योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-46, verse-36

यथा शिलान्तर्लेखादि भिद्यते न शिलान्तरात् ।
तत्सारत्वाज्जगत्कर्तृ कर्तृत्वादिजगच्चितिः ॥ ३६ ॥

yathā śilāntarlekhādi bhidyate na śilāntarāt ,
tatsāratvājjagatkartṛ kartṛtvādijagaccitiḥ 36

36. yathā śilā antara lekhā ādi bhidyate na śilā antarāt
tat sāratvāt jagat kartṛ kartṛtva ādi jagat citiḥ

36. yathā śilā antara lekhā ādi śilā antarāt na bhidyate tat sāratvāt,
tathā jagat kartṛ kartṛtva ādi jagat citiḥ.

36. Just as lines and other formations within a stone are not separate from the stone's interior because they are its very essence, so too the creator of the world is the world-consciousness (citi) itself, which embodies the principle of creatorship and the world.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

• शिला (śilā) - stone, rock

• अन्तर (antara) - inner, internal, middle, within

• लेखा (lekhā) - line, streak, writing

• आदि (ādi) - and so on, beginning, etc.

• भिद्यते (bhidyate) - is separated (is split, is broken, is separated)

• न (na) - not

• शिला (śilā) - stone, rock

• अन्तरात् (antarāt) - from the interior (of the stone) (from the interior, from within)

• तत् (tat) - its (referring to the stone) (that, its)

• सारत्वात् (sāratvāt) - because of being the essence, due to essential nature

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

• कर्तृ (kartṛ) - creator of the world (creator, doer, agent)

• कर्तृत्व (kartṛtva) - creatorship, agency, the state of being a doer

• आदि (ādi) - and so on, beginning, etc.

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

• चितिः (citiḥ) - consciousness (specifically world-consciousness) (consciousness, heap, pile)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

(indeclinable)

शिला (śilā) - stone, rock

(noun)

feminine, singular of śilā

śilā - stone, rock, slab

Note: Part of compound 'śilāntaralekhā'.

अन्तर (antara) - inner, internal, middle, within

(noun)

neuter, singular of antara

antara - inner, internal, middle, space, interval, within

Note: Part of compound 'śilāntaralekhā'.

लेखा (lekhā) - line, streak, writing

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of lekhā

lekhā - line, streak, drawing, writing

from √likh (to write, scratch)

Root: likh (class 6)

Note: The compound 'śilāntaralekhā' refers to "lines within the stone". 'śilāntaralekhā-ādi' is the subject.

आदि (ādi) - and so on, beginning, etc.

(indeclinable)

Note: Forms a compound with the preceding word, meaning "lines etc. within a stone." The compound 'śilāntaralekhā-ādi' is masculine nominative singular.

भिद्यते (bhidyate) - is separated (is split, is broken, is separated)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of bhid

Present Passive Indicative

root √bhid, 7th class, Ātmanepada, passive voice

Root: bhid (class 7)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates 'bhidyate'.

शिला (śilā) - stone, rock

(noun)

feminine, singular of śilā

śilā - stone, rock, slab

Note: Part of compound 'śilāntarāt'.

अन्तरात् (antarāt) - from the interior (of the stone) (from the interior, from within)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of antara

antara - inner, internal, middle, space, interval, within

Note: Forms compound 'śilāntarāt' (from the interior of the stone).

तत् (tat) - its (referring to the stone) (that, its)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

Note: Part of compound 'tat-sāratvāt'.

सारत्वात् (sāratvāt) - because of being the essence, due to essential nature

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of sāratva

sāratva - essential nature, essence, substantiality

derived from sāra (essence) + -tva (suffix for abstract noun)

Note: The compound 'tat-sāratvāt' is a Tatpurusha compound, "because of its essential nature".

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

(noun)

neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, living beings

Present Active Participle

from root √gam (to go), used as noun

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Part of compound 'jagat-kartṛ'.

कर्तृ (kartṛ) - creator of the world (creator, doer, agent)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kartṛ

kartṛ - creator, doer, agent, author

agent noun

from root √kṛ (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: The compound 'jagat-kartṛ' is "world-creator".

कर्तृत्व (kartṛtva) - creatorship, agency, the state of being a doer

(noun)

neuter, singular of kartṛtva

kartṛtva - creatorship, agency, state of being a doer

derived from kartṛ (doer) + -tva (suffix for abstract noun)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Part of compound 'kartṛtvādi'.

आदि (ādi) - and so on, beginning, etc.

(indeclinable)

Note: Forms a compound with the preceding word, meaning "creatorship etc."

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

(noun)

neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, living beings

Present Active Participle

from root √gam (to go), used as noun

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Part of compound 'jagaccitiḥ'.

चितिः (citiḥ) - consciousness (specifically world-consciousness) (consciousness, heap, pile)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of citi

citi - consciousness, thought, heap, pile

from root √cit (to perceive, understand)

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: 'kartṛtvādi-jagat-citiḥ' is a descriptive attribute of 'jagat-kartṛ'. The world-creator is the world-consciousness (citi), along with (its inherent) creative power (kartṛtva) and other attributes (ādi).

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