योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-12, verse-25

अहमित्यादिचिद्रूपे विकल्पेनोन्मुखी सती ।
न पराद्व्यतिरिक्तैषा जलत्वादिव तोयता ॥ २५ ॥

ahamityādicidrūpe vikalpenonmukhī satī ,
na parādvyatiriktaiṣā jalatvādiva toyatā 25

25. aham iti ādi citrūpe vikalpena unmukhī satī
na parāt vyatirektā eṣā jalatvāt iva toyatā

25. eṣā aham iti ādi citrūpe vikalpena unmukhī satī,
parāt vyatirektā na,
jalatvāt iva toyatā

25. This (individual consciousness), being inclined towards conceptual forms of consciousness such as 'I' and so forth, is not distinct from the Supreme, just as the quality of being water (liquidity) is not distinct from water itself.

Words meanings summery:

• अहम् (aham) - the ego-sense (I, ego)

• इति (iti) - thus, so, which means, saying

• आदि (ādi) - beginning, etc., and so on

• चित्रूपे (citrūpe) - in the form of consciousness

• विकल्पेन (vikalpena) - by conceptualization, by mental construct, by imagination

• उन्मुखी (unmukhī) - facing, turned towards, inclined towards

• सती (satī) - being, existing

• न (na) - not

• परात् (parāt) - from the supreme

• व्यतिरेक्ता (vyatirektā) - separate, distinct

• एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

• जलत्वात् (jalatvāt) - from water-ness, from the state of being water

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• तोयता (toyatā) - water-ness, liquidity, the state of being water

Words meanings and morphology

अहम् (aham) - the ego-sense (I, ego)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I, ego

इति (iti) - thus, so, which means, saying

(indeclinable)

आदि (ādi) - beginning, etc., and so on

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ādi

ādi - beginning, etc., and so on

Note: Here used in the sense of 'and so forth' along with 'iti'.

चित्रूपे (citrūpe) - in the form of consciousness

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, singular of citrūpa

citrūpa - having the form of consciousness, conscious form

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (cit+rūpa)

• cit – consciousness, knowledge
  noun (feminine)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• rūpa – form, appearance, nature
  noun (neuter)

Note: Refers to the 'form' in which the 'aham' and 'ādi' appear, agreeing with the implied referent of 'eṣā' as consciousness itself.

विकल्पेन (vikalpena) - by conceptualization, by mental construct, by imagination

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vikalpa

vikalpa - mental construct, imagination, option, conceptualization, ideation

From vi-kḷp 'to arrange, imagine'

Prefix: vi

Root: kḷp (class 1)

उन्मुखी (unmukhī) - facing, turned towards, inclined towards

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of unmukha

unmukha - facing up, inclined towards, eager

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ud+mukha)

• ud – up, upwards
  indeclinable
• mukha – face, mouth, front
  noun (neuter)

Note: Feminine nominative singular, agreeing with `satī` and `eṣā`.

सती (satī) - being, existing

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sant

sant - being, existing, good

Present Active Participle

Feminine nominative singular of 'sat' (present participle of √as)

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Agreeing with `eṣā` (this feminine entity, i.e., consciousness).

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

परात् (parāt) - from the supreme

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, other

Note: Implied masculine noun, e.g., 'parāt brahmaṇaḥ' or 'parasmāt tattvāt'.

व्यतिरेक्ता (vyatirektā) - separate, distinct

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vyatirikta

vyatirikta - separate, distinct, excluded

Past Passive Participle

Formed from vi-ati-ric 'to leave over, separate'

Prefixes: vi+ati

Root: ric (class 7)

एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Feminine nominative singular of 'etad'

जलत्वात् (jalatvāt) - from water-ness, from the state of being water

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of jalatva

jalatva - water-ness, liquidity, the quality of being water

Derived from 'jala' with suffix '-tva'

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

तोयता (toyatā) - water-ness, liquidity, the state of being water

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of toyatā

toyatā - water-ness, liquidity, the quality of being water

Derived from 'toya' with suffix '-tā'