योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-164, verse-1

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
जीवाणवो जगत्यन्तश्चिदादित्यांशुमण्डले ।
यत्र तेऽवयवास्तुल्यास्तेनानवयवात्मता ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
jīvāṇavo jagatyantaścidādityāṃśumaṇḍale ,
yatra te'vayavāstulyāstenānavayavātmatā 1

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca | jīvāṇavaḥ jagati antaḥ citādityāṃśumaṇḍale
| yatra te avayavāḥ tulyāḥ tena anavayavātmatā ||

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca jagati antaḥ citādityāṃśumaṇḍale jīvāṇavaḥ (santi) yatra te avayavāḥ tulyāḥ (bhavanti),
tena (eva) anavayavātmatā (ātmanaḥ) (bhavati)

1. Sage Vasiṣṭha said: The atomic individual souls (jīvāṇavaḥ) within the world exist in the sphere of the rays of the sun of consciousness. Where those constituent parts are considered equal (to consciousness), there arises the nature of being without parts (anavayavātmatā) for the Self (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Sage Vasiṣṭha, Sri Vasistha

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• जीवाणवः (jīvāṇavaḥ) - atomic living beings, individual souls, subtle living particles

• जगति (jagati) - in the world, in the universe

• अन्तः (antaḥ) - within, inside, in the midst

• चितादित्यांशुमण्डले (citādityāṁśumaṇḍale) - in the sphere of the rays of the sun of consciousness

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which

• ते (te) - those

• अवयवाः (avayavāḥ) - parts, constituents, members

• तुल्याः (tulyāḥ) - equal (to consciousness) (equal, similar)

• तेन (tena) - by that, therefore, on account of that

• अनवयवात्मता (anavayavātmatā) - nature of being without parts, partless nature

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Sage Vasiṣṭha, Sri Vasistha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - venerable Vasiṣṭha

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – venerable, glorious
  adjective
• vasiṣṭha – most excellent, a Vedic sage
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect Active

from √vac, 3rd person singular Perfect active

Root: vac (class 2)

जीवाणवः (jīvāṇavaḥ) - atomic living beings, individual souls, subtle living particles

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jīvāṇu

jīvāṇu - living atom, subtle living being, individual soul

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jīva+aṇu)

• jīva – life, living being, individual soul
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jīv (class 1)
• aṇu – atom, minute particle, subtle
  noun (masculine)

जगति (jagati) - in the world, in the universe

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving

present active participle

from √gam

Root: gam (class 1)

अन्तः (antaḥ) - within, inside, in the midst

(indeclinable)

Note: Acts as a preposition or adverb here.

चितादित्यांशुमण्डले (citādityāṁśumaṇḍale) - in the sphere of the rays of the sun of consciousness

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of citādityāṃśumaṇḍala

citādityāṁśumaṇḍala - sphere of the rays of the sun of consciousness

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (citādityāṃśu+maṇḍala)

• citādityāṃśu – rays of the sun of consciousness
  noun (masculine)
• maṇḍala – sphere, circle, disc
  noun (neuter)

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to `avayavāḥ` (parts).

अवयवाः (avayavāḥ) - parts, constituents, members

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of avayava

avayava - part, member, constituent

from ava + √yu (to join) + -a

Prefix: ava

Root: yu (class 1)

तुल्याः (tulyāḥ) - equal (to consciousness) (equal, similar)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tulya

tulya - equal, similar, comparable

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

from √tul (to weigh) + -ya

Root: tul (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `avayavāḥ`.

तेन (tena) - by that, therefore, on account of that

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine/neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Refers to the preceding statement/reason.

अनवयवात्मता (anavayavātmatā) - nature of being without parts, partless nature

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anavayavātmatā

anavayavātmatā - partless nature, non-particulate nature of the Self

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (anavayava+ātmatā)

• anavayava – without parts, partless
  adjective (masculine)
  Compound of 'an' (neg.) and 'avayava'
• ātmatā – nature of the Self, selfhood
  noun (feminine)
  from ātman + -tā (suffix for abstract noun)