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.

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.