योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-61, verse-13

सर्गाख्यः सर्वभूतानां प्रत्येकमुदितस्तथा ।
चित्तत्त्वस्यैव भावेन सर्गवर्गपरम्परा ॥ १३ ॥

sargākhyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ pratyekamuditastathā ,
cittattvasyaiva bhāvena sargavargaparamparā 13

13. sargākhyaḥ sarvabhūtānām pratyekam uditaḥ tathā
cittattvasya eva bhāvena sargavargaparamparā

13. sargākhyaḥ (ayam) sarvabhūtānām pratyekam tathā uditaḥ
cittattvasya eva bhāvena sargavargaparamparā (udeti)

13. This phenomenon, known as creation (sarga), manifests individually for all beings. Similarly, it is a continuous succession of categories of creation (sarga), arising solely from the essence of the consciousness principle (cittattva).

Words meanings summery:

• सर्गाख्यः (sargākhyaḥ) - named creation, called creation

• सर्वभूतानाम् (sarvabhūtānām) - of all beings, for all creatures

• प्रत्येकम् (pratyekam) - individually, for each one

• उदितः (uditaḥ) - arisen, manifested, produced

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, so

• चित्तत्त्वस्य (cittattvasya) - of the consciousness principle

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly, just

• भावेन (bhāvena) - by the nature, by the essence, by the existence, by the feeling

• सर्गवर्गपरम्परा (sargavargaparamparā) - a continuous succession of categories of creation

Words meanings and morphology

सर्गाख्यः (sargākhyaḥ) - named creation, called creation

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sargākhya

sargākhya - named creation, having creation as its name

Bahuvrihi compound (sargaḥ ākhyā yasya saḥ)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sarga+ākhyā)

• sarga – creation, emanation, world
  noun (masculine)
  From root sṛj (to emit, create)
  Root: sṛj (class 6)
• ākhyā – name, designation
  noun (feminine)

Note: Agrees with an implied subject like "this process" or "it".

सर्वभूतानाम् (sarvabhūtānām) - of all beings, for all creatures

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of sarvabhūta

sarvabhūta - all beings, all creatures

Karmadharaya compound

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sarva+bhūta)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective (masculine)
• bhūta – being, creature, element
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root bhū (to be, exist)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: 'of' or 'for' all beings.

प्रत्येकम् (pratyekam) - individually, for each one

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of pratyeka (each)

Prefix: prati

Root: i (class 2)

उदितः (uditaḥ) - arisen, manifested, produced

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of udita

udita - risen, appeared, spoken

Past Passive Participle

From ud + i (to go)

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'sargākhyaḥ'.

तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, so

(indeclinable)

चित्तत्त्वस्य (cittattvasya) - of the consciousness principle

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of cittattva

cittattva - the principle of consciousness, essence of mind/consciousness

Karmadhāraya compound (cit eva tattvam)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (cit+tattva)

• cit – consciousness, mind, thought
  noun (feminine)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• tattva – truth, reality, principle, essence
  noun (neuter)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly, just

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes 'cittattvasya'.

भावेन (bhāvena) - by the nature, by the essence, by the existence, by the feeling

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhāva

bhāva - being, existence, state, nature, essence, feeling, disposition

From root bhū (to be, exist)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Means 'by means of its nature/essence'.

सर्गवर्गपरम्परा (sargavargaparamparā) - a continuous succession of categories of creation

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sargavargaparamparā

sargavargaparamparā - succession of classes of creation

Tatpurusha compound (sarga-varga-paramparā: succession of categories of creation)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarga+varga+paramparā)

• sarga – creation, emanation
  noun (masculine)
  From root sṛj
  Root: sṛj (class 6)
• varga – class, group, category
  noun (masculine)
• paramparā – succession, continuity, tradition
  noun (feminine)

Note: Subject of the sentence, implied verb 'is' or 'arises'.

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