योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-140, verse-28

द्यौः क्षमा वायुराकाशं पर्वताः सरितो दिशः ।
इति मे चेतसो जातं पत्रादि विटपादिव ॥ २८ ॥

dyauḥ kṣamā vāyurākāśaṃ parvatāḥ sarito diśaḥ ,
iti me cetaso jātaṃ patrādi viṭapādiva 28

28. dyauḥ kṣamā vāyuḥ ākāśam parvatāḥ saritaḥ diśaḥ
iti me cetasaḥ jātam patra ādi viṭapāt iva

28. dyauḥ kṣamā vāyuḥ ākāśam parvatāḥ saritaḥ diśaḥ iti etāni me cetasaḥ jātam,
viṭapāt patra ādi iva

28. The sky, earth, wind, space, mountains, rivers, and directions – all these arose from my consciousness (cetas), just as leaves and so forth emerge from a tree.

Words meanings summery:

• द्यौः (dyauḥ) - the sky (sky, heaven)

• क्षमा (kṣamā) - earth (earth, patience)

• वायुः (vāyuḥ) - wind (wind, air)

• आकाशम् (ākāśam) - space (space, sky, ether)

• पर्वताः (parvatāḥ) - mountains

• सरितः (saritaḥ) - rivers

• दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions (directions, quarters)

• इति (iti) - all these (thus, so, in this manner)

• मे (me) - my (my, to me, for me)

• चेतसः (cetasaḥ) - from my consciousness (cetas) (from the mind, from consciousness)

• जातम् (jātam) - arose (born, arisen, produced)

• पत्र (patra) - leaves (leaf, feather, wing)

• आदि (ādi) - and so forth (beginning, first, and so on)

• विटपात् (viṭapāt) - from a tree (from a tree, from a branch)

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

Words meanings and morphology

द्यौः (dyauḥ) - the sky (sky, heaven)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dyu

dyu - sky, heaven, day

Note: Part of a list of subjects.

क्षमा (kṣamā) - earth (earth, patience)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṣamā

kṣamā - earth, patience, forgiveness

Root: kṣam (class 1)

Note: Part of a list of subjects.

वायुः (vāyuḥ) - wind (wind, air)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāyu

vāyu - wind, air, a deity of wind

From root 'vā' (to blow)

Root: vā (class 2)

Note: Part of a list of subjects.

आकाशम् (ākāśam) - space (space, sky, ether)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - space, sky, ether, the subtlest element

From root 'kāś' (to shine) with upasarga 'ā'

Prefix: ā

Root: kāś (class 1)

Note: Part of a list of subjects.

पर्वताः (parvatāḥ) - mountains

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of parvata

parvata - mountain, hill

Note: Part of a list of subjects.

सरितः (saritaḥ) - rivers

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sarit

sarit - river, stream

From root 'sṛ' (to flow)

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Part of a list of subjects.

दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions (directions, quarters)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of diś

diś - direction, quarter of the sky, region

From root 'diś' (to point, to show)

Root: diś (class 6)

Note: Part of a list of subjects.

इति (iti) - all these (thus, so, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

Note: Functions to summarize the preceding list.

मे (me) - my (my, to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I

First person singular pronoun

Note: Possessive, 'my consciousness'.

चेतसः (cetasaḥ) - from my consciousness (cetas) (from the mind, from consciousness)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of cetas

cetas - mind, consciousness, intelligence, heart

From root 'cit' (to perceive, to understand)

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Indicates source or origin.

जातम् (jātam) - arose (born, arisen, produced)

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jāta

jāta - born, arisen, produced, happened

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root 'jan' (to be born, to produce)

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Refers to the collective noun phrase 'dyauḥ ... diśaḥ iti'.

पत्र (patra) - leaves (leaf, feather, wing)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of patra

patra - leaf, feather, wing, letter, vehicle

Note: Part of the 'patrādi' compound, here split.

आदि (ādi) - and so forth (beginning, first, and so on)

(indeclinable)

Often used as a suffix in compounds to mean 'et cetera'

Note: Functions with 'patra' to mean 'leaves etc.'

विटपात् (viṭapāt) - from a tree (from a tree, from a branch)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of viṭapa

viṭapa - tree, branch, thicket

Note: Indicates source in the simile.

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a simile.