योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-97, verse-20

जडोऽस्मि न जडोऽस्मीति निश्चयो मलिनश्चितः ।
यस्तदेव मनो विद्धि तेनाकाशादि भाव्यते ॥ २० ॥

jaḍo'smi na jaḍo'smīti niścayo malinaścitaḥ ,
yastadeva mano viddhi tenākāśādi bhāvyate 20

20. jaḍaḥ asmi na jaḍaḥ asmi iti niścayaḥ malinaḥ cittaḥ
yaḥ tat eva manaḥ viddhi tena ākāśa-ādi bhāvyate

20. yaḥ niścayaḥ "jaḍaḥ asmi na jaḍaḥ asmi iti" malinaḥ cittaḥ (asti),
tat eva manaḥ viddhi.
tena (manasā) ākāśa-ādi bhāvyate.

20. The conviction "I am inert" or "I am not inert" is an impure mind (citta). Know that very thing to be the mind, for by it (the mind) space (ākāśa) and other elements are conceived.

Words meanings summery:

• जडः (jaḍaḥ) - inert, insentient, dull

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• न (na) - not, no

• जडः (jaḍaḥ) - inert, insentient, dull

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• इति (iti) - thus, so, an indicator of direct speech or thought

• निश्चयः (niścayaḥ) - determination, conviction, certainty

• मलिनः (malinaḥ) - tainted, impure, dirty

• चित्तः (cittaḥ) - mind, consciousness

• यः (yaḥ) - which, who

• तत् (tat) - that

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect

• विद्धि (viddhi) - know (imperative)

• तेन (tena) - by that

• आकाश-आदि (ākāśa-ādi) - space and so on, beginning with space

• भाव्यते (bhāvyate) - is created, is conceived, is imagined

Words meanings and morphology

जडः (jaḍaḥ) - inert, insentient, dull

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jaḍa

jaḍa - inert, dull, insentient

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present Active

2nd conjugation

Root: as (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

जडः (jaḍaḥ) - inert, insentient, dull

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jaḍa

jaḍa - inert, dull, insentient

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present Active

2nd conjugation

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, so, an indicator of direct speech or thought

(indeclinable)

निश्चयः (niścayaḥ) - determination, conviction, certainty

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niścaya

niścaya - determination, conviction, certainty

From ni-√ci (to gather, perceive)

Prefix: nis

Root: ci (class 5)

मलिनः (malinaḥ) - tainted, impure, dirty

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of malina

malina - tainted, impure, dirty

चित्तः (cittaḥ) - mind, consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of citta

citta - mind, consciousness, thought

यः (yaḥ) - which, who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

Note: Refers to the preceding idea of 'niścayaḥ' and 'cittaḥ'.

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

(indeclinable)

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect

Root: man (class 4)

विद्धि (viddhi) - know (imperative)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vid

Imperative Active

From √vid, 2nd conjugation, imperative 2nd person singular

Root: vid (class 2)

तेन (tena) - by that

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

आकाश-आदि (ākāśa-ādi) - space and so on, beginning with space

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ākāśādi

ākāśādi - space and so on, beginning with space

Compound type : dvandva (ākāśa+ādi)

• ākāśa – space, ether
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, etcetera, and so on
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used here as an object of 'bhāvyate', so accusative, but nominative form is often used for generic references or where the object of a passive verb takes the nominative.

भाव्यते (bhāvyate) - is created, is conceived, is imagined

(verb)

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

Present Passive

Causative root `bhāvay` + passive ending, 10th class equivalent. `bhāvayati` (causes to be), passive `bhāvyate`. From √bhū (1st class), causative `bhāvayati`, passive `bhāvyate`.

Root: bhū (class 1)

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