योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-172, verse-2

मन इत्यभिधानेन पश्चादास्था प्रकल्पिता ।
वार्यावर्तविवर्तेन प्रोत्थायावर्तता यथा ॥ २ ॥

mana ityabhidhānena paścādāsthā prakalpitā ,
vāryāvartavivartena protthāyāvartatā yathā 2

2. manaḥ iti abhidhānena paścāt āsthā prakalpitā |
vāryāvartavivartena protthāya āvartatā yathā ||

2. manaḥ iti abhidhānena paścāt आस्था प्रकल्पिता [bhavati],
यथा वार्यावर्त-विवर्तेन [jalaṃ] protthāya आवर्तता.

2. Subsequently, by the designation 'mind' (manas), a state of being was established, just as by the whirling of a water eddy, [the water] springs up and spins around.

Words meanings summery:

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind (manas) (mind, intellect, thought)

• इति (iti) - thus, so, (quotation marker)

• अभिधानेन (abhidhānena) - by the designation, by the name, by the utterance

• पश्चात् (paścāt) - afterwards, subsequently, later

• आस्था (āsthā) - a state of being or mental state (state, condition, establishment)

• प्रकल्पिता (prakalpitā) - established, conceived, arranged, imagined

• वार्यावर्तविवर्तेन (vāryāvartavivartena) - by the revolving of a water whirlpool

• प्रोत्थाय (protthāya) - having arisen, having sprung forth

• आवर्तता (āvartatā) - revolved, turned, existed

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

Words meanings and morphology

मनः (manaḥ) - mind (manas) (mind, intellect, thought)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought, consciousness (manas)

From root 'man' (to think).

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Used within the 'iti' clause as a designation.

इति (iti) - thus, so, (quotation marker)

(indeclinable)

Note: Marks 'manaḥ' as a designation.

अभिधानेन (abhidhānena) - by the designation, by the name, by the utterance

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of abhidhāna

abhidhāna - designation, name, appellation, utterance

From 'abhi' + root 'dhā' (to place, apply, denote).

Prefix: abhi

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Indicates the means by which the state was established.

पश्चात् (paścāt) - afterwards, subsequently, later

(indeclinable)

Note: Indicates temporal sequence.

आस्था (āsthā) - a state of being or mental state (state, condition, establishment)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āsthā

āsthā - state, condition, establishment, basis, reliance, mental disposition

From 'ā' + root 'sthā' (to stand).

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'prakalpitā'.

प्रकल्पिता (prakalpitā) - established, conceived, arranged, imagined

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prakalpita

prakalpita - established, arranged, conceived, imagined, fabricated

Past Passive Participle

From 'pra' + root 'kḷp' (to arrange, conceive).

Prefix: pra

Root: kḷp (class 10)

Note: Past passive participle, acting as a predicate.

वार्यावर्तविवर्तेन (vāryāvartavivartena) - by the revolving of a water whirlpool

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vāryāvartavivarta

vāryāvartavivarta - revolving of a water whirlpool

Tatpuruṣa compound: 'vāri' (water) + 'āvarta' (whirlpool) + 'vivarta' (revolving, transformation).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vāri+āvarta+vivarta)

• vāri – water
  noun (neuter)
• āvarta – whirlpool, eddy, turning, revolving
  noun (masculine)
  From 'ā' + root 'vṛt' (to turn).
  Prefix: ā
  Root: vṛt (class 1)
• vivarta – revolving, turning, transformation, illusory manifestation
  noun (masculine)
  From 'vi' + root 'vṛt' (to turn).
  Prefix: vi
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Indicates the means of rising and revolving.

प्रोत्थाय (protthāya) - having arisen, having sprung forth

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From 'pra' + 'ud' + root 'sthā' (to stand), forming an absolutive.

Prefixes: pra+ud

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Describes an action preceding 'āvartatā'.

आवर्तता (āvartatā) - revolved, turned, existed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, imperfect (laṅ) of āvṛt

From 'ā' + root 'vṛt' (to turn). Often refers to continuous action in past or general statement.

Prefix: ā

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: The verb for the simile.

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces the comparison.