योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-143, verse-62

एकैव संवित्सर्गादौ भवत्यग्न्यम्बुखादिकम् ।
पृथ्व्यादि तावत्सर्गार्थं स्वप्नसंकल्पयोरिव ॥ ६२ ॥

ekaiva saṃvitsargādau bhavatyagnyambukhādikam ,
pṛthvyādi tāvatsargārthaṃ svapnasaṃkalpayoriva 62

62. ekā eva saṃvit sargādau bhavati agnyambukhadikam |
pṛthvyādi tāvat sargārtham svapna-saṃkalpayoḥ iva ||

62. ekā eva saṃvit sargādau agnyambukhadikam pṛthvyādi
tāvat sargārtham bhavati svapna-saṃkalpayoḥ iva

62. The one consciousness alone becomes fire, water, ether, and other elements, including earth, for the purpose of creation, just as in dreams and imaginations.

62. התודעה האחת והיחידה הופכת בראשית הבריאה לאש, מים, חלל, אדמה וכדומה, למען תהליך הבריאה, בדיוק כמו בחלום או בדמיון.

Words meanings summery:

• एका (ekā) - one, single

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• संवित् (saṁvit) - consciousness, knowledge, understanding

• सर्गादौ (sargādau) - at the beginning of creation, in creation's origin

• भवति (bhavati) - becomes, exists, happens

• अग्न्यम्बुखदिकम् (agnyambukhadikam) - fire, water, ether, and so on (the primordial elements)

• पृथ्व्यादि (pṛthvyādi) - earth and so on (gross elements)

• तावत् (tāvat) - so much, so far, at that time, to that extent

• सर्गार्थम् (sargārtham) - for the purpose of creation

• स्वप्न-संकल्पयोः (svapna-saṁkalpayoḥ) - of dreams and imaginations

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

एका (ekā) - one, single

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique, sole

Note: Agrees with feminine 'saṃvit'.

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

संवित् (saṁvit) - consciousness, knowledge, understanding

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃvid

saṁvid - consciousness, knowledge, understanding, intelligence

Prefix: sam

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Subject of 'bhavati'.

सर्गादौ (sargādau) - at the beginning of creation, in creation's origin

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of sargādi

sargādi - beginning of creation, origin of emanation

Compound type : tatpurusha (sarga+ādi)

• sarga – creation, emanation, discharge
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sṛj (class 6)
• ādi – beginning, origin, first
  noun (masculine)

भवति (bhavati) - becomes, exists, happens

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of bhū

present indicative, active voice, 3rd person singular

Root: bhū (class 1)

अग्न्यम्बुखदिकम् (agnyambukhadikam) - fire, water, ether, and so on (the primordial elements)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of agnyambukhādi

agnyambukhādi - fire, water, ether, and so on (referring to the subtle elements)

compound of agni (fire), ambu (water), kha (ether), and ādi (etc.)

Compound type : dvandva (agni+ambu+kha+ādi)

• agni – fire
  noun (masculine)
• ambu – water
  noun (neuter)
• kha – ether, space, sky
  noun (neuter)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etc.
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to the primordial elements that consciousness transforms into.

पृथ्व्यादि (pṛthvyādi) - earth and so on (gross elements)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pṛthvyādi

pṛthvyādi - earth and so on, beginning with earth (referring to gross elements)

compound of pṛthvī (earth) and ādi (etc.)

Compound type : tatpurusha (pṛthvī+ādi)

• pṛthvī – earth, land
  noun (feminine)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etc.
  noun (masculine)

Note: Further specifies the elements, focusing on the grosser ones like earth.

तावत् (tāvat) - so much, so far, at that time, to that extent

(indeclinable)

Note: Implies a scope or duration, here possibly 'all those elements'.

सर्गार्थम् (sargārtham) - for the purpose of creation

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpurusha (sarga+artha)

• sarga – creation, emanation
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sṛj (class 6)
• artha – purpose, meaning, object
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used here adverbially, meaning 'for the sake of creation'.

स्वप्न-संकल्पयोः (svapna-saṁkalpayoḥ) - of dreams and imaginations

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of svapna-saṃkalpa

svapna-saṁkalpa - dream and imagination/resolve

Compound type : dvandva (svapna+saṃkalpa)

• svapna – dream, sleep
  noun (masculine)
• saṃkalpa – intention, resolve, imagination, will
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam

Note: Genitive dual, used in comparison with 'iva'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

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