योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-137, verse-35

चिद्धातुर्यत्र यत्रास्ते तत्र तत्र निजं वपुः ।
पश्यत्येष जगद्रूपं व्योमतामेव चात्यजत् ॥ ३५ ॥

ciddhāturyatra yatrāste tatra tatra nijaṃ vapuḥ ,
paśyatyeṣa jagadrūpaṃ vyomatāmeva cātyajat 35

35. cit-dhātuḥ yatra yatra āste tatra tatra nijam vapuḥ
paśyati eṣaḥ jagat-rūpam vyomatām eva ca atyajat

35. yatra yatra cit-dhātuḥ āste,
tatra tatra eṣaḥ nijam jagat-rūpam vapuḥ paśyati,
ca vyomatām eva atyajat

35. Wherever the essence of consciousness (cit-dhātu) is present, there it perceives its own form, which is the form of the world, and it does so without abandoning its nature as space.

35. בכל מקום שבו שוכן יסוד התודעה הטהורה, הוא רואה את גופו שלו בצורת היקום, מבלי לוותר על טבעו המופשט כחלל.

Words meanings summery:

• चित्-धातुः (cit-dhātuḥ) - the essence of consciousness, the consciousness-element

• यत्र यत्र (yatra yatra) - wherever, in whatever place

• आस्ते (āste) - sits, stays, exists, is present

• तत्र तत्र (tatra tatra) - there, in that place

• निजम् (nijam) - one's own, peculiar, proper

• वपुः (vapuḥ) - body, form, figure

• पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, perceives, observes

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - Refers to the cit-dhātu. (this (one), he)

• जगत्-रूपम् (jagat-rūpam) - having the form of the world, world-shaped

• व्योमताम् (vyomatām) - the nature of space, spaceness, ethereal quality

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

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• अत्यजत् (atyajat) - not abandoning, not giving up, while not abandoning

Words meanings and morphology

चित्-धातुः (cit-dhātuḥ) - the essence of consciousness, the consciousness-element

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cit-dhātu

cit-dhātu - essence of consciousness, consciousness-element

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cit+dhātu)

• cit – consciousness, intelligence, thought
  noun (feminine)
• dhātu – element, constituent, essence, root (in grammar)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of `āste` and `paśyati`.

यत्र यत्र (yatra yatra) - wherever, in whatever place

(indeclinable)

आस्ते (āste) - sits, stays, exists, is present

(verb)

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

present middle

root ās, Class 2, Ātmanepada, present 3rd singular

Root: ās (class 2)

तत्र तत्र (tatra tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

निजम् (nijam) - one's own, peculiar, proper

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nija

nija - one's own, peculiar, proper

Note: Qualifies `vapuḥ`.

वपुः (vapuḥ) - body, form, figure

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vapus

vapus - body, form, figure

Note: Object of `paśyati`.

पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, perceives, observes

(verb)

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

present active

root dṛś, Class 1, Parasmaipada, present 3rd singular (irregular stem paśya)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

एषः (eṣaḥ) - Refers to the cit-dhātu. (this (one), he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etas

etas - this, this one

Note: Subject of `paśyati`.

जगत्-रूपम् (jagat-rūpam) - having the form of the world, world-shaped

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jagat-rūpa

jagat-rūpa - having the form of the world, world-shaped

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (jagat+rūpa)

• jagat – world, universe, moving
  noun (neuter)
  present active participle
  root gam, present participle
  Root: gam (class 1)
• rūpa – form, shape, nature, beauty
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies `nijam vapuḥ`.

व्योमताम् (vyomatām) - the nature of space, spaceness, ethereal quality

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vyomatā

vyomatā - the nature of space, spaceness, ethereal quality

Derived from vyoman with suffix -tā

Note: Object of `atyajat` (as a participle).

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes `vyomatām`.

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

अत्यजत् (atyajat) - not abandoning, not giving up, while not abandoning

(adjective)

neuter, singular of tyaj

tyaj - to abandon, give up, renounce

present active participle

root tyaj, with prefix ati; present active participle, neuter nominative/accusative singular

Prefix: ati

Root: tyaj (class 1)

Note: The `a` prefix here is part of `ati`, not a negation or past augment.

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