योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-1, verse-25

मनःषष्ठेन्द्रियातीतं यत्स्यादतितरामणु ।
बीजं तद्भवितुं शक्तं स्वयंभूर्जगतां कथम् ॥ २५ ॥

manaḥṣaṣṭhendriyātītaṃ yatsyādatitarāmaṇu ,
bījaṃ tadbhavituṃ śaktaṃ svayaṃbhūrjagatāṃ katham 25

25. manaḥṣaṣṭhendriyātītam yat syāt atitarām aṇu bījam
tat bhavitum śaktam svayambhūḥ jagatām katham

25. yat manaḥṣaṣṭhendriyātītam atitarām aṇu syāt,
tat svayambhūḥ jagatām bījam bhavitum katham śaktam (syāt)?

25. How can that which is beyond the mind and the six senses, and is exceedingly subtle, be capable of being the self-existent seed of all worlds?

Words meanings summery:

• मनःषष्ठेन्द्रियातीतम् (manaḥṣaṣṭhendriyātītam) - beyond the mind and the six senses

• यत् (yat) - which (neuter singular nominative)

• स्यात् (syāt) - might be, should be, would be

• अतितराम् (atitarām) - exceedingly, very much, extremely

• अणु (aṇu) - subtle, minute, atomic

• बीजम् (bījam) - a seed

• तत् (tat) - that (neuter singular nominative)

• भवितुम् (bhavitum) - to be, to become

• शक्तम् (śaktam) - capable, able, powerful

• स्वयम्भूः (svayambhūḥ) - self-existent, self-born

• जगताम् (jagatām) - of the worlds

• कथम् (katham) - how?

Words meanings and morphology

मनःषष्ठेन्द्रियातीतम् (manaḥṣaṣṭhendriyātītam) - beyond the mind and the six senses

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manaḥṣaṣṭhendriyātīta

manaḥṣaṣṭhendriyātīta - beyond the mind and the six senses (mind being the sixth sense)

Compound type : tatpurusha (manas+ṣaṣṭha+indriya+atīta)

• manas – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (neuter)
• ṣaṣṭha – sixth
  adjective (neuter)
• indriya – sense organ, faculty
  noun (neuter)
• atīta – past, gone beyond, transcended
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  Past passive participle of root i (to go) with prefix ati-.
  Prefix: ati
  Root: i (class 2)

यत् (yat) - which (neuter singular nominative)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that which

स्यात् (syāt) - might be, should be, would be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of as

optative mood

Parasmaipada, 3rd person singular, optative mood.

Root: as (class 2)

अतितराम् (atitarām) - exceedingly, very much, extremely

(indeclinable)

Superlative of ati (very, highly).

अणु (aṇu) - subtle, minute, atomic

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of aṇu

aṇu - subtle, minute, atomic, particle, atom

बीजम् (bījam) - a seed

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bīja

bīja - seed, germ, origin

तत् (tat) - that (neuter singular nominative)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

भवितुम् (bhavitum) - to be, to become

(verb)

infinitive of bhū

infinitive

Infinitive form of root bhū (to be).

Root: bhū (class 1)

शक्तम् (śaktam) - capable, able, powerful

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śakta

śakta - able, capable, powerful, mighty

past passive participle

Past passive participle of root śak (to be able).

Root: śak (class 5)

स्वयम्भूः (svayambhūḥ) - self-existent, self-born

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svayambhū

svayambhū - self-existent, self-born, Brahma

Compound type : bahuvrihi (svayam+bhū)

• svayam – oneself, by oneself
  indeclinable
• bhū – being, becoming, existing
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root bhū (to be).
  Root: bhū (class 1)

जगताम् (jagatām) - of the worlds

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of jagat

jagat - world, universe, that which moves, living beings

present active participle

Derived from root gam (to go) with present active participle suffix.

Root: gam (class 1)

कथम् (katham) - how?

(indeclinable)