योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-63, verse-64

यद्यदाखन्यते भूमेस्तत्तन्नाम यथा नभः ।
सर्वगायाश्चितेर्यद्यदुह्यते तत्तथैव चित् ॥ ६४ ॥

yadyadākhanyate bhūmestattannāma yathā nabhaḥ ,
sarvagāyāściteryadyaduhyate tattathaiva cit 64

64. yadyat ākhanyate bhūmeḥ tat-tat nāma yathā nabhaḥ
sarva-gāyāḥ citeḥ yadyat uhyate tat tathā eva cit

64. yathā yadyat bhūmeḥ ākhanyate tat-tat nāma nabhaḥ
tathā sarva-gāyāḥ citeḥ yadyat uhyate tat cit eva

64. Just as whatever is extracted from the earth takes on a specific name, and yet space (nabhaḥ) itself remains fundamentally space, similarly, whatever is understood or arises from all-pervading consciousness (cit), that too is simply consciousness itself.

64. כשם שכל מה שנחפר מן האדמה הוא חלל תחת שמות שונים, כך כל מה שנחשב בתודעה השוררת בכל אינו אלא תודעה עצמה.

Words meanings summery:

• यद्यत् (yadyat) - whatever, whichever

• आखन्यते (ākhanyate) - is dug up, is extracted, is excavated

• भूमेः (bhūmeḥ) - from the earth

• तत्-तत् (tat-tat) - that particular, each such

• नाम (nāma) - name, by name

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• नभः (nabhaḥ) - sky, atmosphere, space

• सर्व-गायाः (sarva-gāyāḥ) - of the all-pervading, of the omnipresent

• चितेः (citeḥ) - of consciousness, of the intellect

• यद्यत् (yadyat) - whatever, whichever

• उह्यते (uhyate) - is understood, is conceived, is carried, is reflected upon

• तत् (tat) - that

• तथा (tathā) - so too, thus, in that way

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

• चित् (cit) - consciousness, pure intellect

Words meanings and morphology

यद्यत् (yadyat) - whatever, whichever

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yadyat

yadyat - whatever, whichever

Doubling of 'yat' (which, what) for emphasis

आखन्यते (ākhanyate) - is dug up, is extracted, is excavated

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of khan

Present Passive

Root khan (class 1, P) + yá + te

Prefix: ā

Root: khan (class 1)

भूमेः (bhūmeḥ) - from the earth

(noun)

Ablative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land, soil

तत्-तत् (tat-tat) - that particular, each such

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tat-tat

tat-tat - that particular, each of those, various

Doubling of 'tad' (that) for emphasis or distributivity

नाम (nāma) - name, by name

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nāman

nāman - name, appellation, noun

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

नभः (nabhaḥ) - sky, atmosphere, space

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nabhas

nabhas - sky, atmosphere, firmament, space

सर्व-गायाः (sarva-gāyāḥ) - of the all-pervading, of the omnipresent

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, singular of sarva-ga

sarva-ga - all-going, all-pervading, omnipresent

Compound of 'sarva' (all) and 'ga' (going, moving)

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (sarva+ga)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective (masculine)
• ga – going, moving, residing in
  adjective (masculine)
  From root 'gam' (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

चितेः (citeḥ) - of consciousness, of the intellect

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, pure intellect, thought

Root: cit (class 1)

यद्यत् (yadyat) - whatever, whichever

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yadyat

yadyat - whatever, whichever

Doubling of 'yat' (which, what) for emphasis

उह्यते (uhyate) - is understood, is conceived, is carried, is reflected upon

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of vah

Present Passive

Root vah (class 1, P) + yá + te

Root: vah (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तथा (tathā) - so too, thus, in that way

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, quite

(indeclinable)

चित् (cit) - consciousness, pure intellect

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, pure intellect, thought

Root: cit (class 1)

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