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.

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.