योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-57, verse-3

चित्तस्थचित्रसदृशे व्योमात्मनि जगत्त्रये ।
व्योमात्मनस्ते किमियमहन्ताव्योमतोदिता ॥ ३ ॥

cittasthacitrasadṛśe vyomātmani jagattraye ,
vyomātmanaste kimiyamahantāvyomatoditā 3

3. cittastha-citra-sadṛśe vyomātmani jagat-traye
vyomātmanas te kim iyam ahantā-vyomatā uditā

3. jagat-traye cittastha-citra-sadṛśe vyomātmani
vyomātmanas te iyam ahantā-vyomatā kim uditā

3. In the three worlds, which are like a painting existing in the mind and are themselves of the nature of space (consciousness), O you whose intrinsic nature (ātman) is space, how has this ego (ahaṅkāra), which is like space itself, come into being?

Words meanings summery:

• चित्तस्थ-चित्र-सदृशे (cittastha-citra-sadṛśe) - resembling a picture situated in the mind

• व्योमात्मनि (vyomātmani) - in the Self that is space; in the nature of space/consciousness

• जगत्-त्रये (jagat-traye) - in the three worlds

• व्योमात्मनस् (vyomātmanas) - O Space-Self, O pure consciousness

• ते (te) - to you, your

• किम् (kim) - how, why, what

• इयम् (iyam) - this

• अहन्ता-व्योमता (ahantā-vyomatā) - the spaciousness of ego, ego as space, ego's vastness

• उदिता (uditā) - arisen, manifested

Words meanings and morphology

चित्तस्थ-चित्र-सदृशे (cittastha-citra-sadṛśe) - resembling a picture situated in the mind

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of cittastha-citra-sadṛśa

cittastha-citra-sadṛśa - resembling a picture situated in the mind

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (citta+stha+citra+sadṛśa)

• citta – mind, thought, consciousness
  noun (neuter)
• stha – standing, situated, residing
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun/adjective from root
  Derived from root sthā (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• citra – picture, painting, image; variegated, diverse
  noun (neuter)
• sadṛśa – like, similar, resembling
  adjective (masculine)

व्योमात्मनि (vyomātmani) - in the Self that is space; in the nature of space/consciousness

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vyomātman

vyomātman - the Self (ātman) that is space (vyoma); pure consciousness

Compound type : karmadhāraya (vyoman+ātman)

• vyoman – sky, atmosphere, space; (metaphorically) Brahman, consciousness
  noun (neuter)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, individual soul, the ultimate reality (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

जगत्-त्रये (jagat-traye) - in the three worlds

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of jagat-traya

jagat-traya - the three worlds (heaven, earth, and the underworld)

Compound type : dvigu (jagat+traya)

• jagat – world, universe; moving, living
  noun (neuter)
• traya – a triad, group of three
  noun (neuter)

व्योमात्मनस् (vyomātmanas) - O Space-Self, O pure consciousness

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vyomātman

vyomātman - the Self (ātman) that is space (vyoma); pure consciousness

Compound type : karmadhāraya (vyoman+ātman)

• vyoman – sky, atmosphere, space; (metaphorically) Brahman, consciousness
  noun (neuter)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, individual soul, the ultimate reality (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

ते (te) - to you, your

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of tvad

tvad - you

किम् (kim) - how, why, what

(indeclinable)

इयम् (iyam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this

अहन्ता-व्योमता (ahantā-vyomatā) - the spaciousness of ego, ego as space, ego's vastness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ahantā-vyomatā

ahantā-vyomatā - the state of 'I-ness' or ego (ahaṅkāra) which is like space

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ahantā+vyomatā)

• ahantā – egoism, 'I-ness', self-conceit (ahaṅkāra)
  noun (feminine)
• vyomatā – spaciousness, the state of being sky-like or space-like
  noun (feminine)

उदिता (uditā) - arisen, manifested

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of udita

udita - arisen, risen, manifested, spoken

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vad (to speak) or i (to go) with prefix ud

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)