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.

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)