योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-96, verse-71

ऊर्णनाभाद्यथा तन्तुर्जायते चेतनाज्जडः ।
नित्यप्रबुद्धात्पुरुषाद्ब्रह्मणः प्रकृतिस्तथा ॥ ७१ ॥

ūrṇanābhādyathā tanturjāyate cetanājjaḍaḥ ,
nityaprabuddhātpuruṣādbrahmaṇaḥ prakṛtistathā 71

71. ūrṇanābhāt yathā tantuḥ jāyate cetanāt jaḍaḥ
nityaprabuddhāt puruṣāt brahmaṇaḥ prakṛtiḥ tathā

71. yathā ūrṇanābhāt cetanāt jaḍaḥ tantuḥ jāyate
tathā nityaprabuddhāt puruṣāt brahmaṇaḥ prakṛtiḥ

71. Just as an inert thread is born from a conscious spider, similarly, nature (prakṛti) originates from the eternally awakened supreme cosmic person (puruṣa) and from Brahman.

Words meanings summery:

• ऊर्णनाभात् (ūrṇanābhāt) - from a spider

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• तन्तुः (tantuḥ) - thread, filament, web

• जायते (jāyate) - is born, originates, appears

• चेतनात् (cetanāt) - (from the conscious spider) (from the conscious, from consciousness)

• जडः (jaḍaḥ) - inert, unconscious, inanimate

• नित्यप्रबुद्धात् (nityaprabuddhāt) - from the eternally awakened

• पुरुषात् (puruṣāt) - (puruṣa) (from the supreme cosmic person, from the spirit)

• ब्रह्मणः (brahmaṇaḥ) - (brahman) (from Brahman)

• प्रकृतिः (prakṛtiḥ) - (prakṛti) (nature, origin, fundamental matter)

• तथा (tathā) - so, similarly, thus

Words meanings and morphology

ऊर्णनाभात् (ūrṇanābhāt) - from a spider

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of ūrṇanābha

ūrṇanābha - spider

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ūrṇa+nābhi)

• ūrṇa – wool, thread
  noun (neuter)
• nābhi – navel, center
  noun (masculine)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

तन्तुः (tantuḥ) - thread, filament, web

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tantu

tantu - thread, cord, string, web

जायते (jāyate) - is born, originates, appears

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of jan

root jan (4th class, Ātmanepada) + present tense, 3rd person, singular

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Often passive or middle for 'to be born'.

चेतनात् (cetanāt) - (from the conscious spider) (from the conscious, from consciousness)

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, singular of cetana

cetana - conscious, animate, intellect, consciousness

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Qualifies ūrṇanābhāt.

जडः (jaḍaḥ) - inert, unconscious, inanimate

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jaḍa

jaḍa - inert, inanimate, dull, senseless, cold

Note: Qualifies tantuḥ.

नित्यप्रबुद्धात् (nityaprabuddhāt) - from the eternally awakened

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, singular of nityaprabuddha

nityaprabuddha - eternally awakened, always enlightened

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nitya+prabuddha)

• nitya – eternal, constant, always
  adjective (masculine)
• prabuddha – awakened, enlightened, known
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From prefix pra + root budh 'to awaken, to know'
  Prefix: pra
  Root: budh (class 4)

Note: Qualifies puruṣāt.

पुरुषात् (puruṣāt) - (puruṣa) (from the supreme cosmic person, from the spirit)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, human being, spirit, supreme cosmic person (puruṣa)

ब्रह्मणः (brahmaṇaḥ) - (brahman) (from Brahman)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman, the Absolute, the ultimate reality (brahman)

Note: Can be genitive or ablative singular for neuter stem in -an. Context suggests ablative, similar to puruṣāt.

प्रकृतिः (prakṛtiḥ) - (prakṛti) (nature, origin, fundamental matter)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prakṛti

prakṛti - nature, origin, primal matter, fundamental constituent (prakṛti)

Prefix: pra

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तथा (tathā) - so, similarly, thus

(indeclinable)