योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-37, verse-3

एषा बीजकणान्तस्था चित्सत्ता स्ववपुर्मयम् ।
लब्ध्वा मृत्कालवार्यादि करोत्यङ्कुरमोदनम् ॥ ३ ॥

eṣā bījakaṇāntasthā citsattā svavapurmayam ,
labdhvā mṛtkālavāryādi karotyaṅkuramodanam 3

3. eṣā bījakāṇāntasthā citsattā svavapurmayam
labdhvā mṛtkālavāryādi karoti aṅkuramodanam

3. eṣā bījakāṇāntasthā citsattā mṛtkālavāryādi
labdhvā svavapurmayam aṅkuramodanam karoti

3. This consciousness-existence (citsattā), located within a seed-particle, having obtained earth, time, water, and other such elements, then brings forth the joyful sprout—a manifestation of its own form.

3. נוכחות התודעה השוכנת בתוך הגרעין מקבלת עפר, זמן ומים, עוטה את צורתה ומחוללת בשמחה את לבלוב הנבט.

Words meanings summery:

• एषा (eṣā) - this (this (feminine singular nominative))

• बीजकाणान्तस्था (bījakāṇāntasthā) - located within a seed-particle (situated within a seed-particle/atom)

• चित्सत्ता (citsattā) - consciousness-existence (citsattā) (consciousness (cit) and existence (sattā), conscious being, conscious power)

• स्ववपुर्मयम् (svavapurmayam) - a manifestation of its own form (consisting of its own form/body, self-bodied, manifested as its own form)

• लब्ध्वा (labdhvā) - having obtained (having obtained, having acquired)

• मृत्कालवार्यादि (mṛtkālavāryādi) - earth, time, water, and other such elements (earth, time, water, and so on)

• करोति (karoti) - then brings forth (it makes, it does, it creates, it produces)

• अङ्कुरमोदनम् (aṅkuramodanam) - the joyful sprout (the joyful sprouting, the blossoming of the sprout, the delight of the sprout)

Words meanings and morphology

एषा (eṣā) - this (this (feminine singular nominative))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Note: Refers to 'citsattā'.

बीजकाणान्तस्था (bījakāṇāntasthā) - located within a seed-particle (situated within a seed-particle/atom)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bījakāṇāntastha

bījakāṇāntastha - situated within a seed-particle/atom

Tatpuruṣa compound: bīja (seed) + kaṇa (particle/atom) + antastha (situated within)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bīja+kaṇa+antastha)

• bīja – seed, origin, cause
  noun (neuter)
• kaṇa – particle, atom, grain, drop
  noun (masculine)
• antastha – situated within, internal, inherent
  adjective (masculine)
  From antar (within) + √sthā (to stand)
  Prefix: antar
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Adjective for 'citsattā'.

चित्सत्ता (citsattā) - consciousness-existence (citsattā) (consciousness (cit) and existence (sattā), conscious being, conscious power)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of citsattā

citsattā - consciousness-existence, conscious being, conscious power

Tatpuruṣa compound: cit (consciousness) + sattā (existence)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cit+sattā)

• cit – consciousness, intelligence, thought
  noun (feminine)
• sattā – existence, being, reality, power
  noun (feminine)
  From √as (to be) + tā (suffix)
  Root: as (class 2)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

स्ववपुर्मयम् (svavapurmayam) - a manifestation of its own form (consisting of its own form/body, self-bodied, manifested as its own form)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of svavapurmaya

svavapurmaya - consisting of its own form/body, self-bodied

Tatpuruṣa compound: sva (own) + vapus (body/form) + maya (made of, consisting of)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+vapus+maya)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun (neuter)
• vapus – body, form, figure
  noun (neuter)
• maya – made of, consisting of, full of
  adjective (masculine)
  Suffix -maya

Note: Adjective for 'aṅkuramodanam'.

लब्ध्वा (labdhvā) - having obtained (having obtained, having acquired)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From √labh (to obtain), absolutive form.

Root: labh (class 1)

Note: Indicates a preceding action.

मृत्कालवार्यादि (mṛtkālavāryādi) - earth, time, water, and other such elements (earth, time, water, and so on)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mṛtkālavāryādi

mṛtkālavāryādi - earth, time, water, etc.

Dvandva-like compound, with 'ādi' suffix meaning 'etcetera'.

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (mṛt+kāla+vāri+ādi)

• mṛt – earth, clay, soil
  noun (feminine)
• kāla – time, season
  noun (masculine)
• vāri – water
  noun (neuter)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etcetera
  indeclinable

Note: Object of 'labdhvā'.

करोति (karoti) - then brings forth (it makes, it does, it creates, it produces)

(verb)

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

Present Active

Root √kṛ (to do, make), present tense, 3rd person singular active.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Main verb.

अङ्कुरमोदनम् (aṅkuramodanam) - the joyful sprout (the joyful sprouting, the blossoming of the sprout, the delight of the sprout)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of aṅkuramodana

aṅkuramodana - the joyful sprouting, the blossoming of the sprout, the delight of the sprout

Tatpuruṣa compound: aṅkura (sprout) + modana (causing joy, delighting, blossoming)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aṅkura+modana)

• aṅkura – sprout, shoot, germ, bud
  noun (masculine)
• modana – causing joy, delighting, blossoming, expanding
  noun (neuter)
  Verbal noun from √mud
  Derived from √mud (to rejoice, be glad)
  Root: mud (class 1)

Note: Object of 'karoti'.

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