योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-97, verse-17

सर्वभूतहितः श्रेष्ठो यः कालकलनात्मकः ।
येनेदमाततं सर्वं चित्ताकाशः स उच्यते ॥ १७ ॥

sarvabhūtahitaḥ śreṣṭho yaḥ kālakalanātmakaḥ ,
yenedamātataṃ sarvaṃ cittākāśaḥ sa ucyate 17

17. sarvabhūtahitaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ yaḥ kālakalanātmakaḥ
yena idam ātatam sarvam cittākāśaḥ saḥ ucyate

17. yaḥ sarvabhūtahitaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ kālakalanātmakaḥ
yena idam sarvam ātatam saḥ cittākāśaḥ ucyate

17. That which is beneficial to all beings, supreme, which embodies the calculation of time, and by which all this (universe) is pervaded – that is called the mind-space (cittākāśa).

Words meanings summery:

• सर्वभूतहितः (sarvabhūtahitaḥ) - beneficial to all beings, good for all creatures

• श्रेष्ठः (śreṣṭhaḥ) - supreme, best, excellent

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• कालकलनात्मकः (kālakalanātmakaḥ) - whose nature is the calculation of time, pertaining to the divisions of time

• येन (yena) - by which

• इदम् (idam) - this

• आततम् (ātatam) - pervaded, spread, extended

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole, entire

• चित्ताकाशः (cittākāśaḥ) - mind-space, mental space

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is called, is said

Words meanings and morphology

सर्वभूतहितः (sarvabhūtahitaḥ) - beneficial to all beings, good for all creatures

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarvabhūtahita

sarvabhūtahita - beneficial to all beings

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (sarva+bhūta+hita)

• sarva – all, every
  pronoun/adjective (masculine)
• bhūta – being, creature
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'bhū' (to be).
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• hita – beneficial, good, placed, kind
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'dhā' (to place) with 'hi' (to send/impel).
  Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Refers to cittākāśaḥ.

श्रेष्ठः (śreṣṭhaḥ) - supreme, best, excellent

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śreṣṭha

śreṣṭha - supreme, best, excellent

Superlative form of 'praśasya' (praiseworthy).

Note: Refers to cittākāśaḥ.

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what

Note: Refers to cittākāśaḥ.

कालकलनात्मकः (kālakalanātmakaḥ) - whose nature is the calculation of time, pertaining to the divisions of time

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kālakalanātmaka

kālakalanātmaka - whose nature is the calculation of time, pertaining to the divisions of time

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (kāla+kalanā+ātmaka)

• kāla – time
  noun (masculine)
• kalanā – calculation, division, enumeration
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'kal' (to count).
  Root: kal (class 10)
• ātmaka – whose nature is, consisting of, having the nature of
  adjective (masculine)
  Suffix indicating 'nature'.

Note: Refers to cittākāśaḥ.

येन (yena) - by which

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what

Note: Acts as the agent for the passive verb ātatam.

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here

Note: Refers to the universe/world.

आततम् (ātatam) - pervaded, spread, extended

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ātata

ātata - pervaded, spread, extended

Past Passive Participle

From root 'tan' (to stretch, extend) with prefix 'ā'.

Prefix: ā

Root: tan (class 8)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole, entire

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every

Note: Agrees with idam.

चित्ताकाशः (cittākāśaḥ) - mind-space, mental space

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cittākāśa

cittākāśa - mind-space, mental space

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (citta+ākāśa)

• citta – mind, thought, consciousness
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'cit' (to perceive, to know).
  Root: cit (class 1)
• ākāśa – space, ether, sky
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to cittākāśaḥ.

उच्यते (ucyate) - is called, is said

(verb)

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

Present Passive

From root 'vac' (to speak), passive form.

Root: vac (class 2)