योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-138, verse-3

संविदं संविदा गृह्णंस्तान्बाह्येऽन्तरपि क्षणात् ।
अहं प्रसृतवांस्तत्र तैलबिन्दुरिवाम्भसि ॥ ३ ॥

saṃvidaṃ saṃvidā gṛhṇaṃstānbāhye'ntarapi kṣaṇāt ,
ahaṃ prasṛtavāṃstatra tailabindurivāmbhasi 3

3. saṃvidam saṃvidā gṛhṇan tān bāhye antar api kṣaṇāt
aham prasṛtavān tatra taila-binduḥ iva ambhasi

3. aham kṣaṇāt tatra saṃvidā tān bāhye antar api
saṃvidam gṛhṇan ambhasi taila-binduḥ iva prasṛtavān

3. By grasping those (elements) — both external and internal — with my (own) consciousness, I instantly spread out there, just like a drop of oil in water.

Words meanings summery:

• संविदम् (saṁvidam) - consciousness, awareness

• संविदा (saṁvidā) - by consciousness, by awareness

• गृह्णन् (gṛhṇan) - grasping, seizing, taking hold

• तान् (tān) - those

• बाह्ये (bāhye) - in the external, externally

• अन्तर् (antar) - internal, within

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• क्षणात् (kṣaṇāt) - in an instant, quickly, from a moment

• अहम् (aham) - I

• प्रसृतवान् (prasṛtavān) - spread, diffused, extended

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• तैल-बिन्दुः (taila-binduḥ) - an oil drop

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अम्भसि (ambhasi) - in water

Words meanings and morphology

संविदम् (saṁvidam) - consciousness, awareness

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of saṃvid

saṁvid - consciousness, knowledge, understanding, awareness

From √vid (to know) with upasarga 'sam-'.

Prefix: sam

Root: vid (class 2)

संविदा (saṁvidā) - by consciousness, by awareness

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of saṃvid

saṁvid - consciousness, knowledge, understanding, awareness

From √vid (to know) with upasarga 'sam-'.

Prefix: sam

Root: vid (class 2)

गृह्णन् (gṛhṇan) - grasping, seizing, taking hold

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gṛhṇat

gṛhṇat - grasping, seizing, taking hold

Present Active Participle

From √grah (to seize, grasp), present active participle, nominative singular masculine.

Root: grah (class 9)

तान् (tān) - those

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

बाह्ये (bāhye) - in the external, externally

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of bāhya

bāhya - external, outward, foreign

Derived from 'bahis' (outside).

अन्तर् (antar) - internal, within

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

क्षणात् (kṣaṇāt) - in an instant, quickly, from a moment

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kṣaṇa

kṣaṇa - a moment, an instant, a twinkling of an eye

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

प्रसृतवान् (prasṛtavān) - spread, diffused, extended

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prasṛtavat

prasṛtavat - one who has spread, diffused, extended

Past Active Participle (Kṛt suffix -vat)

From √sṛ (to flow, move) with upasarga 'pra-'. Past participle 'prasṛta' + suffix '-vat'.

Prefix: pra

Root: sṛ (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

तैल-बिन्दुः (taila-binduḥ) - an oil drop

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of taila-bindu

taila-bindu - an oil drop

Compound noun.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (taila+bindu)

• taila – oil, sesame oil
  noun (neuter)
• bindu – drop, point, dot
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अम्भसि (ambhasi) - in water

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ambhas

ambhas - water