योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-67, verse-70

यदेव जीवनं जीवे चेत्योन्मुखचिदात्मकम् ।
तदेव पौरुषं तस्मिन्सारं कर्म तदेव च ॥ ७० ॥

yadeva jīvanaṃ jīve cetyonmukhacidātmakam ,
tadeva pauruṣaṃ tasminsāraṃ karma tadeva ca 70

70. yat eva jīvanam jīve cetya-unmukha-cit-ātmakam
tat eva pauruṣam tasmin sāram karma tat eva ca

70. jīve yat cetya-unmukha-cit-ātmakam jīvanam eva,
tat eva tasmin pauruṣam,
ca tat eva sāram karma.

70. Whatever life (jīvana) exists in a living being (jīva), characterized as consciousness (cit) directed towards objects of perception, that indeed is its inherent power (pauruṣam), and that very thing is also its essential action (karma).

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - whatever, which, that which

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

• जीवनम् (jīvanam) - life, living, livelihood

• जीवे (jīve) - in a living being, in life

• चेत्य-उन्मुख-चित्-आत्मकम् (cetya-unmukha-cit-ātmakam) - whose nature is consciousness directed towards objects of perception

• तत् (tat) - that, that one

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

• पौरुषम् (pauruṣam) - human effort, vigor, inherent power, manhood

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that, in him/it

• सारम् (sāram) - essential, vital, essence

• कर्म (karma) - action, deed, ritual

• तत् (tat) - that, that one

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - whatever, which, that which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whatever

एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

(indeclinable)

जीवनम् (jīvanam) - life, living, livelihood

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jīvana

jīvana - life, living, existence, livelihood

Root: jīv (class 1)

जीवे (jīve) - in a living being, in life

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - living being, soul, life, existing

Root: jīv (class 1)

चेत्य-उन्मुख-चित्-आत्मकम् (cetya-unmukha-cit-ātmakam) - whose nature is consciousness directed towards objects of perception

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cetya-unmukha-cit-ātmaka

cetya-unmukha-cit-ātmaka - of the nature of consciousness directed towards objects of thought/perception

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (cetya+unmukha+cit+ātmaka)

• cetya – to be known, to be perceived, object of thought
  adjective (masculine)
  Gerundive
  Gerundive from root cit
  Root: cit (class 1)
• unmukha – facing, directed towards, attentive, eager
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: ud
• cit – consciousness, intellect, mind
  noun (feminine)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• ātmaka – whose nature is, consisting of, having the nature of
  adjective (masculine)

तत् (tat) - that, that one

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, that one

एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

(indeclinable)

पौरुषम् (pauruṣam) - human effort, vigor, inherent power, manhood

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pauruṣa

pauruṣa - human effort, manliness, inherent power, virility, strength

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that, in him/it

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, it, that one

सारम् (sāram) - essential, vital, essence

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sāra

sāra - essence, essential part, substance, strength, vital

कर्म (karma) - action, deed, ritual

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, work, fate, ritual

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तत् (tat) - that, that one

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, that one

एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

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