योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-4, verse-12

यथा तिलकणे तैलं गुणो गुणिनि वा यथा ।
यथा धर्मिणि वा धर्मस्तथेदं चित्तके जगत् ॥ १२ ॥

yathā tilakaṇe tailaṃ guṇo guṇini vā yathā ,
yathā dharmiṇi vā dharmastathedaṃ cittake jagat 12

12. yathā tilakaṇe tailam guṇaḥ guṇini vā yathā | yathā
dharmiṇi vā dharmaḥ tathā idam cittake jagat ||

12. yathā tilakaṇe tailam (asti),
vā yathā guṇini guṇaḥ (asti),
vā yathā dharmiṇi dharmaḥ (asti),
tathā idam jagat cittake (asti).

12. Just as oil is in a sesame seed, or a quality in its possessor, or a characteristic (dharma) in its substratum; so too is this world in the mind (cittaka).

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, like)

• तिलकणे (tilakaṇe) - in a sesame seed

• तैलम् (tailam) - oil

• गुणः (guṇaḥ) - a quality (quality, attribute, virtue, strand)

• गुणिनि (guṇini) - in the possessor of qualities

• वा (vā) - or (or, either)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, like)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, like)

• धर्मिणि (dharmiṇi) - in its substratum (in the substratum, in the possessor of a quality (dharma))

• वा (vā) - or (or, either)

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - a characteristic (dharma) (law, duty, righteousness, quality, intrinsic nature (dharma))

• तथा (tathā) - so too (so, thus, in that manner)

• इदम् (idam) - this

• चित्तके (cittake) - in the mind (in the mind (diminutive))

• जगत् (jagat) - world (world, universe)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, like)

(indeclinable)

तिलकणे (tilakaṇe) - in a sesame seed

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tilakaṇa

tilakaṇa - sesame seed

तैलम् (tailam) - oil

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of taila

taila - oil, especially sesame oil

derived from tila (sesame)

गुणः (guṇaḥ) - a quality (quality, attribute, virtue, strand)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of guṇa

guṇa - quality, attribute, virtue, merit, secondary constituent

गुणिनि (guṇini) - in the possessor of qualities

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of guṇin

guṇin - endowed with qualities, possessing attributes, meritorious

possessive suffix -in

Note: can be treated as a noun here: 'in the qualified entity'

वा (vā) - or (or, either)

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, like)

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, like)

(indeclinable)

धर्मिणि (dharmiṇi) - in its substratum (in the substratum, in the possessor of a quality (dharma))

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of dharmin

dharmin - possessing properties, having attributes, substratum of qualities, religious, virtuous

possessive suffix -in

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

वा (vā) - or (or, either)

(indeclinable)

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - a characteristic (dharma) (law, duty, righteousness, quality, intrinsic nature (dharma))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - constitution, natural law, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty, virtue, quality

from root dhṛ (to hold, support)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - so too (so, thus, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here

चित्तके (cittake) - in the mind (in the mind (diminutive))

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of cittaka

cittaka - mind (often with a diminutive or affectionate sense)

diminutive of citta

Root: cit (class 1)

जगत् (jagat) - world (world, universe)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, living beings

present active participle of gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

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