योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-91, verse-21

चित्तमात्मचमत्कारं तच्च तत्कुरुते स्वतः ।
यथावत्संभवं स्वात्मन्येवान्तर्मरिचादिवत् ॥ २१ ॥

cittamātmacamatkāraṃ tacca tatkurute svataḥ ,
yathāvatsaṃbhavaṃ svātmanyevāntarmaricādivat 21

21. cittam ātmacamatkāram tat ca tat kurute svataḥ
yathāvat sambhavam sva ātmani eva antar maricādivat

21. cittam ātmacamatkāram.
tat ca svataḥ yathāvat sambhavam sva ātmani eva antar maricādivat tat kurute.

21. The mind is a self-marvel. It creates that marvel spontaneously within its own self, as is naturally possible, just as the essence of pepper and similar things reside within themselves.

Words meanings summery:

• चित्तम् (cittam) - mind, consciousness, thought

• आत्मचमत्कारम् (ātmacamatkāram) - self-marvel, wonder of the self

• तत् (tat) - that

• च (ca) - and, also

• तत् (tat) - that (marvel)

• कुरुते (kurute) - creates, makes, does, performs

• स्वतः (svataḥ) - by itself, spontaneously, naturally

• यथावत् (yathāvat) - as it should be, properly, as far as possible

• सम्भवम् (sambhavam) - possible, as is possible, possibility

• स्व (sva) - own, one's own

• आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the self, within the (ātman)

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

• अन्तर् (antar) - within, inside

• मरिचादिवत् (maricādivat) - like pepper and so forth, like spices

Words meanings and morphology

चित्तम् (cittam) - mind, consciousness, thought

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, consciousness, heart, intellect

Past Passive Participle (from cit)

From the root cit (to perceive, know), with suffix -ta.

Root: cit (class 1)

आत्मचमत्कारम् (ātmacamatkāram) - self-marvel, wonder of the self

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ātmacamatkāra

ātmacamatkāra - wonder/marvel of the self/spirit

Compound type : tatpurusha (ātman+camatkāra)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit, ultimate reality (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
• camatkāra – wonder, marvel, astonishment, splendor
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used as a predicative noun agreeing with 'cittam'.

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative or correlative pronoun)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that (marvel)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative or correlative pronoun)

Note: Refers to 'ātmacamatkāra'.

कुरुते (kurute) - creates, makes, does, performs

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

स्वतः (svataḥ) - by itself, spontaneously, naturally

(indeclinable)

Ablative suffix -tas added to sva.

यथावत् (yathāvat) - as it should be, properly, as far as possible

(indeclinable)

सम्भवम् (sambhavam) - possible, as is possible, possibility

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sambhava

sambhava - possibility, origin, birth, existing, being possible

From sam + bhū (to be, arise)

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'as is possible'.

स्व (sva) - own, one's own

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of sva

sva - own, self, one's own property

Note: Modifies 'ātmani'.

आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the self, within the (ātman)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, ultimate reality (ātman)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

(indeclinable)

अन्तर् (antar) - within, inside

(indeclinable)

मरिचादिवत् (maricādivat) - like pepper and so forth, like spices

(indeclinable)

Compound 'maricādi' with the taddhita suffix '-vat' (indicating similarity).