योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-96, verse-38

मध्ये सदसतो रूपं प्रतिभूतं यदाविलम् ।
जगतः कारणं नाम तदेतच्चित्तमुच्यते ॥ ३८ ॥

madhye sadasato rūpaṃ pratibhūtaṃ yadāvilam ,
jagataḥ kāraṇaṃ nāma tadetaccittamucyate 38

38. madhye sat-asato rūpam pratibhūtam yadā ā-vilam
jagataḥ kāraṇam nāma tat etat cittam ucyate

38. yadā sat-asato madhye ā-vilam pratibhūtam rūpam
tat etat jagataḥ kāraṇam nāma cittam ucyate

38. When its form, which is manifested and obscured (āvila), exists between being and non-being, that very thing is called the mind (citta), which is the cause of the world (jagat).

38. כאשר צורתה מצויה בין הקיים לבלתי קיים ומופיעה כעכורה, ומהווה את המקור לעולם, זה מה שמכונה צִ'יטָה.

Words meanings summery:

• मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle of, between

• सत्-असतो (sat-asato) - of being and non-being (of existent and non-existent)

• रूपम् (rūpam) - form, nature, appearance

• प्रतिभूतम् (pratibhūtam) - manifested, perceived, appearing

• यदा (yadā) - when

• आ-विलम् (ā-vilam) - obscured, turbid, stained, impure

• जगतः (jagataḥ) - of the world (jagat) (of the world)

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason, instrument

• नाम (nāma) - namely, by name, indeed

• तत् (tat) - that

• एतत् (etat) - this, this very

• चित्तम् (cittam) - mind (citta) (mind, consciousness)

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is called, is said

Words meanings and morphology

मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle of, between

(indeclinable)

Note: Functions as a preposition 'between'.

सत्-असतो (sat-asato) - of being and non-being (of existent and non-existent)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, dual of sat-asat

sat-asat - existent and non-existent, being and non-being

Compound type : dvandva (sat+asat)

• sat – existent, true, good, being
  adjective
  present active participle
  Present active participle of √as (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)
• asat – non-existent, untrue, bad, non-being
  adjective
  present active participle
  Present active participle of √as (to be) with negative prefix 'a'
  Prefix: a
  Root: as (class 2)

Note: Dual form of the compound 'sat-asat', meaning 'of the existent and non-existent'.

रूपम् (rūpam) - form, nature, appearance

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, shape, appearance, nature, beauty

Note: Subject of the clause 'yadā...āvilaṃ'.

प्रतिभूतम् (pratibhūtam) - manifested, perceived, appearing

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pratibhūta

pratibhūta - manifested, appeared, perceived, represented

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of √bhū with prefix prati-

Prefix: prati

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'rūpam'.

यदा (yadā) - when

(indeclinable)

आ-विलम् (ā-vilam) - obscured, turbid, stained, impure

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āvila

āvila - turbid, obscure, stained, impure, troubled

Prefix: ā

Root: vil

Note: Agrees with 'rūpam'.

जगतः (jagataḥ) - of the world (jagat) (of the world)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, living beings

present active participle

Present active participle of √gam (to go), used as a noun.

Root: gam (class 1)

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason, instrument

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument, motive

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Predicate noun for 'etat cittam'.

नाम (nāma) - namely, by name, indeed

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the designation 'citta'.

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers back to the 'rūpam'.

एतत् (etat) - this, this very

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this very, here

Note: Emphasizes 'that' (tat).

चित्तम् (cittam) - mind (citta) (mind, consciousness)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, thought, consciousness, heart, intellect

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: The term being defined.

उच्यते (ucyate) - is called, is said

(verb)

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

present passive

3rd person singular present passive of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

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