योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-42, verse-19

यथा दीपेन दीपानां जातानामात्मनां तथा ।
देशकालकलामात्रभेदः स्वाभाविकश्चितेः ॥ १९ ॥

yathā dīpena dīpānāṃ jātānāmātmanāṃ tathā ,
deśakālakalāmātrabhedaḥ svābhāvikaściteḥ 19

19. yathā dīpena dīpānām jātānām ātmanām tathā
deśa-kāla-kalā-mātra-bhedaḥ svābhāvikaḥ citeḥ

19. yathā dīpena dīpānām jātānām tathā ātmanām
citeḥ deśa-kāla-kalā-mātra-bhedaḥ svābhāvikaḥ

19. Just as many lamps are lit from a single lamp, similarly, for the individual selves (ātman) that manifest, the distinction is merely one of place, time, and parts – this is the natural characteristic of consciousness (citi).

19. כשם שנרות שהודלקו מנר אחד נראים נפרדים, כך עבור העצמיים הפרטיים, ההבדל הוא בלבד במרחב, בזמן ובמידה, בעוד שטבעם הבלתי משתנה הוא תודעה טהורה.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, like, as

• दीपेन (dīpena) - by a lamp, with a lamp

• दीपानाम् (dīpānām) - of lamps

• जातानाम् (jātānām) - referring to the individual selves or lamps that are born/manifested (of those born, of those come into being, of the arisen)

• आत्मनाम् (ātmanām) - of the selves, of the individual souls

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, likewise

• देश-काल-कला-मात्र-भेदः (deśa-kāla-kalā-mātra-bhedaḥ) - the difference merely of place, time, and parts

• स्वाभाविकः (svābhāvikaḥ) - natural, inherent, innate

• चितेः (citeḥ) - of consciousness

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, like, as

(indeclinable)

दीपेन (dīpena) - by a lamp, with a lamp

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of dīpa

dīpa - lamp, light, lantern

दीपानाम् (dīpānām) - of lamps

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of dīpa

dīpa - lamp, light, lantern

जातानाम् (jātānām) - referring to the individual selves or lamps that are born/manifested (of those born, of those come into being, of the arisen)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of jāta

jāta - born, produced, arisen, happened

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root jan (to be born)

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Agrees with dīpānām and ātmanām

आत्मनाम् (ātmanām) - of the selves, of the individual souls

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of ātman

ātman - self, soul, individual soul, essence, supreme spirit

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, likewise

(indeclinable)

देश-काल-कला-मात्र-भेदः (deśa-kāla-kalā-mātra-bhedaḥ) - the difference merely of place, time, and parts

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deśa-kāla-kalā-mātra-bheda

deśa-kāla-kalā-mātra-bheda - difference merely of space, time, and divisions/parts

Compound type : Tatpurusha (deśa+kāla+kalā+mātra+bheda)

• deśa – place, region, space
  noun (masculine)
• kāla – time, period, season
  noun (masculine)
• kalā – part, portion, division, art, digit
  noun (feminine)
• mātra – only, merely, size, measure, quantity
  indeclinable
  Often used as a suffix in compounds to denote 'only' or 'mere'
• bheda – difference, distinction, division, separation
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhid (class 7)

स्वाभाविकः (svābhāvikaḥ) - natural, inherent, innate

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svābhāvika

svābhāvika - natural, inherent, innate, spontaneous

Derived from svabhāva (one's own nature) + ika (suffix)

चितेः (citeḥ) - of consciousness

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of citi

citi - consciousness, knowledge, intelligence, understanding

Derived from root cit (to perceive, understand)

Root: cit (class 1)

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