योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-33, verse-23

स्वाभावतोऽस्याश्चिदृष्टेर्ये उन्मेषनिमेषणे ।
जगद्रूपानुभूतेस्तावेतावस्तमयोदयौ ॥ २३ ॥

svābhāvato'syāścidṛṣṭerye unmeṣanimeṣaṇe ,
jagadrūpānubhūtestāvetāvastamayodayau 23

23. svābhāvataḥ asyāḥ cit-dṛṣṭeḥ ye unmeṣa-nimeṣaṇe
jagat-rūpa-anubhūteḥ tau etau astamaya-udayau

23. asyāḥ cit-dṛṣṭeḥ ye svābhāvataḥ unmeṣa-nimeṣaṇe,
tau etau jagat-rūpa-anubhūteḥ astamaya-udayau

23. Naturally, the opening and closing of this awareness-vision (cit-dṛṣṭi) are themselves the disappearance and appearance of the experience of the world-form.

Words meanings summery:

• स्वाभावतः (svābhāvataḥ) - by nature, naturally, spontaneously

• अस्याः (asyāḥ) - of this (feminine)

• चित्-दृष्टेः (cit-dṛṣṭeḥ) - of the consciousness-vision, of the awareness-sight

• ये (ye) - which (two)

• उन्मेष-निमेषणे (unmeṣa-nimeṣaṇe) - opening and closing

• जगत्-रूप-अनुभूतेः (jagat-rūpa-anubhūteḥ) - of the experience of the world-form

• तौ (tau) - those two

• एतौ (etau) - these two

• अस्तमय-उदयौ (astamaya-udayau) - setting and rising, disappearance and appearance

Words meanings and morphology

स्वाभावतः (svābhāvataḥ) - by nature, naturally, spontaneously

(indeclinable)

from svabhāva + the suffix -tas

अस्याः (asyāḥ) - of this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this

चित्-दृष्टेः (cit-dṛṣṭeḥ) - of the consciousness-vision, of the awareness-sight

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of cit-dṛṣṭi

cit-dṛṣṭi - consciousness-vision, awareness-sight

tatpurusha compound

Compound type : tatpurusha (cit+dṛṣṭi)

• cit – consciousness, awareness
  noun (feminine)
• dṛṣṭi – vision, sight, view
  noun (feminine)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

ये (ye) - which (two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of yat

yat - which, what

उन्मेष-निमेषणे (unmeṣa-nimeṣaṇe) - opening and closing

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of unmeṣa-nimeṣaṇa

unmeṣa-nimeṣaṇa - opening and closing (of eyes, consciousness etc.)

dvandva compound of unmeṣa and nimeṣaṇa

Compound type : dvandva (unmeṣa+nimeṣaṇa)

• unmeṣa – opening (of eyes), blossoming, manifestation
  noun (masculine)
  from ud-miṣ
  Prefix: ud
  Root: miṣ (class 6)
• nimeṣaṇa – closing (of eyes), winking, cessation
  noun (neuter)
  from ni-miṣ
  Prefix: ni
  Root: miṣ (class 6)

जगत्-रूप-अनुभूतेः (jagat-rūpa-anubhūteḥ) - of the experience of the world-form

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of jagat-rūpa-anubhūti

jagat-rūpa-anubhūti - experience of the world-form

tatpurusha compound

Compound type : tatpurusha (jagat-rūpa+anubhūti)

• jagat – world, universe
  noun (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  from root gam, used as noun
  Root: gam (class 1)
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance
  noun (neuter)
• anubhūti – experience, perception
  noun (feminine)
  from anu-bhū
  Prefix: anu
  Root: bhū (class 1)

तौ (tau) - those two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that

एतौ (etau) - these two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of etad

etad - this

अस्तमय-उदयौ (astamaya-udayau) - setting and rising, disappearance and appearance

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of astamaya-udaya

astamaya-udaya - setting and rising, disappearance and appearance

dvandva compound of astamaya and udaya

Compound type : dvandva (astamaya+udaya)

• astamaya – setting, disappearance
  noun (masculine)
  from astam-i (to go home, disappear)
  Prefix: astam
  Root: i (class 2)
• udaya – rising, appearance
  noun (masculine)
  from ud-i (to rise, appear)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: i (class 2)

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