योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-67, verse-11

यो यस्य प्रतिभासः स्यादात्मैव स स्वबोधतः ।
स एवोदेति संसारः करञ्जवनगुल्मदृक् ॥ ११ ॥

yo yasya pratibhāsaḥ syādātmaiva sa svabodhataḥ ,
sa evodeti saṃsāraḥ karañjavanagulmadṛk 11

11. yaḥ yasya pratibhāsaḥ syāt ātmā eva saḥ svabodhataḥ
saḥ eva ud eti saṃsāraḥ karañjavanagulmadṛk

11. yasya yaḥ pratibhāsaḥ syāt saḥ svabodhataḥ ātmā
eva saḥ eva saṃsāraḥ ud eti karañjavanagulmadṛk

11. Whatever appears to an individual is, in essence, the self (ātman) manifesting through its own intrinsic awareness. This very manifestation then arises as the cycle of existence (saṃsāra), much like perceiving a dense thicket in a Karañja forest.

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which, whatever

• यस्य (yasya) - whose, of which, of whom

• प्रतिभासः (pratibhāsaḥ) - appearance, manifestation, splendor

• स्यात् (syāt) - may be, might be, should be

• आत्मा (ātmā) - the self, soul, essence

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

• सः (saḥ) - that, he

• स्वबोधतः (svabodhataḥ) - from one's own consciousness/understanding, by means of one's own knowledge

• सः (saḥ) - that, he

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

• उद् (ud) - up, forth, out

• एति (eti) - goes, comes, proceeds, arises

• संसारः (saṁsāraḥ) - cycle of birth, death, and rebirth; transmigration

• करञ्जवनगुल्मदृक् (karañjavanagulmadṛk) - a sight/view of a thicket in a Karañja forest

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - who, which, whatever

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

यस्य (yasya) - whose, of which, of whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

प्रतिभासः (pratibhāsaḥ) - appearance, manifestation, splendor

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pratibhāsa

pratibhāsa - appearance, manifestation, splendor, illumination

Prefix: prati

Root: bhās (class 1)

स्यात् (syāt) - may be, might be, should be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Optative Mood, Parasmaipada

3rd person singular present optative of root 'as'.

Root: as (class 2)

आत्मा (ātmā) - the self, soul, essence

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, life, mind

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

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - that, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

स्वबोधतः (svabodhataḥ) - from one's own consciousness/understanding, by means of one's own knowledge

(indeclinable)

Formed with the ablative suffix -tas.

Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+bodha)

• sva – own, one's own, self
  pronoun (masculine)
• bodha – knowledge, understanding, consciousness, awakening
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'budh' (to know, perceive).
  Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Used as an ablative adverb (from/by one's own consciousness).

सः (saḥ) - that, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

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

(indeclinable)

उद् (ud) - up, forth, out

(indeclinable)

Note: Upasarga

एति (eti) - goes, comes, proceeds, arises

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of i

Present Indicative, Parasmaipada

3rd person singular present indicative of root 'i'.

Root: i (class 2)

संसारः (saṁsāraḥ) - cycle of birth, death, and rebirth; transmigration

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃsāra

saṁsāra - transmigration, cycle of existence, worldly illusion, flow

Derived from 'sam-sṛ' (to flow together, run through).

Prefix: sam

Root: sṛ (class 1)

करञ्जवनगुल्मदृक् (karañjavanagulmadṛk) - a sight/view of a thicket in a Karañja forest

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of karañjavanagulmadṛk

karañjavanagulmadṛk - the perception or appearance of a thicket in a Karañja forest (used as a simile for a complex, dense or illusory manifestation)

Compound type : tatpurusha (karañja+vana+gulma+dṛś)

• karañja – name of a tree (Pongamia pinnata)
  noun (masculine)
• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
• gulma – thicket, bush, cluster, military division
  noun (masculine)
• dṛś – seeing, sight, perception
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root 'dṛś' (to see).
  Root: dṛś (class 1)