योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-54, verse-4

भावयन्ती चितिश्चेत्यं व्यतिरिक्तमिवात्मनः ।
संकल्पतामुपायाति बीजमङ्कुरतामिव ॥ ४ ॥

bhāvayantī citiścetyaṃ vyatiriktamivātmanaḥ ,
saṃkalpatāmupāyāti bījamaṅkuratāmiva 4

4. bhāvayantī citiḥ cetyam vyatiriktaṃ iva
ātmanaḥ saṃkalpatām upāyāti bījam aṅkuratām iva

4. bhāvayantī citiḥ cetyam ātmanaḥ vyatiriktaṃ
iva saṃkalpatām upāyāti bījam aṅkuratām iva

4. Consciousness (cit), by conceiving of an object of consciousness (cetya) as if it were distinct from the Self (ātman), itself attains the state of resolve (saṃkalpa), just as a seed (bīja) develops into the state of a sprout.

Words meanings summery:

• भावयन्ती (bhāvayantī) - conceiving, imagining, contemplating, causing to be

• चितिः (citiḥ) - consciousness, thought

• चेत्यम् (cetyam) - object of consciousness, what is to be thought or perceived

• व्यतिरिक्तं (vyatiriktaṁ) - separate, distinct, different

• इव (iva) - as if, like

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - from the Self (ātman), of the Self (ātman)

• संकल्पताम् (saṁkalpatām) - the state of resolve (saṃkalpa), the nature of intention

• उपायाति (upāyāti) - approaches, attains, takes on

• बीजम् (bījam) - seed, germ, origin

• अङ्कुरताम् (aṅkuratām) - the state of a sprout

• इव (iva) - as if, like

Words meanings and morphology

भावयन्ती (bhāvayantī) - conceiving, imagining, contemplating, causing to be

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhāvayat

bhāvayat - conceiving, creating, causing to be, meditating

Present Active Participle

Feminine nominative singular of the present active participle of the causative of √bhū (bhāvaya).

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Qualifies citiḥ.

चितिः (citiḥ) - consciousness, thought

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, thought, mind, understanding

Root cit (to perceive, know) as a noun.

Root: cit (class 1)

चेत्यम् (cetyam) - object of consciousness, what is to be thought or perceived

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of cetya

cetya - that which is to be thought, object of consciousness, knowable

Gerundive

Future Passive Participle (gerundive) from √cit

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Object of bhāvayantī.

व्यतिरिक्तं (vyatiriktaṁ) - separate, distinct, different

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vyatirikta

vyatirikta - separated, distinct, different, excluded

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of √ric (to separate) with vi and ati.

Prefixes: vi+ati

Root: ric (class 7)

Note: Modifies cetyam.

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - from the Self (ātman), of the Self (ātman)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - Self, soul, essence, breath

Note: The ablative case implies "separate from".

संकल्पताम् (saṁkalpatām) - the state of resolve (saṃkalpa), the nature of intention

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of saṃkalpatā

saṁkalpatā - the state or nature of resolve (saṃkalpa), determination

From saṃkalpa + tā (suffix for abstract quality).

Note: Object of upāyāti.

उपायाति (upāyāti) - approaches, attains, takes on

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of yā

Present Active

3rd singular present active of √yā with upa and ā.

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: yā (class 2)

बीजम् (bījam) - seed, germ, origin

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bīja

bīja - seed, germ, origin, element

Note: Subject of the simile.

अङ्कुरताम् (aṅkuratām) - the state of a sprout

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of aṅkuratā

aṅkuratā - the state of being a sprout or shoot

From aṅkura (sprout) + tā (suffix for abstract quality).

Note: Object of implicit verb in simile.

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)