योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-51, verse-22

इदमन्तरिदं बाह्यमिति निश्चयवांस्ततः ।
जीवो भावं यथादत्ते तत्तथा द्रढयत्यथ ॥ २२ ॥

idamantaridaṃ bāhyamiti niścayavāṃstataḥ ,
jīvo bhāvaṃ yathādatte tattathā draḍhayatyatha 22

22. idam antaram idam bāhyam iti niścayavān tataḥ
jīvaḥ bhāvam yathā ādatte tat tathā draḍhayati atha

22. jīvaḥ idam antaram idam bāhyam iti niścayavān
tataḥ yathā bhāvam ādatte atha tat tathā draḍhayati

22. When an individual soul (jīva) holds the firm conviction, 'this is internal and this is external,' then whatever state it apprehends, it subsequently reinforces it in that very manner.

Words meanings summery:

• इदम् (idam) - this

• अन्तरम् (antaram) - internal, inside, interior

• इदम् (idam) - this

• बाह्यम् (bāhyam) - external, outside

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner, marking direct speech

• निश्चयवान् (niścayavān) - having conviction, resolute, certain

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

• जीवः (jīvaḥ) - individual soul (jīva) (individual soul, living being, life)

• भावम् (bhāvam) - state, condition, disposition, nature, existence

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

• आदत्ते (ādatte) - grasps, takes, apprehends, receives

• तत् (tat) - that

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

• द्रढयति (draḍhayati) - strengthens, makes firm

• अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

Words meanings and morphology

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

अन्तरम् (antaram) - internal, inside, interior

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of antara

antara - interior, inside, interval, middle

Note: Used here as a substantive.

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

बाह्यम् (bāhyam) - external, outside

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bāhya

bāhya - external, outward, foreign

Note: Used here as a substantive.

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner, marking direct speech

(indeclinable)

निश्चयवान् (niścayavān) - having conviction, resolute, certain

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niścayavat

niścayavat - possessing certainty, resolute, convinced

Derived from 'niścaya' (conviction) with the possessive suffix '-vat'.

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

जीवः (jīvaḥ) - individual soul (jīva) (individual soul, living being, life)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - living, existing, soul, individual soul

भावम् (bhāvam) - state, condition, disposition, nature, existence

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhāva

bhāva - being, existence, state, condition, feeling, disposition

Root: bhū (class 1)

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

(indeclinable)

आदत्ते (ādatte) - grasps, takes, apprehends, receives

(verb)

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

Present tense, 3rd person, singular

From root 'dā' (to give) with preverb 'ā' (towards), forming 'to take'. Conjugated in Ātmanepada.

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

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

(indeclinable)

द्रढयति (draḍhayati) - strengthens, makes firm

(verb)

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

Present tense, 3rd person, singular, causative

Causative form of the root 'dṛh' (to be firm) or denominative from 'dṛḍha' (firm).

Root: dṛh (class 1)

अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

(indeclinable)