योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-11, verse-44

अयं सोऽहमिदं चित्तमित्याद्यर्थोत्थया गिरा ।
शब्दप्रतिश्रवेणाद्राविवात्मात्मनि जृम्भते ॥ ४४ ॥

ayaṃ so'hamidaṃ cittamityādyarthotthayā girā ,
śabdapratiśraveṇādrāvivātmātmani jṛmbhate 44

44. ayam saḥ aham idam cittam iti ādyaarthotthayā girā
śabda pratiśraveṇa adrāvi iva ātmā ātmani jṛmbhate

44. ayam saḥ aham idam cittam iti ādyaarthotthayā girā
śabda pratiśraveṇa iva adrāvi ātmā ātmani jṛmbhate

44. Through statements like 'This is he,' 'I am this,' and 'This is the mind,' which arise from their specific meanings, and like an echo (śabda pratiśraveṇa) in response to sound, the (ātman) (self), firm as a rock, expands within itself (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine singular nominative) (this, this one)

• सः (saḥ) - he (that one) (he, that)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• इदम् (idam) - this (neuter singular nominative) (this, this one)

• चित्तम् (cittam) - mind (mind, thought, consciousness)

• इति (iti) - such as, thus (thus, so, ending a quotation or statement)

• आद्यअर्थोत्थया (ādyaarthotthayā) - arising from specific meanings, beginning with these (statements) (by that which arises from meanings beginning with these, by that which proceeds from initial meanings)

• गिरा (girā) - by speech (or statements) (by speech, by words)

• शब्द (śabda) - sound (sound, word, noise)

• प्रतिश्रवेण (pratiśraveṇa) - by the echo or response (to sound) (by listening, by echo, by response)

• अद्रावि (adrāvi) - firm, unshakeable (like a rock) (firm, unmoving, solid)

• इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

• आत्मा (ātmā) - the self (ātman) (self, soul, spirit, essential nature)

• आत्मनि (ātmani) - within itself (ātman) (in the self, in the soul)

• जृम्भते (jṛmbhate) - expands, manifests itself (yawns, stretches, expands, manifests)

Words meanings and morphology

अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine singular nominative) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

सः (saḥ) - he (that one) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

इदम् (idam) - this (neuter singular nominative) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

चित्तम् (cittam) - mind (mind, thought, consciousness)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, thought, intellect, consciousness

Past Passive Participle

From root cit 'to perceive, think'.

Root: cit (class 1)

इति (iti) - such as, thus (thus, so, ending a quotation or statement)

(indeclinable)

आद्यअर्थोत्थया (ādyaarthotthayā) - arising from specific meanings, beginning with these (statements) (by that which arises from meanings beginning with these, by that which proceeds from initial meanings)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of ādyaarthotthā

ādyaarthotthā - arising from meanings beginning with (something), proceeding from initial meanings

Compound formed from ādya (first, beginning with), artha (meaning), and utthā (arising, being produced).

Compound type : tatpurusha (ādya+artha+utthā)

• ādya – first, original, beginning, chief, initial
  adjective
  From ādi (beginning).
• artha – meaning, sense, purpose, object
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ṛ (class 3)
• utthā – arisen, produced, born from, proceeding from
  adjective (feminine)
  From ud-√sthā 'to stand up, arise'. Feminine form.
  Prefix: ud
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Compound functioning as an adjective for 'girā'.

गिरा (girā) - by speech (or statements) (by speech, by words)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of gir

gir - speech, voice, word, hymn

Root: gṛ (class 9)

शब्द (śabda) - sound (sound, word, noise)

(noun)

masculine, singular of śabda

śabda - sound, word, noise, voice

Root: śabd (class 1)

Note: Part of the compound śabda-pratiśraveṇa.

प्रतिश्रवेण (pratiśraveṇa) - by the echo or response (to sound) (by listening, by echo, by response)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pratiśrava

pratiśrava - hearing, listening, promise, echo, response

From prati-√śru 'to hear, respond'.

Prefix: prati

Root: śru (class 5)

अद्रावि (adrāvi) - firm, unshakeable (like a rock) (firm, unmoving, solid)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adrāvin

adrāvin - not flowing, firm, solid, unmoving

Derived from a-drāva (without flowing).

Prefix: a

Root: drā (class 1)

Note: Interpreted as an adjective meaning 'firm, unmoving' matching ātmā.

इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

आत्मा (ātmā) - the self (ātman) (self, soul, spirit, essential nature)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essential nature, breath

Root: an (class 2)

आत्मनि (ātmani) - within itself (ātman) (in the self, in the soul)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essential nature, breath

Root: an (class 2)

जृम्भते (jṛmbhate) - expands, manifests itself (yawns, stretches, expands, manifests)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of jṛmbh

Root: jṛmbh (class 1)

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