योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-18, verse-3

प्रवृत्तिभाजो ये जीवास्ते तन्मात्रप्रदर्शिनः ।
तन्मात्रैकतया सर्गान्मिथः पश्यन्ति कल्पितान् ॥ ३ ॥

pravṛttibhājo ye jīvāste tanmātrapradarśinaḥ ,
tanmātraikatayā sargānmithaḥ paśyanti kalpitān 3

3. pravṛttibhājaḥ ye jīvāḥ te tanmātṛpradarśinaḥ |
tanmātṛekatayā sargān mithaḥ paśyanti kalpitān

3. ye pravṛttibhājaḥ jīvāḥ te tanmātṛpradarśinaḥ
tanmātṛekatayā kalpitān sargān mithaḥ paśyanti

3. Those living beings who are engaged in activity are perceivers of the subtle elements (tanmātra). Through the unity of these subtle elements (tanmātra), they mutually perceive the creations as merely imagined.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रवृत्तिभाजः (pravṛttibhājaḥ) - those who partake in activity, subject to activity

• ये (ye) - who, which, those who

• जीवाः (jīvāḥ) - living beings, individual souls

• ते (te) - they, those

• तन्मातृप्रदर्शिनः (tanmātṛpradarśinaḥ) - perceivers of the subtle elements (tanmātras)

• तन्मातृएकतया (tanmātṛekatayā) - by the oneness/unity of the subtle elements (tanmātras)

• सर्गान् (sargān) - creations, worlds, emanations

• मिथः (mithaḥ) - mutually, reciprocally, to each other

• पश्यन्ति (paśyanti) - they see, they perceive

• कल्पितान् (kalpitān) - imagined, created, fabricated

Words meanings and morphology

प्रवृत्तिभाजः (pravṛttibhājaḥ) - those who partake in activity, subject to activity

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pravṛttibhāj

pravṛttibhāj - partaking in activity, subject to activity

Compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pravṛtti+bhāj)

• pravṛtti – activity, engagement, manifestation
  noun (feminine)
  Verbal noun
  From pra- (prefix) + √vṛt (to turn, exist) + -ti (feminine suffix)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: vṛt (class 1)
• bhāj – partaking in, possessing, belonging to
  adjective
  From √bhaj (to share, partake)
  Root: bhaj (class 1)

Note: Qualifies jīvāḥ.

ये (ye) - who, which, those who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

Relative pronoun stem.

Note: Refers to jīvāḥ.

जीवाः (jīvāḥ) - living beings, individual souls

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jīva

jīva - living being, individual soul, life, spirit

From √jīv (to live).

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Subject of the clause.

ते (te) - they, those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Pronominal stem.

Note: Refers back to jīvāḥ.

तन्मातृप्रदर्शिनः (tanmātṛpradarśinaḥ) - perceivers of the subtle elements (tanmātras)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tanmātṛpradarśin

tanmātṛpradarśin - perceiver/displayer of subtle elements (tanmātras)

Agent noun/adjective

Compound. From tanmātra + pradarśin. pradarśin is from pra- (prefix) + √dṛś (to see) + -in (suffix).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tanmātra+pradarśin)

• tanmātra – subtle element (sound, touch, form, taste, smell)
  noun (neuter)
• pradarśin – one who shows, one who perceives, one who displays
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/adjective
  From pra- (prefix) + √dṛś (to see) + -in (suffix)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Predicate adjective for jīvāḥ.

तन्मातृएकतया (tanmātṛekatayā) - by the oneness/unity of the subtle elements (tanmātras)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of tanmātṛekatā

tanmātṛekatā - oneness/unity of the subtle elements (tanmātras)

Compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tanmātra+ekatā)

• tanmātra – subtle element (sound, touch, form, taste, smell)
  noun (neuter)
• ekatā – oneness, unity, identity
  noun (feminine)
  From eka (one) + -tā (suffix for abstract noun)

Note: Indicates the means or cause.

सर्गान् (sargān) - creations, worlds, emanations

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sarga

sarga - creation, emanation, world, chapter

Verbal noun

From √sṛj (to create, emit) + -a (suffix)

Root: sṛj (class 6)

Note: Object of paśyanti.

मिथः (mithaḥ) - mutually, reciprocally, to each other

(indeclinable)

Adverbial.

Note: Modifies paśyanti.

पश्यन्ति (paśyanti) - they see, they perceive

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of dṛś

Present active indicative

Root dṛś, 1st conjugation class, śya affix, strong stem paśya.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Subject is jīvāḥ.

कल्पितान् (kalpitān) - imagined, created, fabricated

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kalpita

kalpita - imagined, created, fabricated, artificially made

Past Passive Participle

From √kḷp (to arrange, form, imagine) + -ita (suffix)

Root: kḷp (class 10)

Note: Agrees with sargān.