योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-40, verse-1

ईश्वर उवाच ।
यथाकालं यथारम्भं न करोषि करोषि यत् ।
चिन्मात्रस्य शिवस्यान्तस्तदेवार्चनमात्मनः ॥ १ ॥

īśvara uvāca ,
yathākālaṃ yathārambhaṃ na karoṣi karoṣi yat ,
cinmātrasya śivasyāntastadevārcanamātmanaḥ 1

1. īśvaraḥ uvāca yathākālam yathārambham na karoṣi karoṣi
yat citmātrasya śivasya antar tat eva arcanam ātmanaḥ

1. īśvaraḥ uvāca yat yathākālam na karoṣi yat yathārambham
karoṣi tat eva citmātrasya śivasya ātmanaḥ antar arcanam

1. Īśvara said: "Whatever you perform or do not perform, whether it is done at the right time (yathākālam) or as it naturally begins (yathārambham), that very act constitutes the inner worship of the Self (ātman)—the pure consciousness (cit-mātra), Śiva."

Words meanings summery:

• ईश्वरः (īśvaraḥ) - Īśvara (a speaker in the text) (lord, master, ruler; God)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said (he said, spoke)

• यथाकालम् (yathākālam) - at the right time (according to time, at the proper time)

• यथारम्भम् (yathārambham) - as it naturally begins or arises (according to the beginning, as it starts)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• करोषि (karoṣi) - you perform (you do, you make)

• करोषि (karoṣi) - you perform (you do, you make)

• यत् (yat) - whatever (which, what, that which)

• चित्मात्रस्य (citmātrasya) - of the pure consciousness (cit-mātra) (of pure consciousness, of consciousness alone)

• शिवस्य (śivasya) - of Śiva (of Śiva, of the auspicious one)

• अन्तर् (antar) - inner, internal (within, inside, in the middle)

• तत् (tat) - that (very act) (that, this)

• एव (eva) - indeed, very (indeed, only, very)

• अर्चनम् (arcanam) - worship (worship, adoration, honoring)

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

Words meanings and morphology

ईश्वरः (īśvaraḥ) - Īśvara (a speaker in the text) (lord, master, ruler; God)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of īśvara

īśvara - lord, master, ruler, controller; God

Derived from root 'īś' (to rule, to be master of) + 'vara' suffix

Root: īś (class 2)

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'.

उवाच (uvāca) - he said (he said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice

From root 'vac', perfect form

Root: vac (class 2)

यथाकालम् (yathākālam) - at the right time (according to time, at the proper time)

(indeclinable)

Avyayībhāva compound

Compound type : Avyayībhāva (yathā+kāla)

• yathā – as, just as, according to
  indeclinable
• kāla – time, period
  noun (masculine)

Note: Adverbial.

यथारम्भम् (yathārambham) - as it naturally begins or arises (according to the beginning, as it starts)

(indeclinable)

Avyayībhāva compound

Compound type : Avyayībhāva (yathā+ārambha)

• yathā – as, just as, according to
  indeclinable
• ārambha – beginning, commencement, undertaking
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'rabh' (to begin) with prefix 'ā-'
  Prefix: ā
  Root: rabh (class 1)

Note: Adverbial.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

करोषि (karoṣi) - you perform (you do, you make)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kṛ

Present tense, 2nd person singular, active voice

From root 'kṛ', class 8

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Refers to the agent, 'you'.

करोषि (karoṣi) - you perform (you do, you make)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kṛ

Present tense, 2nd person singular, active voice

From root 'kṛ', class 8

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Refers to the agent, 'you'.

यत् (yat) - whatever (which, what, that which)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Relative pronoun

Note: Refers to the action ('karoṣi').

चित्मात्रस्य (citmātrasya) - of the pure consciousness (cit-mātra) (of pure consciousness, of consciousness alone)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of citmātra

citmātra - merely consciousness, pure consciousness

Tatpuruṣa or Karmadhāraya compound

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa/Karmadhāraya (cit+mātra)

• cit – consciousness, awareness, knowledge
  noun (feminine)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• mātra – only, merely, solely, measure, quantity
  adjective/indeclinable (neuter)

Note: Qualifies 'śivasya' and 'ātmanaḥ'.

शिवस्य (śivasya) - of Śiva (of Śiva, of the auspicious one)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śiva

śiva - auspicious, benevolent, gracious; the god Śiva

Note: Qualifies 'ātmanaḥ'.

अन्तर् (antar) - inner, internal (within, inside, in the middle)

(indeclinable)

Note: Qualifies 'arcanam'.

तत् (tat) - that (very act) (that, this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Subject of the implicit 'is'.

एव (eva) - indeed, very (indeed, only, very)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

अर्चनम् (arcanam) - worship (worship, adoration, honoring)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of arcana

arcana - worship, adoration, honoring

Action noun

Derived from root 'arc' (to worship) with suffix 'ana'

Root: arc (class 1)

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

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, the Supreme Spirit (ātman)

Note: Connected to 'arcanam' (worship of the Self) and qualified by 'citmātrasya śivasya'.