योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-11, verse-56

अचितश्चेतसः शक्तिं स्वबन्धायेच्छया शिवः ।
तनोति तान्तवं कोशं कोशकारकृमिर्यथा ॥ ५६ ॥

acitaścetasaḥ śaktiṃ svabandhāyecchayā śivaḥ ,
tanoti tāntavaṃ kośaṃ kośakārakṛmiryathā 56

56. acitaḥ cetasaḥ śaktim sva-bandhāya icchayā
śivaḥ tanoti tāntavam kośam kośakāra-kṛmiḥ yathā

56. śivaḥ icchayā acitaḥ cetasaḥ śaktim sva-bandhāya
tanoti yathā kośakāra-kṛmiḥ tāntavam kośam

56. Just as a silkworm, by its own will, spins a silken cocoon for its own confinement, so too does Śiva, by his own will, extend the power (śakti) of the unmanifest consciousness for his own bondage.

56. שִׁיבָה מרחיב מרצונו את כוח החשיבה הבלתי-מוערת למען כבילתו שלו, ממש כפי שטפיל המשי טווה את פקעתו.

Words meanings summery:

• अचितः (acitaḥ) - of the unmanifest (consciousness) (of the unthought, of the unperceived, of the unmanifest, of the unconscious)

• चेतसः (cetasaḥ) - of consciousness (of consciousness, of the mind, of the intellect)

• शक्तिम् (śaktim) - power (śakti) (power, energy, capability, force)

• स्व-बन्धाय (sva-bandhāya) - for his own bondage (for self-bondage, for one's own confinement)

• इच्छया (icchayā) - by his own will (by will, by desire, willingly)

• शिवः (śivaḥ) - Śiva (the deity) (Śiva, auspicious, benevolent)

• तनोति (tanoti) - extends, spreads (like spinning a cocoon) (extends, spreads, performs, stretches)

• तान्तवम् (tāntavam) - silken (cocoon) (woven, silken, fibrous)

• कोशम् (kośam) - cocoon (cocoon, sheath, treasury, case)

• कोशकार-कृमिः (kośakāra-kṛmiḥ) - silkworm (silkworm, cocoon-making worm)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, in which way)

Words meanings and morphology

अचितः (acitaḥ) - of the unmanifest (consciousness) (of the unthought, of the unperceived, of the unmanifest, of the unconscious)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of acita

acita - unthought, unperceived, unconscious, unmanifest

Negation of cita (thought, perceived).

Prefix: a

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'cetasaḥ'.

चेतसः (cetasaḥ) - of consciousness (of consciousness, of the mind, of the intellect)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of cetas

cetas - consciousness, mind, intellect, heart

Root: cit (class 1)

शक्तिम् (śaktim) - power (śakti) (power, energy, capability, force)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śakti

śakti - power, energy, capability, force, faculty

From root śak (to be able).

Root: śak (class 5)

स्व-बन्धाय (sva-bandhāya) - for his own bondage (for self-bondage, for one's own confinement)

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of sva-bandha

sva-bandha - self-bondage, one's own confinement

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+bandha)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun
• bandha – bondage, ties, binding, imprisonment
  noun (masculine)
  From root bandh (to bind).
  Root: bandh (class 9)

इच्छया (icchayā) - by his own will (by will, by desire, willingly)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of icchā

icchā - will, desire, wish, inclination

From root iṣ (to wish, desire).

Root: iṣ (class 6)

शिवः (śivaḥ) - Śiva (the deity) (Śiva, auspicious, benevolent)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śiva

śiva - auspicious, benevolent, Shiva (proper noun)

तनोति (tanoti) - extends, spreads (like spinning a cocoon) (extends, spreads, performs, stretches)

(verb)

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

present active

Class 8 verb (tanādi gaṇa).

Root: tan (class 8)

तान्तवम् (tāntavam) - silken (cocoon) (woven, silken, fibrous)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tāntava

tāntava - woven, silken, fibrous, made of thread

Derived from tantu (thread).

Note: Qualifies 'kośam'.

कोशम् (kośam) - cocoon (cocoon, sheath, treasury, case)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kośa

kośa - cocoon, sheath, case, treasury, a dictionary

कोशकार-कृमिः (kośakāra-kṛmiḥ) - silkworm (silkworm, cocoon-making worm)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kośakāra-kṛmi

kośakāra-kṛmi - silkworm, cocoon-making worm

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kośakāra+kṛmi)

• kośakāra – cocoon-maker
  noun (masculine)
  From kośa (cocoon) + kāra (maker).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• kṛmi – worm, insect
  noun (masculine)

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, in which way)

(indeclinable)

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