योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-127, verse-8

तस्मात्पतन्ती भूर्भाता पतत्येवानिशं जगत् ।
उत्पतन्ती तु चिद्भाता तथा नानात्मिका भवेत् ॥ ८ ॥

tasmātpatantī bhūrbhātā patatyevāniśaṃ jagat ,
utpatantī tu cidbhātā tathā nānātmikā bhavet 8

8. tasmāt patantī bhūḥ bhātā patati eva aniśam jagat
utpatantī tu cit bhātā tathā nānātmikā bhavet

8. tasmāt bhūḥ bhātā patantī; jagat eva aniśam patati.
tu cit bhātā utpatantī tathā nānātmikā bhavet.

8. Therefore, the earth, appearing manifest, is falling; indeed, the world constantly falls. But the consciousness, which manifests and rises, thus becomes manifold.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - Therefore, from that (state/cause) (from that, therefore, on account of that)

• पतन्ती (patantī) - falling, descending, dropping

• भूः (bhūḥ) - earth, land, ground, existence

• भाता (bhātā) - appearing manifest (shining, appearing, manifest)

• पतति (patati) - falls, drops, descends

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

• अनिशम् (aniśam) - constantly, perpetually, without rest

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe, moving, living beings

• उत्पतन्ती (utpatantī) - rising, emerging, flying upwards

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed

• चित् (cit) - consciousness, thought, understanding

• भाता (bhātā) - appearing manifest (shining, appearing, manifest)

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

• नानात्मिका (nānātmikā) - having various natures, manifold, diverse

• भवेत् (bhavet) - becomes (may be, should be, becomes, might become)

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - Therefore, from that (state/cause) (from that, therefore, on account of that)

(pronoun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this

पतन्ती (patantī) - falling, descending, dropping

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of patat

patat - falling, flying

Present Active Participle

Derived from root pat- (to fall), present stem patat-

Root: pat (class 1)

भूः (bhūḥ) - earth, land, ground, existence

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhū

bhū - earth, ground, place, being, existence

भाता (bhātā) - appearing manifest (shining, appearing, manifest)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhāta

bhāta - shone, appeared, manifest, illuminated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root bhā- (to shine, appear)

Root: bhā (class 2)

पतति (patati) - falls, drops, descends

(verb)

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

Present Indicative

Root: pat (class 1)

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

(indeclinable)

अनिशम् (aniśam) - constantly, perpetually, without rest

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+niśa)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• niśa – rest, end, cessation
  noun (masculine)

Note: Adverbial usage

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe, moving, living beings

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, that which moves, living beings

Present Active Participle (derived from root gam- with reduplication)

Derived from root gam- (to go, move), present stem jagat-

Root: gam (class 1)

उत्पतन्ती (utpatantī) - rising, emerging, flying upwards

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of utpatat

utpatat - rising, flying up, emerging

Present Active Participle

Derived from root pat- (to fall) with upasarga ut- (up, out)

Prefix: ut

Root: pat (class 1)

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed

(indeclinable)

चित् (cit) - consciousness, thought, understanding

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, thought, understanding, spirit

Root: cit (class 1)

भाता (bhātā) - appearing manifest (shining, appearing, manifest)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhāta

bhāta - shone, appeared, manifest, illuminated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root bhā- (to shine, appear)

Root: bhā (class 2)

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

(indeclinable)

नानात्मिका (nānātmikā) - having various natures, manifold, diverse

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nānātmika

nānātmika - having various natures or forms, diverse, manifold

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nānā+ātmika)

• nānā – various, diverse, manifold
  indeclinable
• ātmika – relating to the self or soul, natural, inherent
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from ātman (self/soul) with suffix -ika

भवेत् (bhavet) - becomes (may be, should be, becomes, might become)

(verb)

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

Optative Mood

Root: bhū (class 1)