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).

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.