योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-178, verse-42

संविन्मयत्वाज्जगतां तेषां भूम्यचलादि तत् ।
सर्वं चिदात्मकं विद्धि नौ चेदन्यत्किमुच्यताम् ॥ ४२ ॥

saṃvinmayatvājjagatāṃ teṣāṃ bhūmyacalādi tat ,
sarvaṃ cidātmakaṃ viddhi nau cedanyatkimucyatām 42

42. saṃvit-mayatvāt jagatām teṣām bhūmi-acala-ādi tat
sarvam cit-ātmakam viddhi na u cet anyat kim ucyatām

42. jagatām teṣām saṃvit-mayatvāt tat bhūmi-acala-ādi
sarvam cit-ātmakam viddhi na u cet anyat kim ucyatām

42. Due to the conscious nature (saṃvit-mayatva) of those worlds (jagat), understand (viddhi) that everything – including the earth, mountains, and so on – is essentially conscious (cit-ātmakam). If it were not so, then what else could possibly be stated?

42. מאחר שעולמות אלה עשויים מתודעה טהורה, דע כי האדמה, ההרים וכל השאר בהם אינם אלא בעלי מהות תודעתית. לולא כן, מה עוד ניתן היה לומר עליהם?

Words meanings summery:

• संवित्-मयत्वात् (saṁvit-mayatvāt) - from the state of being full of consciousness, due to being composed of consciousness

• जगताम् (jagatām) - of the worlds

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - referring to the worlds (of those)

• भूमि-अचल-आदि (bhūmi-acala-ādi) - earth, mountains, etc.

• तत् (tat) - that

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

• चित्-आत्मकम् (cit-ātmakam) - of the nature of consciousness, consisting of consciousness

• विद्धि (viddhi) - know, understand

• न (na) - not

• उ (u) - indeed, certainly (particle)

• चेत् (cet) - if

• अन्यत् (anyat) - other, something else

• किम् (kim) - what? why?

• उच्यताम् (ucyatām) - let it be said, may it be declared

Words meanings and morphology

संवित्-मयत्वात् (saṁvit-mayatvāt) - from the state of being full of consciousness, due to being composed of consciousness

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of saṃvit-mayatva

saṁvit-mayatva - the state of being full of consciousness, nature of consciousness

Compound type : tatpurusha (saṃvit-maya+tva)

• saṃvit-maya – full of consciousness, consisting of consciousness
  adjective (masculine)
• saṃvit – consciousness, perfect knowledge
  noun (feminine)
• maya – made of, consisting of, full of
  suffix/adjective (masculine)
• tva – suffix for 'state of being', '-ness'
  suffix (neuter)

जगताम् (jagatām) - of the worlds

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of jagat

jagat - world, universe, that which moves

तेषाम् (teṣām) - referring to the worlds (of those)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

भूमि-अचल-आदि (bhūmi-acala-ādi) - earth, mountains, etc.

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhūmi-acala-ādi

bhūmi-acala-ādi - earth, mountains, and so forth

Compound type : dvandva (bhūmi+acala+ādi)

• bhūmi – earth, land, ground
  noun (feminine)
• acala – mountain (that which does not move)
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etc.
  indeclinable

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

चित्-आत्मकम् (cit-ātmakam) - of the nature of consciousness, consisting of consciousness

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cit-ātmaka

cit-ātmaka - having consciousness as its essence/self

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (cit+ātmaka)

• cit – consciousness, pure knowledge
  noun (feminine)
• ātmaka – having the nature of, consisting of, essential
  adjective (masculine)

विद्धि (viddhi) - know, understand

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 2)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

उ (u) - indeed, certainly (particle)

(indeclinable)

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

अन्यत् (anyat) - other, something else

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

किम् (kim) - what? why?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what? who? which? (also as indeclinable: why? how?)

उच्यताम् (ucyatām) - let it be said, may it be declared

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

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