योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-127, verse-7

ऊर्ध्वं वहन्त्यः सरितस्तदधस्ताद्हुताशनः ।
चिति चेत्स्वप्नवद्भाति तत्तथा तत्स्थितं भवेत् ॥ ७ ॥

ūrdhvaṃ vahantyaḥ saritastadadhastādhutāśanaḥ ,
citi cetsvapnavadbhāti tattathā tatsthitaṃ bhavet 7

7. ūrdhvam vahantyaḥ saritaḥ tat adhastāt hutāśanaḥ citi
cet svapnavat bhāti tat tathā tat sthitam bhavet

7. cet saritaḥ ūrdhvam vahantyaḥ,
tat hutāśanaḥ adhastāt,
citi svapnavat bhāti,
tat tathā tat sthitam bhavet

7. If rivers were to flow upwards and fire were to burn downwards, and if that were to appear in consciousness like a dream, then that very thing would be situated in that manner.

Words meanings summery:

• ऊर्ध्वम् (ūrdhvam) - upwards, above, aloft

• वहन्त्यः (vahantyaḥ) - flowing, carrying, bearing

• सरितः (saritaḥ) - rivers, streams

• तत् (tat) - a connecting particle indicating 'and' or 'also' (that, it)

• अधस्तात् (adhastāt) - below, beneath, downwards

• हुताशनः (hutāśanaḥ) - fire, one who consumes offerings

• चिति (citi) - in consciousness, in thought

• चेत् (cet) - if

• स्वप्नवत् (svapnavat) - like a dream, as if in a dream

• भाति (bhāti) - appears, shines, manifests

• तत् (tat) - that specific phenomenon (of rivers and fire) (that, it)

• तथा (tathā) - in that way, similarly

• तत् (tat) - that specific thing (that appears in consciousness) (that, it)

• स्थितम् (sthitam) - situated, existing, standing

• भवेत् (bhavet) - would be, might be, should be

Words meanings and morphology

ऊर्ध्वम् (ūrdhvam) - upwards, above, aloft

(indeclinable)

वहन्त्यः (vahantyaḥ) - flowing, carrying, bearing

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vahantī

vahantī - flowing, carrying, bearing

Present Active Participle

Feminine nominative plural of the present active participle of root 'vah' (to carry, flow).

Root: vah (class 1)

सरितः (saritaḥ) - rivers, streams

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sarit

sarit - river, stream

Root: sṛ (class 1)

तत् (tat) - a connecting particle indicating 'and' or 'also' (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it; also used as a conjunctive particle meaning 'and' or 'moreover'

अधस्तात् (adhastāt) - below, beneath, downwards

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'adhas' (below) with the suffix '-tāt' indicating motion from.

हुताशनः (hutāśanaḥ) - fire, one who consumes offerings

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hutāśana

hutāśana - fire (literally 'eater of oblations')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (huta+aśana)

• huta – offered, sacrificed
  participle (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'hu' (to offer, sacrifice).
  Root: hu (class 3)
• aśana – eating, food; one who eats or consumes
  noun (masculine)
  Root: aś (class 9)

चिति (citi) - in consciousness, in thought

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of citi

citi - consciousness, thought, understanding

Root: cit (class 1)

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

स्वप्नवत् (svapnavat) - like a dream, as if in a dream

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'svapna' (dream) with the suffix '-vat' indicating 'like' or 'as'.

भाति (bhāti) - appears, shines, manifests

(verb)

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

Present tense, active voice

3rd person singular, present indicative, active voice of root 'bhā'.

Root: bhā (class 2)

तत् (tat) - that specific phenomenon (of rivers and fire) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

तथा (tathā) - in that way, similarly

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that specific thing (that appears in consciousness) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

स्थितम् (sthitam) - situated, existing, standing

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sthita

sthita - stood, situated, existing, remaining, firm

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'sthā' (to stand, stay, be).

Root: sthā (class 1)

भवेत् (bhavet) - would be, might be, should be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

Optative mood, active voice

3rd person singular, optative mood, active voice of root 'bhū'.

Root: bhū (class 1)