योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-73, verse-18

अथो जीवमयी सूची स्यामिति स्थावरेण सा ।
संपन्ना तापसी सूची चेतना पावनी सिता ॥ १८ ॥

atho jīvamayī sūcī syāmiti sthāvareṇa sā ,
saṃpannā tāpasī sūcī cetanā pāvanī sitā 18

18. atho jīvamayī sūcī syām iti sthāvareṇa sā
sampannā tāpasī sūcī cetanā pāvanī sitā

18. atho sā sthāvareṇa "jīvamayī sūcī syām" iti sampannā; [sā] tāpasī sūcī [eva] cetanā pāvanī sitā [abhūvat].

18. Now then, with the thought, 'May I be a living point of consciousness (sūcī),' she became endowed by the immobile (sthāvara) principle; that ascetic point of consciousness (sūcī) became conscious (cetanā), purifying (pāvanī), and pure (sitā).

Words meanings summery:

• अथो (atho) - now then, further, therefore

• जीवमयी (jīvamayī) - consisting of life, full of life, animated

• सूची (sūcī) - a needle, a pointer, a vital point, a thread of consciousness

• स्याम् (syām) - I may be, let me be

• इति (iti) - thus, so (marks direct speech or thought)

• स्थावरेण (sthāvareṇa) - by the immobile one, by the stationary principle

• सा (sā) - she, that

• सम्पन्ना (sampannā) - became, accomplished, endowed with

• तापसी (tāpasī) - an ascetic woman, a female renunciant

• सूची (sūcī) - a needle, a pointer, a vital point, a thread of consciousness

• चेतना (cetanā) - consciousness, animating force, conscious, intelligent

• पावनी (pāvanī) - purifying, holy, sanctifying

• सिता (sitā) - white, pure, bound

Words meanings and morphology

अथो (atho) - now then, further, therefore

(indeclinable)

a variant of atha

Note: Begins a new thought or sequence.

जीवमयी (jīvamayī) - consisting of life, full of life, animated

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jīvamaya

jīvamaya - consisting of life, full of life, animated

suffix -maya (consisting of) appended to jīva (life)

Note: Agrees with sūcī.

सूची (sūcī) - a needle, a pointer, a vital point, a thread of consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sūcī

sūcī - needle, index, vital point, thread of consciousness

from √sūc (to indicate, pierce)

Root: sūc (class 10)

Note: Subject of the optative verb 'syām'.

स्याम् (syām) - I may be, let me be

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Part of direct speech.

इति (iti) - thus, so (marks direct speech or thought)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the quoted speech/thought.

स्थावरेण (sthāvareṇa) - by the immobile one, by the stationary principle

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of sthāvara

sthāvara - immobile, stationary, unmoving, a stationary object/being

from √sthā (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agent or means for 'sampannā'.

सा (sā) - she, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she

Note: Refers to the 'sūcī'.

सम्पन्ना (sampannā) - became, accomplished, endowed with

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sampanna

sampanna - accomplished, endowed with, became, happened

Past Passive Participle

from sam-pra-√pad (to happen, attain, become)

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'sā'.

तापसी (tāpasī) - an ascetic woman, a female renunciant

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tāpasī

tāpasī - ascetic woman, female renunciant

feminine of tapasvin (one who practices tapas)

Note: Predicative adjective for 'sūcī'.

सूची (sūcī) - a needle, a pointer, a vital point, a thread of consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sūcī

sūcī - needle, index, vital point, thread of consciousness

from √sūc (to indicate, pierce)

Root: sūc (class 10)

Note: Reiteration of the subject, modified by subsequent adjectives.

चेतना (cetanā) - consciousness, animating force, conscious, intelligent

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cetanā

cetanā - consciousness, animating force, sentient, conscious

from √cit (to perceive, know)

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'sūcī'.

पावनी (pāvanī) - purifying, holy, sanctifying

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pāvanī

pāvanī - purifying, holy, sanctifying

feminine of pāvana (from √pū, to purify)

Root: pū (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'sūcī'.

सिता (sitā) - white, pure, bound

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sita

sita - white, pure, bound

Past Passive Participle

From √si (to bind) or associated with √śvit (to be white). Context suggests pure/white.

Root: si (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'sūcī'.