योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-168, verse-10

तराववयवेप्वन्यः करोति विविधाभिधाः ।
चिद्व्योमात्मनि सर्वेषु भूत्वान्य इव खात्मसु ॥ १० ॥

tarāvavayavepvanyaḥ karoti vividhābhidhāḥ ,
cidvyomātmani sarveṣu bhūtvānya iva khātmasu 10

10. tarau avayaveṣu anyaḥ karoti vividhāḥ abhidhāḥ |
citvyomātmani sarveṣu bhūtvā anyaḥ iva kha ātmasu ||

10. yathā anyaḥ tarau avayaveṣu vividhāḥ
abhidhāḥ karoti (tathā)
citvyomātmani sarveṣu kha-ātmasu
anyaḥ iva bhūtvā (abhidhāḥ karoti)

10. Just as a person assigns various names (abhidhāḥ) to the parts (avayava) of a tree, so too, in the consciousness-space (citvyoman) which is the (Supreme) Self (ātman), are names assigned to all its individual manifestations (khātmasu), having appeared as if distinct.

10. בעוד שאדם מעניק שמות שונים לחלקי העץ, התודעה העליונה מופיעה כאילו הייתה שונה בתוך מרחב העצמי, ומעניקה שמות לכל היצורים.

Words meanings summery:

• तरौ (tarau) - on a tree

• अवयवेषु (avayaveṣu) - in the parts, in the members

• अन्यः (anyaḥ) - another, other (person)

• करोति (karoti) - makes, does, performs, assigns

• विविधाः (vividhāḥ) - various, manifold, diverse

• अभिधाः (abhidhāḥ) - names, appellations, designations

• चित्व्योमात्मनि (citvyomātmani) - in the self that is consciousness-space, in the Self of pure consciousness (ātman)

• सर्वेषु (sarveṣu) - in all, in everything

• भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become, being

• अन्यः (anyaḥ) - another, other (person/thing)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

• खात्मसु (khātmasu) - in its own space-selves, in the natures of space/ether, in its elemental forms

Words meanings and morphology

तरौ (tarau) - on a tree

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of taru

taru - tree

अवयवेषु (avayaveṣu) - in the parts, in the members

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of avayava

avayava - part, member, component

derived from ava-yu (to join apart)

Prefix: ava

Root: yu (class 2)

अन्यः (anyaḥ) - another, other (person)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

करोति (karoti) - makes, does, performs, assigns

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kṛ

present tense

present indicative, active voice, 3rd person singular

Root: kṛ (class 8)

विविधाः (vividhāḥ) - various, manifold, diverse

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of vividha

vividha - various, manifold, diverse

vi-vidha (of many sorts)

अभिधाः (abhidhāḥ) - names, appellations, designations

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of abhidhā

abhidhā - name, appellation, designation, word

from abhi-dhā (to place upon, to name)

Prefix: abhi

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Object of 'karoti'.

चित्व्योमात्मनि (citvyomātmani) - in the self that is consciousness-space, in the Self of pure consciousness (ātman)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of citvyomātman

citvyomātman - the self (ātman) that is consciousness-space (citvyoman)

compound of citvyoman and ātman

Compound type : karmadhāraya (citvyoman+ātman)

• cit – consciousness, pure intelligence
  noun (feminine)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• vyoman – sky, space, ether
  noun (neuter)
• ātman – self (ātman), soul, spirit
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to the ultimate reality.

सर्वेषु (sarveṣu) - in all, in everything

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Universal pronoun.

Note: Adjective to 'khātmasu'.

भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become, being

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

formed from root bhū with suffix tvā

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: This is an indeclinable form.

अन्यः (anyaḥ) - another, other (person/thing)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

Note: Refers to the apparent distinctness.

इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

(indeclinable)

खात्मसु (khātmasu) - in its own space-selves, in the natures of space/ether, in its elemental forms

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of khātman

khātman - self (ātman) that is space (kha), elemental self, essential nature

compound of kha (space/ether) and ātman (self)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (kha+ātman)

• kha – space, ether, emptiness, sky
  noun (neuter)
• ātman – self (ātman), soul, spirit
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to the individual forms/aspects of consciousness.

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