योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-118, verse-11

संनिवेशांशवैचित्र्यं यथा हेम्नोऽङ्गदादिता ।
आत्मनस्तदतद्रूपा तथैव जगदादिता ॥ ११ ॥

saṃniveśāṃśavaicitryaṃ yathā hemno'ṅgadāditā ,
ātmanastadatadrūpā tathaiva jagadāditā 11

11. saṃniveśa-aṃśa-vaicitryam yathā hemnaḥ aṅgadā-āditā
ātmanaḥ tat atat rūpā tathā eva jagat-āditā

11. yathā saṃniveśa-aṃśa-vaicitryam hemnaḥ aṅgadā-āditā
tathā eva ātmanaḥ tat atat rūpā jagat-āditā

11. Just as the diversity in the arrangement of its parts leads to gold (heman) becoming bangles and other ornaments, similarly, for the self (ātman), the manifestation as the world (jagat) and so forth takes on forms that are both identical to it and distinct from it.

Words meanings summery:

• संनिवेश-अंश-वैचित्र्यम् (saṁniveśa-aṁśa-vaicitryam) - the diversity of arrangement and parts

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in what manner

• हेम्नः (hemnaḥ) - of gold

• अङ्गदा-आदिता (aṅgadā-āditā) - becoming bangles and other ornaments (the state of being a bangle and so forth, bangle-etc-ness)

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self, of the soul (ātman)

• तत् (tat) - identical to (the self) (that, it)

• अतत् (atat) - distinct from (the self) (not that, non-existent)

• रूपा (rūpā) - takes on forms (that are...) (form, nature, appearance)

• तथा (tathā) - so also (so, likewise, thus)

• एव (eva) - similarly, just so (indeed, certainly, only, just so)

• जगत्-आदिता (jagat-āditā) - manifestation as the world and so forth (the state of being the world and so forth, world-etc-ness)

Words meanings and morphology

संनिवेश-अंश-वैचित्र्यम् (saṁniveśa-aṁśa-vaicitryam) - the diversity of arrangement and parts

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṃniveśa-aṃśa-vaicitrya

saṁniveśa-aṁśa-vaicitrya - diversity of composition and parts, variety in arrangement of components

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃniveśa+aṃśa+vaicitrya)

• saṃniveśa – arrangement, disposition, composition, structure
  noun (masculine)
  From 'viś' with 'sam-ni'
  Prefixes: sam+ni
  Root: viś (class 6)
• aṃśa – part, portion, component
  noun (masculine)
  Root: aṃś (class 1)
• vaicitrya – variety, diversity, manifoldness
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from 'vicitra' (variegated)

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'leads to' or 'is'.

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in what manner

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces the comparison.

हेम्नः (hemnaḥ) - of gold

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of heman

heman - gold

अङ्गदा-आदिता (aṅgadā-āditā) - becoming bangles and other ornaments (the state of being a bangle and so forth, bangle-etc-ness)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of aṅgadā-āditā

aṅgadā-āditā - the state of being bangles, etc.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aṅgadā+ādi+tā)

• aṅgadā – bangle, bracelet
  noun (feminine)
• ādi – beginning, etcetera, and so forth
  indeclinable
• tā – suffix denoting state or quality (e.g. -ness, -hood)
  suffix (feminine)
  Feminine abstract noun suffix

Note: Predicate nominative in the simile.

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self, of the soul (ātman)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, individual soul, supreme spirit, the (ātman)

Root: an (class 2)

Note: Possessive, related to 'jagadāditā'.

तत् (tat) - identical to (the self) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

demonstrative pronoun

Note: Part of 'tat-atat-rūpā', referring to the self.

अतत् (atat) - distinct from (the self) (not that, non-existent)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of atad

atad - not that, not he/she/it, distinct from

Compound of 'a' (negation) and 'tad'

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+tad)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• tad – that, he, she, it
  pronoun (neuter)
  demonstrative pronoun

Note: Part of 'tat-atat-rūpā', referring to what is distinct from the self.

रूपा (rūpā) - takes on forms (that are...) (form, nature, appearance)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, shape, nature, appearance, image

Note: Forms a descriptive compound with 'tat' and 'atat' to describe 'jagadāditā'.

तथा (tathā) - so also (so, likewise, thus)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the simile.

एव (eva) - similarly, just so (indeed, certainly, only, just so)

(indeclinable)

जगत्-आदिता (jagat-āditā) - manifestation as the world and so forth (the state of being the world and so forth, world-etc-ness)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jagat-āditā

jagat-āditā - the state of being the world, etc.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jagat+ādi+tā)

• jagat – world, universe, moving, what moves
  noun (neuter)
  Present active participle of 'gam' (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)
• ādi – beginning, etcetera, and so forth
  indeclinable
• tā – suffix denoting state or quality (e.g. -ness, -hood)
  suffix (feminine)
  Feminine abstract noun suffix

Note: Predicate nominative in the second clause.