योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-62, verse-20

बीजान्तस्थाङ्कुराकाररूपयेहाधिरूढया ।
सापश्यदन्तःसंवित्त्या स्फुटं लवनमात्मनः ॥ २० ॥

bījāntasthāṅkurākārarūpayehādhirūḍhayā ,
sāpaśyadantaḥsaṃvittyā sphuṭaṃ lavanamātmanaḥ 20

20. bīja-antaḥ-stha-aṅkura-ākāra-rūpayā īhayā adhirūḍhayā
sā apaśyat antaḥ-saṃvittyā sphuṭam lavanam ātmanaḥ

20. sā bīja-antaḥ-stha-aṅkura-ākāra-rūpayā adhirūḍhayā
īhayā antaḥ-saṃvittyā ātmanaḥ lavanam sphuṭam apaśyat

20. With an intense desire (īhā) that resembled the form of a sprout abiding within a seed, she clearly perceived, through her inner consciousness, the cutting (severance) of her own self (ātman).

20. באמצעות דחף פנימי שעלה בה, כמו נבט המגיח מתוך זרע, היא חוותה בתודעתה הפנימית בבירור את כריתתה.

Words meanings summery:

• बीज-अन्तः-स्थ-अङ्कुर-आकार-रूपया (bīja-antaḥ-stha-aṅkura-ākāra-rūpayā) - by a form resembling a sprout abiding within a seed

• ईहया (īhayā) - by striving, by desire, by effort

• अधिरूढया (adhirūḍhayā) - by that which was ascended, by that which was established/intensified

• सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

• अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - she saw, she perceived

• अन्तः-संवित्त्या (antaḥ-saṁvittyā) - by inner consciousness, through inner perception

• स्फुटम् (sphuṭam) - clearly, distinctly, manifest

• लवनम् (lavanam) - cutting, severance, reaping

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self, of herself (ātman)

Words meanings and morphology

बीज-अन्तः-स्थ-अङ्कुर-आकार-रूपया (bīja-antaḥ-stha-aṅkura-ākāra-rūpayā) - by a form resembling a sprout abiding within a seed

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of bīja-antaḥ-stha-aṅkura-ākāra-rūpa

bīja-antaḥ-stha-aṅkura-ākāra-rūpa - having the form of a sprout situated within a seed

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bīja+antastha+aṅkura+ākāra+rūpa)

• bīja – seed, origin, cause
  noun (neuter)
• antastha – situated within, abiding in the interior
  adjective
  Compound of antar (within) and stha (standing/being).
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• aṅkura – sprout, shoot, germ
  noun (masculine)
• ākāra – form, shape, appearance, resemblance
  noun (masculine)
• rūpa – form, nature, aspect
  noun (neuter)

ईहया (īhayā) - by striving, by desire, by effort

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of īhā

īhā - desire, effort, striving, activity

Root: īh (class 1)

अधिरूढया (adhirūḍhayā) - by that which was ascended, by that which was established/intensified

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of adhirūḍha

adhirūḍha - mounted, ascended, established, intensified

Past Passive Participle

From root ruh (to grow, ascend) with prefix adhi and -ta suffix.

Prefix: adhi

Root: ruh (class 1)

सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

Note: Demonstrative pronoun.

अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - she saw, she perceived

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

अन्तः-संवित्त्या (antaḥ-saṁvittyā) - by inner consciousness, through inner perception

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of antaḥ-saṃvitti

antaḥ-saṁvitti - inner consciousness, internal perception

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (antar+saṃvitti)

• antar – within, inside, inner
  indeclinable
• saṃvitti – consciousness, knowledge, perception
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root vid (to know) with prefix sam and suffix -ti.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: vid (class 2)

स्फुटम् (sphuṭam) - clearly, distinctly, manifest

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sphuṭa

sphuṭa - clear, distinct, manifest, open

Root: sphuṭ (class 6)

Note: Used adverbially here.

लवनम् (lavanam) - cutting, severance, reaping

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of lavana

lavana - cutting, reaping, harvesting; salt (derived from lū, to cut)

From root lū (to cut) with suffix -ana.

Root: lū (class 9)

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self, of herself (ātman)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, essence, breath

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