योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-12, verse-16

तावत्तावत्स्वकेनैव चेतसा प्रविचार्यते ।
यावद्यावद्विचाराणां सीमान्तः समवाप्यते ॥ १६ ॥

tāvattāvatsvakenaiva cetasā pravicāryate ,
yāvadyāvadvicārāṇāṃ sīmāntaḥ samavāpyate 16

16. tāvat tāvat svakena eva cetasā pravicāryate |
yāvat yāvat vicārāṇām sīmāntaḥ samavāpyate ||

16. tāvat tāvat (viṣayaḥ) svakena eva cetasā pravicāryate
yāvat yāvat vicārāṇām sīmāntaḥ samavāpyate

16. One deliberates with one's own mind (cetas) for so long, until the ultimate limit of reflections is reached.

Words meanings summery:

• तावत् (tāvat) - for so long (so much, so far, so long)

• तावत् (tāvat) - for so long (so much, so far, so long)

• स्वकेन (svakena) - by one's own (mind) (by one's own)

• एव (eva) - indeed (only, just, indeed, precisely)

• चेतसा (cetasā) - by the mind (cetas) (by the mind, by consciousness, by the heart)

• प्रविचार्यते (pravicāryate) - is deliberated upon, reflected upon (is deliberated, is reflected upon, is investigated)

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, until (as much, as long as, until)

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, until (as much, as long as, until)

• विचाराणाम् (vicārāṇām) - of reflections (of thoughts, of reflections)

• सीमान्तः (sīmāntaḥ) - the limit (limit, boundary, end)

• समवाप्यते (samavāpyate) - is reached (is attained, is reached, is met with)

Words meanings and morphology

तावत् (tāvat) - for so long (so much, so far, so long)

(indeclinable)

तावत् (tāvat) - for so long (so much, so far, so long)

(indeclinable)

स्वकेन (svakena) - by one's own (mind) (by one's own)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of svaka

svaka - one's own, peculiar to oneself

Note: Agrees with 'cetasā' (neuter noun in instrumental singular).

एव (eva) - indeed (only, just, indeed, precisely)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the preceding word.

चेतसा (cetasā) - by the mind (cetas) (by the mind, by consciousness, by the heart)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of cetas

cetas - mind, intellect, consciousness, heart, understanding

Root: cit (class 1)

प्रविचार्यते (pravicāryate) - is deliberated upon, reflected upon (is deliberated, is reflected upon, is investigated)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of pravicāray

Present tense, Atmanepada, 3rd person singular, passive voice, from the denominative root vicāray (from vicāra 'thought') with prefix pra.

Prefixes: pra+vi

Root: car (class 10)

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, until (as much, as long as, until)

(indeclinable)

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, until (as much, as long as, until)

(indeclinable)

विचाराणाम् (vicārāṇām) - of reflections (of thoughts, of reflections)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vicāra

vicāra - thought, reflection, consideration, deliberation

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)

सीमान्तः (sīmāntaḥ) - the limit (limit, boundary, end)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sīmānta

sīmānta - boundary, limit, end, border

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sīmā+anta)

• sīmā – boundary, limit, border
  noun (feminine)
• anta – end, limit, boundary, edge
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of 'samavāpyate'.

समवाप्यते (samavāpyate) - is reached (is attained, is reached, is met with)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of samavāp

Present tense, Atmanepada, 3rd person singular, passive voice

Prefixes: sam+ava

Root: āp (class 5)