योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-42, verse-7

स्वशिखास्पन्दशक्त्यैव दीपः सौम्यो यथोन्नतम् ।
एति तद्वदसावात्मा तत्स्वे वपुषि वल्गति ॥ ७ ॥

svaśikhāspandaśaktyaiva dīpaḥ saumyo yathonnatam ,
eti tadvadasāvātmā tatsve vapuṣi valgati 7

7. svaśikhāspandaśaktyā eva dīpaḥ saumyaḥ yathā
unnatam eti tadvat asau ātmā tatsve vapuṣi valgati

7. yathā saumyaḥ dīpaḥ svaśikhāspandaśaktyā eva unnatam eti,
tadvat asau ātmā tatsve vapuṣi valgati

7. Just as a gentle lamp rises upwards by the very power of the movement of its own flame, so too does this self (ātman) manifest within its own body.

Words meanings summery:

• स्वशिखास्पन्दशक्त्या (svaśikhāspandaśaktyā) - by the power of the flicker of its own flame

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, very

• दीपः (dīpaḥ) - a lamp

• सौम्यः (saumyaḥ) - gentle, mild, bright, pleasant

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• उन्नतम् (unnatam) - upwards, elevated

• एति (eti) - goes, moves

• तद्वत् (tadvat) - similarly, in the same way

• असौ (asau) - this (referring to something distant or just mentioned)

• आत्मा (ātmā) - the self (ātman) (the self, soul, spirit)

• तत्स्वे (tatsve) - in its own

• वपुषि (vapuṣi) - in the body, in the form

• वल्गति (valgati) - moves, dances, vibrates, appears vividly

Words meanings and morphology

स्वशिखास्पन्दशक्त्या (svaśikhāspandaśaktyā) - by the power of the flicker of its own flame

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of svaśikhāspandaśakti

svaśikhāspandaśakti - the power of the flicker/vibration of one's own flame

Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+śikhā+spanda+śakti)

• sva – one's own
  pronoun (masculine)
• śikhā – flame, crest
  noun (feminine)
• spanda – flicker, vibration, movement
  noun (masculine)
  From √spad (to move, vibrate)
  Root: spad (class 1)
• śakti – power, energy, capability
  noun (feminine)
  From √śak (to be able)
  Root: śak (class 5)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, very

(indeclinable)

दीपः (dīpaḥ) - a lamp

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dīpa

dīpa - lamp, light

From √dīp (to shine)

Root: dīp (class 4)

सौम्यः (saumyaḥ) - gentle, mild, bright, pleasant

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saumya

saumya - relating to Soma, gentle, auspicious, pleasant

Derived from 'soma'

Note: Agrees with dīpaḥ.

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

उन्नतम् (unnatam) - upwards, elevated

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of unnata

unnata - raised, elevated, high, prominent

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √nam (to bend) with upasarga ud-

Prefix: ud

Root: nam (class 1)

Note: Functions adverbially here, meaning 'upwards'.

एति (eti) - goes, moves

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of i

Root: i (class 2)

तद्वत् (tadvat) - similarly, in the same way

(indeclinable)

Suffix -vat applied to tad

असौ (asau) - this (referring to something distant or just mentioned)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, this

Note: Masculine nominative singular of adas.

आत्मा (ātmā) - the self (ātman) (the self, soul, spirit)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

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

तत्स्वे (tatsve) - in its own

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of tatsva

tatsva - in its own

Compound of tad (that) + sva (own)

Compound type : tatpurusha (tad+sva)

• tad – that
  pronoun (neuter)
• sva – own
  pronoun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with vapuṣi.

वपुषि (vapuṣi) - in the body, in the form

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vapus

vapus - body, form, figure

वल्गति (valgati) - moves, dances, vibrates, appears vividly

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of valg

Root: valg (class 1)