योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-11, verse-19

काल उवाच ।
सम्यगुक्तं त्वया ब्रह्मन् शरीरं मन एव च ।
करोति देहं संकल्पात्कुम्भकारो घटं यथा ॥ १९ ॥

kāla uvāca ,
samyaguktaṃ tvayā brahman śarīraṃ mana eva ca ,
karoti dehaṃ saṃkalpātkumbhakāro ghaṭaṃ yathā 19

19. kālaḥ uvāca samyak uktam tvayā brahman śarīram manaḥ
eva ca karoti deham saṅkalpāt kumbhakāraḥ ghaṭam yathā

19. kālaḥ uvāca: brahman,
tvayā śarīram manaḥ eva ca samyak uktam.
yathā kumbhakāraḥ saṅkalpāt ghaṭam karoti,
(tathā manaḥ deham karoti).

19. Time said: 'O Brahmin, you have spoken correctly regarding the body and the mind. Just as a potter makes a pot from a conception (saṅkalpa), so (the mind) creates a body from an intention (saṅkalpa).'

Words meanings summery:

• कालः (kālaḥ) - Time (personified)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• सम्यक् (samyak) - correctly, properly, well

• उक्तम् (uktam) - said, spoken

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin

• शरीरम् (śarīram) - body

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, heart

• एव (eva) - alone, only, indeed, just

• च (ca) - and

• करोति (karoti) - makes, does, creates

• देहम् (deham) - body

• सङ्कल्पात् (saṅkalpāt) - from intention, by resolve, from conception

• कुम्भकारः (kumbhakāraḥ) - potter

• घटम् (ghaṭam) - pot, jar

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

Words meanings and morphology

कालः (kālaḥ) - Time (personified)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, era, death

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect (Lit) form of root 'vac'

Root: vac (class 2)

सम्यक् (samyak) - correctly, properly, well

(indeclinable)

उक्तम् (uktam) - said, spoken

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ukta

ukta - said, spoken

Past Passive Participle

From root 'vac' (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Used substantively as 'that which was said'.

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmin, priest, the Absolute

Root: bṛh (class 1)

शरीरम् (śarīram) - body

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, heart

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought

Root: man (class 4)

एव (eva) - alone, only, indeed, just

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

करोति (karoti) - makes, does, creates

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

देहम् (deham) - body

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form

Root: dih (class 1)

सङ्कल्पात् (saṅkalpāt) - from intention, by resolve, from conception

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of saṅkalpa

saṅkalpa - intention, resolve, determination, conception

Formed with prefix 'sam-' and root 'kḷp' (to form)

Prefix: sam

Root: kḷp (class 1)

कुम्भकारः (kumbhakāraḥ) - potter

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kumbhakāra

kumbhakāra - potter

Compound type : tatpurusha (kumbha+kāra)

• kumbha – pot, pitcher
  noun (masculine)
• kāra – maker, doer
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun from root 'kṛ' (to make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

घटम् (ghaṭam) - pot, jar

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ghaṭa

ghaṭa - pot, jar

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)