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.

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)