योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-67, verse-21

चित्संवित्त्योच्यते जीवः संकल्पात्स मनो भवेत् ।
बुद्धिश्चित्तमहंकारो मायेत्याद्यभिधं ततः ॥ २१ ॥

citsaṃvittyocyate jīvaḥ saṃkalpātsa mano bhavet ,
buddhiścittamahaṃkāro māyetyādyabhidhaṃ tataḥ 21

21. cit saṃvittyā ucyate jīvaḥ saṃkalpāt saḥ manaḥ bhavet
buddhiḥ cittam ahaṅkāraḥ māyā iti ādi abhidham tataḥ

21. cit saṃvittyā jīvaḥ ucyate.
saṃkalpāt saḥ manaḥ bhavet.
tataḥ buddhiḥ cittam ahaṅkāraḥ māyā iti ādi abhidham.

21. The individual soul (jīva) is called consciousness (cit-saṃvit). From volition (saṃkalpa), that (jīva) becomes the mind (manas). Thence, it acquires designations like intellect (buddhi), subconscious mind (citta), ego (ahaṅkāra), and cosmic illusion (māyā).

Words meanings summery:

• चित् (cit) - consciousness, pure thought, awareness

• संवित्त्या (saṁvittyā) - by means of consciousness (by consciousness, by knowledge, by understanding)

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is called, is said

• जीवः (jīvaḥ) - the individual soul, living being

• संकल्पात् (saṁkalpāt) - from intention, from volition, from resolve

• सः (saḥ) - that (he/it)

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may become, becomes

• बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect, understanding, reason

• चित्तम् (cittam) - subconscious mind, consciousness, thought

• अहङ्कारः (ahaṅkāraḥ) - ego, egoism, self-sense

• माया (māyā) - cosmic illusion, magical power, deceptive appearance

• इति (iti) - thus, so, etc.

• आदि (ādi) - beginning, etc., primary

• अभिधम् (abhidham) - designation, name

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

Words meanings and morphology

चित् (cit) - consciousness, pure thought, awareness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, pure thought, awareness, intellect, understanding

From root cit (to perceive, know)

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Part of the compound 'cit-saṃvit'.

संवित्त्या (saṁvittyā) - by means of consciousness (by consciousness, by knowledge, by understanding)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of saṃvit

saṁvit - consciousness, knowledge, intelligence, understanding

From sam + vid (to know)

Prefix: sam

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: In context, it is treated as part of the compound 'cit-saṃvit'. Used as an instrumental to indicate 'by means of consciousness' or 'as consciousness'.

उच्यते (ucyate) - is called, is said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vac

Present Passive

Root: vac (class 2)

जीवः (jīvaḥ) - the individual soul, living being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - living, existing; individual soul, living being

From root jīv (to live)

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'ucyate'.

संकल्पात् (saṁkalpāt) - from intention, from volition, from resolve

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of saṃkalpa

saṁkalpa - intention, volition, resolve, determination, desire, conception

From sam + kḷp (to form)

Prefix: sam

Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: Indicates origin or cause.

सः (saḥ) - that (he/it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

Note: Refers to jīva.

मनः (manaḥ) - mind

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought, intention

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Predicate nominative for 'bhavet'.

भवेत् (bhavet) - may become, becomes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

Optative

Root: bhū (class 1)

बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect, understanding, reason

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, reason, perception

From root budh (to know, awaken)

Root: budh (class 1)

Note: One of the subsequent designations.

चित्तम् (cittam) - subconscious mind, consciousness, thought

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - thought, mind, intellect, consciousness, heart, spirit

Past Passive Participle

From root cit (to perceive, know)

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: One of the subsequent designations.

अहङ्कारः (ahaṅkāraḥ) - ego, egoism, self-sense

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ahaṅkāra

ahaṅkāra - ego, egoism, self-sense, I-maker

Compound of aham (I) and kāra (maker)

Compound type : tatpurusha (aham+kāra)

• aham – I
  pronoun
• kāra – maker, doing, causing
  noun (masculine)
  From root kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: One of the subsequent designations.

माया (māyā) - cosmic illusion, magical power, deceptive appearance

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of māyā

māyā - cosmic illusion, magical power, deceptive appearance, illusion, art, wisdom

Note: One of the subsequent designations.

इति (iti) - thus, so, etc.

(indeclinable)

Note: Indicates enumeration.

आदि (ādi) - beginning, etc., primary

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ādi

ādi - beginning, primary, first; et cetera, and so on

Note: Part of a compound, 'ādyabhidham'.

अभिधम् (abhidham) - designation, name

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of abhidha

abhidha - name, designation, appellation

From abhi + dhā (to place, put)

Prefix: abhi

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Part of a compound, 'ādyabhidham', here treated as an adjective for the implicit subject, or referring to the 'designation itself'.

ततः (tataḥ) - thence, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

Note: Indicates sequence.