योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-80, verse-45

यथा कुण्डलिनी देहे स्फुरत्यब्ज इवालिनी ।
तथा संविदुदेत्यन्तर्मृदुस्पर्शवशोदया ॥ ४५ ॥

yathā kuṇḍalinī dehe sphuratyabja ivālinī ,
tathā saṃvidudetyantarmṛdusparśavaśodayā 45

45. yathā kuṇḍalinī dehe sphurati abje iva ālinī
tathā saṃvit udeti antar mṛdusparśavaśodayā

45. yathā kuṇḍalinī dehe abje ālinī iva sphurati,
tathā mṛdusparśavaśodayā saṃvit antar udeti.

45. Just as Kundalini (kundalini) pulsates within the body like a bee within a lotus, so too does awareness (saṃvit) arise internally, initiated by a gentle touch.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• कुण्डलिनी (kuṇḍalinī) - Kundalini (kundalini)

• देहे (dehe) - in the body

• स्फुरति (sphurati) - pulsates, throbs, vibrates, sparkles

• अब्जे (abje) - in the lotus

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• आलिनी (ālinī) - female bee, swarm of bees

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

• संवित् (saṁvit) - consciousness, awareness, knowledge

• उदेति (udeti) - arises, rises up

• अन्तर् (antar) - within, inside

• मृदुस्पर्शवशोदया (mṛdusparśavaśodayā) - whose rising is governed by a gentle touch, initiated by a gentle touch

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

कुण्डलिनी (kuṇḍalinī) - Kundalini (kundalini)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kuṇḍalinī

kuṇḍalinī - Kundalini, coiled energy

Note: Subject of sphurati.

देहे (dehe) - in the body

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body

Note: Location.

स्फुरति (sphurati) - pulsates, throbs, vibrates, sparkles

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of sphur

Present Active

3rd person singular

Root: sphur (class 6)

अब्जे (abje) - in the lotus

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of abja

abja - lotus (literally "water-born")

Compound type : tatpurusha (ap+ja)

• ap – water
  noun (feminine)
• ja – born, produced
  adjective
  from root jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Location for the bee simile.

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

आलिनी (ālinī) - female bee, swarm of bees

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ālinī

ālinī - female bee, swarm of bees

feminine of ālin (bee)

Note: Subject of the simile.

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

संवित् (saṁvit) - consciousness, awareness, knowledge

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃvit

saṁvit - consciousness, awareness, knowledge

from sam + root vid (to know)

Prefix: sam

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Subject of udeti.

उदेति (udeti) - arises, rises up

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of udī

Present Active

3rd person singular

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

अन्तर् (antar) - within, inside

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial.

मृदुस्पर्शवशोदया (mṛdusparśavaśodayā) - whose rising is governed by a gentle touch, initiated by a gentle touch

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mṛdusparśavaśodayā

mṛdusparśavaśodayā - whose rising is governed by a gentle touch

feminine form

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mṛdu+sparśa+vaśa+udaya)

• mṛdu – gentle, soft, mild
  adjective
• sparśa – touch, contact
  noun (masculine)
  from root spṛś (to touch)
  Root: spṛś (class 6)
• vaśa – control, power, will
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vaś (class 2)
• udaya – rising, appearance, origin
  noun (masculine)
  from ud + root i (to go)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Agrees with saṃvit.