योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-128, verse-31

अचेतनं जगन्न्यस्तं चैतन्ये चेतनी भवेत् ।
यथा वै लवणग्रन्थिः समुद्रे सैन्धवो यथा ॥ ३१ ॥

acetanaṃ jagannyastaṃ caitanye cetanī bhavet ,
yathā vai lavaṇagranthiḥ samudre saindhavo yathā 31

31. acetanam jagat nyastam caitanye cetanī bhavet
yathā vai lavaṇagranthiḥ samudre saindhavaḥ yathā

31. acetanam jagat caitanye nyastam cetanī bhavet
yathā vai lavaṇagranthiḥ samudre saindhavaḥ yathā

31. The unconscious world (jagat), when placed within consciousness, becomes conscious. This is just as a lump of salt (lavaṇagranthi), or rock salt (saindhava), when in the ocean, becomes indistinguishable from it.

Words meanings summery:

• अचेतनम् (acetanam) - unconscious, inanimate, insentient

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe, moving (jagat)

• न्यस्तम् (nyastam) - placed, deposited, laid down

• चैतन्ये (caitanye) - in consciousness, in awareness, in intelligence

• चेतनी (cetanī) - would become conscious (entity) (conscious, sentient (feminine))

• भवेत् (bhavet) - would become, should be, might be

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

• वै (vai) - indeed, verily, surely

• लवणग्रन्थिः (lavaṇagranthiḥ) - a lump of salt

• समुद्रे (samudre) - in the ocean, in the sea

• सैन्धवः (saindhavaḥ) - rock-salt, related to Sindh

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

Words meanings and morphology

अचेतनम् (acetanam) - unconscious, inanimate, insentient

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of acetana

acetana - unconscious, inanimate, devoid of consciousness

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+cetana)

• a – not, non-
  prefix
• cetana – conscious, sentient, animate
  adjective
  Root: cit (class 1)

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe, moving (jagat)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, that which moves, living beings (jagat)

Derived from root gam (to go) with reduplication and -at suffix.

Root: gam (class 1)

न्यस्तम् (nyastam) - placed, deposited, laid down

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nyasta

nyasta - placed, put down, deposited, entrusted

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of ni-as (to throw, cast)

Prefix: ni

Root: as (class 4)

चैतन्ये (caitanye) - in consciousness, in awareness, in intelligence

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of caitanya

caitanya - consciousness, intelligence, spirit

Derived from cetana (conscious) with suffix -ya.

चेतनी (cetanī) - would become conscious (entity) (conscious, sentient (feminine))

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cetanī

cetanī - conscious, sentient, animating (feminine form)

Feminine form of cetana.

Root: cit (class 1)

भवेत् (bhavet) - would become, should be, might be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

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

(indeclinable)

वै (vai) - indeed, verily, surely

(indeclinable)

लवणग्रन्थिः (lavaṇagranthiḥ) - a lump of salt

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lavaṇagranthi

lavaṇagranthi - a lump of salt

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (lavaṇa+granthi)

• lavaṇa – salt, saline
  noun (neuter)
• granthi – knot, lump, gland, difficulty
  noun (masculine)
  Root: granth (class 1)

समुद्रे (samudre) - in the ocean, in the sea

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samudra

samudra - ocean, sea

Prefix: sam

Root: ud (class 7)

सैन्धवः (saindhavaḥ) - rock-salt, related to Sindh

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saindhava

saindhava - rock-salt, a horse from Sindh, inhabitant of Sindh

Derived from Sindhu (the Indus river/region) with suffix -a.

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

(indeclinable)