योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-147, verse-20

बिम्बं तत्तदुपादत्ते यद्यदग्रेऽवतिष्ठति ।
यथादर्शश्चिदादर्शस्तथैवायं स्वभावतः ॥ २० ॥

bimbaṃ tattadupādatte yadyadagre'vatiṣṭhati ,
yathādarśaścidādarśastathaivāyaṃ svabhāvataḥ 20

20. bimbam tat tat upādatte yat yat agre avatiṣṭhati yathā
ādarśaḥ ca cit ādarśaḥ tathā eva ayam svabhāvataḥ

20. yathā ādarśaḥ yat yat agre avatiṣṭhati tat tat bimbam upādatte,
ca tathā eva ayam cit ādarśaḥ svabhāvataḥ

20. Just as a mirror reflects every image that stands before it, so too does this consciousness-mirror (citādarśa), by its very nature, take on whatever (image) is present.

Words meanings summery:

• बिम्बम् (bimbam) - image, reflection, object

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• उपादत्ते (upādatte) - takes, grasps, receives, assumes

• यत् (yat) - which, whatever

• यत् (yat) - which, whatever

• अग्रे (agre) - in front, before, ahead

• अवतिष्ठति (avatiṣṭhati) - stands, is present, remains

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as

• आदर्शः (ādarśaḥ) - mirror, reflection

• च (ca) - and, also

• चित् (cit) - consciousness, awareness

• आदर्शः (ādarśaḥ) - mirror

• तथा (tathā) - so, likewise, in that way

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

• अयम् (ayam) - refers to the self or consciousness being discussed (this (one))

• स्वभावतः (svabhāvataḥ) - by nature, naturally

Words meanings and morphology

बिम्बम् (bimbam) - image, reflection, object

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bimba

bimba - image, reflection, disc (of sun/moon), object

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Used in repetition 'tat tat' to mean 'various' or 'each and every'.

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Used in repetition 'tat tat' to mean 'various' or 'each and every'.

उपादत्ते (upādatte) - takes, grasps, receives, assumes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of upā-dā

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: dā (class 3)

यत् (yat) - which, whatever

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whoever, whatever

Note: Used in repetition 'yat yat' to mean 'whichever' or 'each and every'.

यत् (yat) - which, whatever

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whoever, whatever

Note: Used in repetition 'yat yat' to mean 'whichever' or 'each and every'.

अग्रे (agre) - in front, before, ahead

(indeclinable)

Locative case of agra used adverbially.

अवतिष्ठति (avatiṣṭhati) - stands, is present, remains

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of ava-sthā

Prefix: ava

Root: sthā (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as

(indeclinable)

आदर्शः (ādarśaḥ) - mirror, reflection

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ādarśa

ādarśa - mirror, reflection, model, ideal

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

चित् (cit) - consciousness, awareness

(noun)

feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, awareness, thought, mind

Note: First part of the compound 'citādarśa'.

आदर्शः (ādarśaḥ) - mirror

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ādarśa

ādarśa - mirror, reflection

तथा (tathā) - so, likewise, in that way

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

(indeclinable)

अयम् (ayam) - refers to the self or consciousness being discussed (this (one))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

स्वभावतः (svabhāvataḥ) - by nature, naturally

(indeclinable)

Derived from svabhāva (one's own nature) with the suffix -tas, indicating 'by means of' or 'from'.