योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-91, verse-25

संविदुच्छूनतां चित्तं विद्धि तेनेदमाततम् ।
अनर्थजालमालूनविशीर्णजनजीवकम् ॥ २५ ॥

saṃviducchūnatāṃ cittaṃ viddhi tenedamātatam ,
anarthajālamālūnaviśīrṇajanajīvakam 25

25. saṃvid ucchūnatām cittam viddhi tena idam ātatam
| anarthajālam ālūnaviśīrṇajanajīvakam ||

25. cittam saṃvid ucchūnatām viddhi tena idam ātatam
anarthajālam ālūnaviśīrṇajanajīvakam [bhavati]

25. Know the mind (citta) to be the expansion of consciousness (saṃvit); by it, this [entire world] is pervaded. It is a net of misfortunes that causes the lives of people to be severed and withered.

Words meanings summery:

• संविद् (saṁvid) - consciousness (consciousness, knowledge, understanding)

• उच्छूनताम् (ucchūnatām) - expansion, fullness (expansion, swelling, fullness)

• चित्तम् (cittam) - mind (mind, thought, intellect, heart)

• विद्धि (viddhi) - know!

• तेन (tena) - by that (mind/consciousness) (by that, with that)

• इदम् (idam) - this (world, existence) (this, here)

• आततम् (ātatam) - pervaded (spread out, extended, pervaded)

• अनर्थजालम् (anarthajālam) - net of misfortunes (net of misfortunes, web of dangers)

• आलूनविशीर्णजनजीवकम् (ālūnaviśīrṇajanajīvakam) - which causes the lives of people to be severed and withered (that which makes the lives of people cut off and withered)

Words meanings and morphology

संविद् (saṁvid) - consciousness (consciousness, knowledge, understanding)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃvid

saṁvid - consciousness, knowledge, understanding, agreement

From sam- (together) + √vid (to know, perceive).

Prefix: sam

Root: √vid (class 2)

Note: Used in a compound, but its own form is nominative here as it describes the nature of citta.

उच्छूनताम् (ucchūnatām) - expansion, fullness (expansion, swelling, fullness)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ucchūnatā

ucchūnatā - swelling, inflation, expansion, fullness, bloatedness

From ut- + √śvā (to swell) + -tum (suffix for infinitive/noun formation) + tā (abstract noun suffix).

Prefix: ut

Root: √śvā (class 2)

Note: This is part of a compound saṃvid-ucchūnatā, meaning 'the expansion of consciousness'. The accusative ending is for the compound as a whole.

चित्तम् (cittam) - mind (mind, thought, intellect, heart)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, thought, intellect, heart, consciousness, attention

Past Passive Participle

From √cit (to perceive, know, understand).

Root: √cit (class 1)

Note: saṃvid-ucchūnatām is in apposition to cittam. Both are accusative.

विद्धि (viddhi) - know!

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of √vid

Imperative

Second person singular imperative of √vid.

Root: √vid (class 2)

तेन (tena) - by that (mind/consciousness) (by that, with that)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to cittam or saṃvid-ucchūnatā.

इदम् (idam) - this (world, existence) (this, here)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Used as 'this [world/reality]'.

आततम् (ātatam) - pervaded (spread out, extended, pervaded)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ātata

ātata - stretched, spread, extended, diffused, pervaded

Past Passive Participle

From ā- (towards, over) + √tan (to stretch, extend).

Prefix: ā

Root: √tan (class 8)

Note: Predicative adjective for idam.

अनर्थजालम् (anarthajālam) - net of misfortunes (net of misfortunes, web of dangers)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anarthajāla

anarthajāla - net of evils/dangers/misfortunes

Compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (anartha+jāla)

• anartha – misfortune, evil, danger, uselessness
  noun (masculine/neuter)
  From an- (not) + artha (purpose, meaning, wealth).
  Prefix: an
• jāla – net, snare, web
  noun (neuter)

Note: Another descriptive term for cittam.

आलूनविशीर्णजनजीवकम् (ālūnaviśīrṇajanajīvakam) - which causes the lives of people to be severed and withered (that which makes the lives of people cut off and withered)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ālūnaviśīrṇajanajīvaka

ālūnaviśīrṇajanajīvaka - that which makes the lives of people cut off and withered

Complex compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ālūna+viśīrṇa+jana+jīvaka)

• ālūna – cut, severed, plucked
  adjective (masculine/neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From ā- + √lū (to cut, sever).
  Prefix: ā
  Root: √lū (class 9)
• viśīrṇa – withered, decayed, crumbled, scattered
  adjective (masculine/neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From vi- + √śṝ (to tear, break, decay).
  Prefix: vi
  Root: √śṝ (class 9)
• jana – person, people, human being
  noun (masculine)
• jīvaka – life, livelihood, living
  noun (neuter)
  From √jīv (to live).
  Root: √jīv (class 1)

Note: It functions as an adjective describing the anarthajālam or cittam.