योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-46, verse-22

यथादत्ते तथैषा चित्पिण्डाकारैकिकां घनाम् ।
यथा पद्मः शिलाकोशादभिन्नस्तद्वपुर्मयः ॥ २२ ॥

yathādatte tathaiṣā citpiṇḍākāraikikāṃ ghanām ,
yathā padmaḥ śilākośādabhinnastadvapurmayaḥ 22

22. yathā ādatte tathā eṣā cit piṇḍākāraikikām ghanām
yathā padmaḥ śilākośāt abhinnaḥ tadvapurmayaḥ

22. yathā cit piṇḍākāraikikām ghanām ādatte,
tathā eṣā (api ādatte).
yathā padmaḥ śilākośāt abhinnaḥ tadvapurmayaḥ (asti).

22. Just as consciousness (cit) assumes a single, dense, lump-like form, so too does this consciousness. Similarly, just as a lotus, undifferentiated from its stone casing, consists of that very form (its potential within the casing).

Words meanings summery:

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

• आदत्ते (ādatte) - assumes, takes, receives

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

• एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

• चित् (cit) - consciousness, thought, understanding

• पिण्डाकारैकिकाम् (piṇḍākāraikikām) - a single lump-like form

• घनाम् (ghanām) - dense, solid, compact

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

• पद्मः (padmaḥ) - lotus

• शिलाकोशात् (śilākośāt) - from a stone casing/pod

• अभिन्नः (abhinnaḥ) - undifferentiated, non-separate, undivided

• तद्वपुर्मयः (tadvapurmayaḥ) - consisting of that very form

Words meanings and morphology

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

(indeclinable)

आदत्ते (ādatte) - assumes, takes, receives

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of ā-dā

present tense, ātmanepada

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one, here

चित् (cit) - consciousness, thought, understanding

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, thought, understanding, mind, intelligence

Root: cit (class 1)

पिण्डाकारैकिकाम् (piṇḍākāraikikām) - a single lump-like form

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of piṇḍākāraikikā

piṇḍākāraikikā - having a single lump-like form, singular form of a mass

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (piṇḍa+ākāra+ekikā)

• piṇḍa – lump, ball, mass, body
  noun (masculine)
• ākāra – form, shape, appearance
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• ekikā – single, sole, unique, united
  adjective (feminine)

घनाम् (ghanām) - dense, solid, compact

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ghanā

ghanā - dense, solid, thick, compact, profound

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

(indeclinable)

पद्मः (padmaḥ) - lotus

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of padma

padma - lotus, water-lily

शिलाकोशात् (śilākośāt) - from a stone casing/pod

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of śilākośa

śilākośa - stone casing, stone pod

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śilā+kośa)

• śilā – stone, rock
  noun (feminine)
• kośa – sheath, casing, pod, treasury, reservoir
  noun (masculine)

अभिन्नः (abhinnaḥ) - undifferentiated, non-separate, undivided

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhinna

abhinna - undivided, unseparated, identical, non-different

past passive participle with negative prefix

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+bhinna)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• bhinna – broken, split, divided, separated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: bhid (class 7)

तद्वपुर्मयः (tadvapurmayaḥ) - consisting of that very form

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tadvapurmaya

tadvapurmaya - consisting of that form, made of that body/essence

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tat+vapus+maya)

• tat – that, it
  pronoun (neuter)
• vapus – body, form, figure
  noun (neuter)
• maya – consisting of, made of, full of
  suffix (masculine)

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