योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-177, verse-42

पश्यन्त्यामेव पश्यन्ती यथा भाति तथैव च ।
यथा शब्दास्तथा सर्गाश्चितैव चिति चिन्मयाः ॥ ४२ ॥

paśyantyāmeva paśyantī yathā bhāti tathaiva ca ,
yathā śabdāstathā sargāścitaiva citi cinmayāḥ 42

42. paśyantyām eva paśyantī yathā bhāti tathā eva ca
yathā śabdāḥ tathā sargāḥ citi eva citi cinmayāḥ

42. yathā paśyantyām eva paśyantī bhāti,
tathā eva ca yathā śabdāḥ tathā sargāḥ citi eva citi cinmayāḥ

42. Just as the perceiving consciousness (paśyantī) itself shines forth within the perceiving consciousness, and just as words, so too all creations are essentially conscious (cinmaya) within consciousness (cit) itself.

Words meanings summery:

• पश्यन्त्याम् (paśyantyām) - in the paśyantī stage of speech (in the perceiving one, in the seer (feminine locative singular))

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

• पश्यन्ती (paśyantī) - the paśyantī stage of speech (the perceiving one, the seer (feminine nominative singular))

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• भाति (bhāti) - it shines, it appears

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, so

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

• च (ca) - and

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• शब्दाः (śabdāḥ) - words, sounds

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, so

• सर्गाः (sargāḥ) - creations, emanations, productions

• चिति (citi) - in consciousness

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

• चिति (citi) - in consciousness

• चिन्मयाः (cinmayāḥ) - consisting of consciousness, full of consciousness

Words meanings and morphology

पश्यन्त्याम् (paśyantyām) - in the paśyantī stage of speech (in the perceiving one, in the seer (feminine locative singular))

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, singular of paśyat

paśyat - seeing, perceiving, observing, the seer

Present Active Participle

From root √dṛś (to see), with 'paśya' stem in present tense.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

पश्यन्ती (paśyantī) - the paśyantī stage of speech (the perceiving one, the seer (feminine nominative singular))

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of paśyat

paśyat - seeing, perceiving, observing, the seer

Present Active Participle

From root √dṛś (to see), with 'paśya' stem in present tense.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Here used as a noun, referring to the "paśyantī" stage of speech.

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

भाति (bhāti) - it shines, it appears

(verb)

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

Present active indicative

3rd person singular present active indicative of √bhā.

Root: bhā (class 2)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, so

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

शब्दाः (śabdāḥ) - words, sounds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śabda

śabda - sound, word, voice

तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, so

(indeclinable)

सर्गाः (sargāḥ) - creations, emanations, productions

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarga

sarga - creation, emanation, production, discharge

From root √sṛj (to emit, create) with prefix sa.

Prefix: sa

Root: sṛj (class 6)

चिति (citi) - in consciousness

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, intelligence, thought

From root √cit (to perceive, understand)

Root: cit (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

चिति (citi) - in consciousness

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, intelligence, thought

From root √cit (to perceive, understand)

Root: cit (class 1)

चिन्मयाः (cinmayāḥ) - consisting of consciousness, full of consciousness

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of cinmaya

cinmaya - consisting of consciousness, full of intelligence, made of consciousness

Formed from 'cit' (consciousness) + suffix '-maya' (made of, consisting of).