योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-18, verse-26

सचेतनो ह्यवयवी चेतत्यवयवान्यथा ।
स्वान्तरेव ततं जीवस्त्रिजगद्बुध्यते तथा ॥ २६ ॥

sacetano hyavayavī cetatyavayavānyathā ,
svāntareva tataṃ jīvastrijagadbudhyate tathā 26

26. sacetanaḥ hi avayavī cetati avayavān yathā |
svāntare eva tatam jīvaḥ trijagat budhyate tathā ||

26. yathā hi sacetanaḥ avayavī avayavān cetati,
tathā jīvaḥ svāntare eva tatam trijagat budhyate

26. Indeed, just as a conscious entity (avayavī) perceives its own parts, so too does the individual soul (jīva) perceive the three worlds (trijagat) spread out within its own inner being.

26. כשם שיצור מודע מרגיש את איבריו שלו, כך היצור החי (ה-גִ'יוָוה) חווה את שלושת העולמות כפרושים בתוך עצמו בלבד.

Words meanings summery:

• सचेतनः (sacetanaḥ) - conscious, endowed with consciousness

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• अवयवी (avayavī) - a conscious entity or whole (a whole, something possessing parts)

• चेतति (cetati) - perceives, is conscious of, thinks

• अवयवान् (avayavān) - parts, components

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

• स्वान्तरे (svāntare) - in its own interior, within oneself

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, just

• ततम् (tatam) - spread, extended, pervaded

• जीवः (jīvaḥ) - individual soul, living being

• त्रिजगत् (trijagat) - the three worlds

• बुध्यते (budhyate) - perceives, understands, knows

• तथा (tathā) - so too (so, thus, in the same way)

Words meanings and morphology

सचेतनः (sacetanaḥ) - conscious, endowed with consciousness

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sacetana

sacetana - conscious, animate, sentient

Compound `sa-` (with) + `cetana` (consciousness).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+cetana)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
  Prefix meaning 'with'
• cetana – consciousness, sentient, thinking
  noun (masculine)
  From root `cit` (to perceive, think) + suffix `-ana`
  Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Qualifies `avayavī`.

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

Particle used for emphasis or causation.

अवयवी (avayavī) - a conscious entity or whole (a whole, something possessing parts)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avayavin

avayavin - a whole, something possessing parts, an organic entity

Possessive adjective/noun

From `avayava` (part) + suffix `-in` (possessing).

चेतति (cetati) - perceives, is conscious of, thinks

(verb)

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

Present tense, 3rd person singular

From root `cit`.

Root: cit (class 1)

अवयवान् (avayavān) - parts, components

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of avayava

avayava - part, member, component, limb

From `ava-yu` (to join, to combine) or `ava-aya` (to go apart).

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

(indeclinable)

Correlative adverb.

स्वान्तरे (svāntare) - in its own interior, within oneself

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of svāntara

svāntara - one's own interior, within oneself

Compound `sva` (own) + `antara` (interior).

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (sva+antara)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun
• antara – interior, inner, within
  noun (neuter)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, just

(indeclinable)

ततम् (tatam) - spread, extended, pervaded

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tata

tata - spread, extended, pervaded, stretched

Past Passive Participle

From root `tan` (to stretch, extend) + suffix `-ta`.

Root: tan (class 8)

जीवः (jīvaḥ) - individual soul, living being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - individual soul, living being, life principle

From root `jīv` (to live).

Root: jīv (class 1)

त्रिजगत् (trijagat) - the three worlds

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of trijagat

trijagat - the three worlds (heaven, earth, underworld)

Compound `tri` (three) + `jagat` (world).

Compound type : dvigu (tri+jagat)

• tri – three
  numeral
• jagat – world, moving
  noun (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  From root `gam` (to go) with `śatṛ` suffix
  Root: gam (class 1)

बुध्यते (budhyate) - perceives, understands, knows

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of budh

Present tense, 3rd person singular

From root `budh`. Often in middle voice.

Root: budh (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - so too (so, thus, in the same way)

(indeclinable)

Correlative adverb.

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