योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-96, verse-72

अविद्यावशतश्चित्तभावनाः स्थितिमागताः ।
चिति पर्यायशब्दा हि भिन्नास्ते नेह वादिनाम् ॥ ७२ ॥

avidyāvaśataścittabhāvanāḥ sthitimāgatāḥ ,
citi paryāyaśabdā hi bhinnāste neha vādinām 72

72. avidyāvaśataḥ cittabhāvanāḥ sthitim āgatāḥ citi
paryāyaśabdāḥ hi bhinnāḥ te na iha vādinām

72. avidyāvaśataḥ cittabhāvanāḥ sthitim āgatāḥ hi
te citi paryāyaśabdāḥ vādinām iha na bhinnāḥ

72. Due to the power of ignorance (avidyā), mental impressions (or thoughts) attain a (distinct) existence. For (true) philosophers, these are indeed synonymous terms when referring to consciousness (citi), and are not considered distinct here (in this context).

Words meanings summery:

• अविद्यावशतः (avidyāvaśataḥ) - due to the power of ignorance, from the sway of ignorance

• चित्तभावनाः (cittabhāvanāḥ) - mental conceptions, thoughts, impressions of the mind

• स्थितिम् (sthitim) - to a state, to existence, to a position

• आगताः (āgatāḥ) - having come, having attained, reached

• चिति (citi) - in consciousness, in knowledge, in perception

• पर्यायशब्दाः (paryāyaśabdāḥ) - synonymous words, alternative terms

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• भिन्नाः (bhinnāḥ) - different, distinct, separated

• ते (te) - (referring to cittabhāvanāḥ) (they)

• न (na) - not, no

• इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this context

• वादिनाम् (vādinām) - of the speakers, of the philosophers, of the proponents

Words meanings and morphology

अविद्यावशतः (avidyāvaśataḥ) - due to the power of ignorance, from the sway of ignorance

(indeclinable)

Compound + suffix -tas indicating 'from' or 'due to'

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (avidyā+vaśa)

• avidyā – ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance (avidyā)
  noun (feminine)
  negative prefix a- + vidyā
  Prefix: a
  Root: vid (class 2)
• vaśa – power, control, will, sway
  noun (masculine)

Note: Acts as an adverbial phrase.

चित्तभावनाः (cittabhāvanāḥ) - mental conceptions, thoughts, impressions of the mind

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of cittabhāvanā

cittabhāvanā - mental conception, thought, impression, imagination of the mind

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (citta+bhāvanā)

• citta – mind, thought, consciousness
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root cit 'to perceive, to think'
  Root: cit (class 1)
• bhāvanā – conception, imagination, meditation, impression
  noun (feminine)
  Agent noun/Action noun
  From root bhū 'to be' in causative (bhāvay) + suffix -anā
  Root: bhū (class 1)

स्थितिम् (sthitim) - to a state, to existence, to a position

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sthiti

sthiti - state, condition, existence, position, stability

From root sthā 'to stand'

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Object of āgatāḥ (coming to).

आगताः (āgatāḥ) - having come, having attained, reached

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of āgata

āgata - come, arrived, obtained, happened

Past Passive Participle

From prefix ā + root gam 'to go'

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Functions as main verb 'have attained' for cittabhāvanāḥ.

चिति (citi) - in consciousness, in knowledge, in perception

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of citi

citi - consciousness, knowledge, perception, understanding

From root cit 'to perceive, to know'

Root: cit (class 1)

पर्यायशब्दाः (paryāyaśabdāḥ) - synonymous words, alternative terms

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of paryāyaśabda

paryāyaśabda - synonymous word, alternative term

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (paryāya+śabda)

• paryāya – turn, succession, synonym, alternative
  noun (masculine)
  From prefix pari + root i 'to go'
  Prefix: pari
  Root: i (class 2)
• śabda – sound, word, term
  noun (masculine)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

भिन्नाः (bhinnāḥ) - different, distinct, separated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhinna

bhinna - broken, split, divided, different, distinct

Past Passive Participle

From root bhid 'to break, to split'

Root: bhid (class 7)

Note: Qualifies te (they, referring to cittabhāvanāḥ and paryāyaśabdāḥ).

ते (te) - (referring to cittabhāvanāḥ) (they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Here acts as nominative plural for the 'synonymous words' (paryāyaśabdāḥ) or 'mental conceptions'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this context

(indeclinable)

वादिनाम् (vādinām) - of the speakers, of the philosophers, of the proponents

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vādin

vādin - speaker, disputant, proponent, philosopher

Agent noun

From root vad 'to speak'

Root: vad (class 1)