योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-148, verse-16

चितिरेव चिरायेदं चित्तं चिमचिमायते ।
यदात्मन्येव सलिलं द्रववत्तदिदं जगत् ॥ १६ ॥

citireva cirāyedaṃ cittaṃ cimacimāyate ,
yadātmanyeva salilaṃ dravavattadidaṃ jagat 16

16. citiḥ eva cirāya idam cittam cimacimāyate yat
ātmani eva salilam dravavat tat idam jagat

16. idam cittam cirāya cimacimāyate citiḥ eva yat
idam jagat ātmani eva dravavat salilam tat

16. This mind (citta), which has been agitated for a long time, is in reality nothing but pure consciousness (citi). Similarly, this entire universe (jagat) is like flowing water (salila) within the Self (ātman) alone.

Words meanings summery:

• चितिः (citiḥ) - pure consciousness (citi) (consciousness, pure intelligence, understanding)

• एव (eva) - only, indeed (only, just, indeed, precisely)

• चिराय (cirāya) - for a long time (for a long time, for ages)

• इदम् (idam) - this (this, this one)

• चित्तम् (cittam) - mind (citta) (mind, thought, consciousness)

• चिमचिमायते (cimacimāyate) - is agitated, flickers (trembles, flickers, is agitated, makes a tremulous sound)

• यत् (yat) - when (which, when, that (relative pronoun))

• आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the Self (ātman) (in the Self, in the soul, in oneself)

• एव (eva) - alone (only, just, indeed, precisely)

• सलिलम् (salilam) - water (salila) (water, liquid)

• द्रववत् (dravavat) - like liquid, flowing (like liquid, flowing, fluid)

• तत् (tat) - then (that, then)

• इदम् (idam) - this (this, this one)

• जगत् (jagat) - universe (jagat) (universe, world, what moves)

Words meanings and morphology

चितिः (citiḥ) - pure consciousness (citi) (consciousness, pure intelligence, understanding)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of citi

citi - consciousness, pure intelligence, understanding

from root cit (to perceive, to understand)

Root: cit (class 1)

एव (eva) - only, indeed (only, just, indeed, precisely)

(indeclinable)

चिराय (cirāya) - for a long time (for a long time, for ages)

(indeclinable)

dative singular of cira, often used adverbially

Note: Dative singular of cira, used adverbially.

इदम् (idam) - this (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

चित्तम् (cittam) - mind (citta) (mind, thought, consciousness)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, thought, consciousness

Past Passive Participle

from root cit (to perceive, to understand), used as a noun

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Derived from root cit, past passive participle used as a noun.

चिमचिमायते (cimacimāyate) - is agitated, flickers (trembles, flickers, is agitated, makes a tremulous sound)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of cimacimāya

Denominative verb from an imitative sound 'cimacima'

Present, middle voice, 3rd person singular

Root: cimacimāya (class 10)

यत् (yat) - when (which, when, that (relative pronoun))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Note: Used here adverbially as a temporal conjunction 'when'.

आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the Self (ātman) (in the Self, in the soul, in oneself)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - Self, soul, essence, breath

Root: an

एव (eva) - alone (only, just, indeed, precisely)

(indeclinable)

सलिलम् (salilam) - water (salila) (water, liquid)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of salila

salila - water, liquid

from root sṛ (to flow), with sa- indicating 'together with'

Root: sṛ

द्रववत् (dravavat) - like liquid, flowing (like liquid, flowing, fluid)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dravavat

dravavat - liquid, fluid, like water

suffix -vat

from drava (liquid) + -vat (like, possessing)

Root: dru

तत् (tat) - then (that, then)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Note: Used here as a correlative adverb 'then' with 'yat' (when).

इदम् (idam) - this (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

जगत् (jagat) - universe (jagat) (universe, world, what moves)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - moving, mobile, the world, the universe

Present Active Participle

from root gam (to go) + suffix -at, used as a noun

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Present active participle of gam, used as a noun.

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