योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-106, verse-58

यथास्ते चलयद्देहं वार्यावर्तजगद्द्रवः ।
चेततीति तथा चित्त्वं स्थिता चित्तज्जगद्दृशा ॥ ५८ ॥

yathāste calayaddehaṃ vāryāvartajagaddravaḥ ,
cetatīti tathā cittvaṃ sthitā cittajjagaddṛśā 58

58. yathā āste calayat-deham vāri-āvarta-jagat-dravaḥ |
cetati iti tathā cit-tvam sthitā cit tat jagat-dṛśā

58. Just as the world's liquid, manifesting as a swirling eddy, exists, moving its own form, similarly, that very consciousness (cit), remaining as the principle of consciousness (cittvam), becomes conscious through its observation of the world (jagat).

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• आस्ते (āste) - exists, remains, sits

• चलयत्-देहम् (calayat-deham) - moving its body, setting the body in motion

• वारि-आवर्त-जगत्-द्रवः (vāri-āvarta-jagat-dravaḥ) - the liquid of the world (which is) a water-whirlpool

• चेतति (cetati) - is conscious, perceives, thinks

• इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating direct speech or conclusion

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

• चित्-त्वम् (cit-tvam) - the state of consciousness, conscious nature

• स्थिता (sthitā) - remaining, standing, existing

• चित् (cit) - consciousness (cit), pure awareness

• तत् (tat) - that

• जगत्-दृशा (jagat-dṛśā) - by the world-vision, through the perception of the world

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

आस्ते (āste) - exists, remains, sits

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of ās

Root: ās (class 2)

चलयत्-देहम् (calayat-deham) - moving its body, setting the body in motion

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of calayat-deha

calayat-deha - moving the body, causing the body to move

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (calayat+deha)

• calayat – moving, causing to move
  participle (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  Present active participle of root √cal (to move)
  Root: cal (class 1)
• deha – body, form, physical frame
  noun (masculine)

वारि-आवर्त-जगत्-द्रवः (vāri-āvarta-jagat-dravaḥ) - the liquid of the world (which is) a water-whirlpool

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāri-āvarta-jagat-drava

vāri-āvarta-jagat-drava - the world-liquid in the form of a water-whirlpool

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vāri+āvarta+jagat+drava)

• vāri – water
  noun (neuter)
• āvarta – whirlpool, eddy, turn
  noun (masculine)
• jagat – world, universe
  noun (neuter)
• drava – liquid, fluid, essence
  noun (masculine)

चेतति (cetati) - is conscious, perceives, thinks

(verb)

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

Root: cit (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating direct speech or conclusion

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

(indeclinable)

चित्-त्वम् (cit-tvam) - the state of consciousness, conscious nature

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cit-tva

cit-tva - the state or quality of being conscious, conscious nature

Derived by adding the suffix '-tva' to 'cit'

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cit+tva)

• cit – consciousness (cit), pure awareness
  noun (feminine)
• tva – suffix used to form abstract nouns (e.g., -ness, -hood)
  suffix (neuter)

स्थिता (sthitā) - remaining, standing, existing

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sthita

sthita - stood, remained, existing, situated

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root √sthā (to stand, remain)

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'cit' (feminine noun).

चित् (cit) - consciousness (cit), pure awareness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness (cit), pure awareness, intellect, understanding

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'cit' (consciousness) as a general principle.

जगत्-दृशा (jagat-dṛśā) - by the world-vision, through the perception of the world

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of jagat-dṛś

jagat-dṛś - world-vision, world-sight, perception of the world

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jagat+dṛś)

• jagat – world, universe
  noun (neuter)
• dṛś – sight, vision, perception, appearance
  noun (feminine)
  From root √dṛś (to see)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)