhāvaḥ (jāyate); ahaṃbhāvāt ca cittatā (jāyate); cittatvāt indriyāditvam (jāyate); tataḥ dehādivibhramāḥ (jāyante).

10. Even from the state of an individual soul (jīva), the ego-sense (ahaṅkāra) arises; and from that ego-sense (ahaṅkāra), the mind (citta) emerges. From the mind (citta), the sense organs and similar faculties develop, which then lead to illusions regarding the body and other external forms.

Words meanings summery:

• जीवत्वात् (jīvatvāt) - from the state of being a living entity

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• अहंभावः (ahaṁbhāvaḥ) - the concept of 'I am' or 'I exist' as an individual identity, often associated with ego (ahaṅkāra) (the ego-sense, I-ness)

• तु (tu) - but, and, indeed

• अहंभावात् (ahaṁbhāvāt) - from the concept of 'I am' or 'I exist' as an individual identity (from the ego-sense, from I-ness)

• च (ca) - and, also

• चित्तता (cittatā) - the state of mind, mind-ness

• चित्तत्वात् (cittatvāt) - from the state of mind, from mind-ness

• इन्द्रियादित्वम् (indriyāditvam) - the emergence or development of sense organs and other related faculties (the state of having senses and so on, the primacy of senses)

• ततः (tataḥ) - thence, thereupon, from that

• देहादिविभ्रमाः (dehādivibhramāḥ) - illusions of the body and so on

Words meanings and morphology

जीवत्वात् (jīvatvāt) - from the state of being a living entity

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of jīvatva

jīvatva - the state or condition of being a living entity, jīva-hood, vitality

Derived from 'jīva' (living being) + 'tva' (suffix for 'state of being')

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

अहंभावः (ahaṁbhāvaḥ) - the concept of 'I am' or 'I exist' as an individual identity, often associated with ego (ahaṅkāra) (the ego-sense, I-ness)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ahaṃbhāva

ahaṁbhāva - ego-sense, self-conceit, the notion of 'I'

Compound type : tatpurusha (aham+bhāva)

• aham – I, ego
  pronoun
• bhāva – state, condition, feeling, being, existence
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

तु (tu) - but, and, indeed

(indeclinable)

अहंभावात् (ahaṁbhāvāt) - from the concept of 'I am' or 'I exist' as an individual identity (from the ego-sense, from I-ness)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of ahaṃbhāva

ahaṁbhāva - ego-sense, self-conceit, the notion of 'I'

Compound type : tatpurusha (aham+bhāva)

• aham – I, ego
  pronoun
• bhāva – state, condition, feeling, being, existence
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

चित्तता (cittatā) - the state of mind, mind-ness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cittatā

cittatā - the state of mind, mentality, consciousness

Derived from 'citta' (mind) + 'tā' (suffix for 'state of being')

चित्तत्वात् (cittatvāt) - from the state of mind, from mind-ness

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of cittatva

cittatva - the state of mind, mentality, consciousness

Derived from 'citta' (mind) + 'tva' (suffix for 'state of being')

इन्द्रियादित्वम् (indriyāditvam) - the emergence or development of sense organs and other related faculties (the state of having senses and so on, the primacy of senses)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of indriyāditva

indriyāditva - the state of having senses etc., the quality of being primary or headed by senses

Derived from 'indriyādi' + 'tva'

Compound type : tatpurusha (indriya+ādi+tva)

• indriya – sense organ, faculty of sense
  noun (neuter)
• ādi – beginning, etcetera, and so on
  indeclinable
• tva – suffix denoting 'state of being', 'nature', 'quality'
  suffix (neuter)

ततः (tataḥ) - thence, thereupon, from that

(indeclinable)

देहादिविभ्रमाः (dehādivibhramāḥ) - illusions of the body and so on

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dehādivibhrama

dehādivibhrama - illusions of the body etc.

Compound type : tatpurusha (deha+ādi+vibhrama)

• deha – body, physical form
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, etcetera, and so on
  indeclinable
• vibhrama – illusion, error, confusion, delusion
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: bhram (class 1)

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