योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-91, verse-93

बद्ध्वात्मानं रुदित्वा च कोशकारकृमिर्यथा ।
चिरात्केवलतामेति स्वयं संवित्स्वभावतः ॥ ९३ ॥

baddhvātmānaṃ ruditvā ca kośakārakṛmiryathā ,
cirātkevalatāmeti svayaṃ saṃvitsvabhāvataḥ 93

93. baddhvā ātmānam ruditvā ca kośakārakṛmiḥ yathā
| cirāt kevalatām eti svayam saṃvit svabhāvataḥ

93. yathā kośakārakṛmiḥ ātmānam baddhvā ca ruditvā
svayam saṃvit svabhāvataḥ cirāt kevalatām eti

93. Just as the cocoon-weaving worm, having bound itself and cried (in suffering), so too consciousness (saṃvit), by its intrinsic nature (svabhāvataḥ), after a long time, attains its ultimate state of aloneness (kevalatā).

93. לאחר שהיא כובלת את עצמה ובוכה כמו זחל הטוואי בתוך הפקעת שלו, המודעות מגיעה לבסוף לבדידותה הטהורה מעצם טבעה.

Words meanings summery:

• बद्ध्वा (baddhvā) - having bound, having tied

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - the individual self, ego (oneself, the Self)

• रुदित्वा (ruditvā) - having cried in suffering (due to being bound) (having cried, having lamented, having suffered)

• च (ca) - and, also

• कोशकारकृमिः (kośakārakṛmiḥ) - cocoon-weaving worm, silkworm

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• चिरात् (cirāt) - after a long time, slowly

• केवलताम् (kevalatām) - to the ultimate state of aloneness (kaivalya) (to the state of aloneness, isolation, purity, oneness, liberation)

• एति (eti) - goes, attains, reaches

• स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by itself, spontaneously

• संवित् (saṁvit) - consciousness, knowledge, understanding

• स्वभावतः (svabhāvataḥ) - by its own nature, intrinsically

Words meanings and morphology

बद्ध्वा (baddhvā) - having bound, having tied

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive form of root bandh (to bind).

Root: bandh (class 9)

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - the individual self, ego (oneself, the Self)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence

Note: Refers to the individual self (jīva) that binds itself.

रुदित्वा (ruditvā) - having cried in suffering (due to being bound) (having cried, having lamented, having suffered)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive form of root rud (to cry).

Root: rud (class 2)

Note: Interpreted in context as having suffered from being bound.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

कोशकारकृमिः (kośakārakṛmiḥ) - cocoon-weaving worm, silkworm

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kośakārakṛmi

kośakārakṛmi - cocoon-making worm, silkworm

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kośakāra+kṛmi)

• kośakāra – cocoon-maker, sheath-maker
  noun (masculine)
• kṛmi – worm, insect
  noun (masculine)

Note: A classical metaphor for the jīva binding itself with karma.

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a simile.

चिरात् (cirāt) - after a long time, slowly

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, singular of cira

cira - long, lasting a long time

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'after a long time'.

केवलताम् (kevalatām) - to the ultimate state of aloneness (kaivalya) (to the state of aloneness, isolation, purity, oneness, liberation)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kevalatā

kevalatā - state of aloneness, isolation, oneness, purity, liberation (mokṣa)

Derived from kevala (alone, pure, absolute) + suffix -tā.

Note: Object of 'eti'.

एति (eti) - goes, attains, reaches

(verb)

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

Present indicative

Root i (to go), class 2, present tense, 3rd person singular.

Root: i (class 2)

स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by itself, spontaneously

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the self-reliant nature of the process.

संवित् (saṁvit) - consciousness, knowledge, understanding

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃvid

saṁvid - consciousness, knowledge, understanding, intellect, awareness

Derived from sam-vid (to know together).

Prefix: sam

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Subject of 'eti'.

स्वभावतः (svabhāvataḥ) - by its own nature, intrinsically

(indeclinable)

Ablative ending -taḥ used adverbially.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+bhāva)

• sva – own
  pronoun (masculine)
• bhāva – being, state, nature, disposition
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Indicates the inherent quality or tendency of consciousness.

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