योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-18, verse-30

चिदचिद्वाङ्कुरो देहे वृक्षत्वं मन्यते यथा ।
वृक्षशब्दार्थरहितं ब्रह्मेदं त्रिजगत्तथा ॥ ३० ॥

cidacidvāṅkuro dehe vṛkṣatvaṃ manyate yathā ,
vṛkṣaśabdārtharahitaṃ brahmedaṃ trijagattathā 30

30. cit acit vā aṅkuraḥ dehe vṛkṣatvam manute yathā
vṛkṣaśabdārtharahitam brahma idam trijagat tathā

30. yathā cit vā acit aṅkuraḥ dehe vṛkṣatvam manute (ca vṛkṣaśabdārtharahitaḥ asti),
tathā idam brahma vṛkṣaśabdārtharahitam trijagat (asti).

30. Just as a sprout in the ground, whether considered conscious or non-conscious, perceives its own potential to be a tree—even though it (the sprout) is still devoid of the literal, limited meaning of the word 'tree'—similarly, this Brahman (brahman) is the three worlds (trijagat), (which, like the sprout, is also) devoid of the full and limiting conceptual meaning of 'tree'.

Words meanings summery:

• चित् (cit) - conscious (conscious, intelligent, consciousness)

• अचित् (acit) - non-conscious (non-conscious, inanimate, unconscious)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either...or)

• अङ्कुरः (aṅkuraḥ) - a sprout (sprout, shoot, germ, beginning)

• देहे (dehe) - in the ground (referring to where a sprout grows) (in the body, in the frame, in the person, in the ground)

• वृक्षत्वम् (vṛkṣatvam) - the nature of a tree, its potential to be a tree (tree-ness, the state or nature of a tree)

• मनुते (manute) - perceives (thinks, believes, considers, perceives)

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

• वृक्षशब्दार्थरहितम् (vṛkṣaśabdārtharahitam) - devoid of the literal, limited meaning of the word 'tree' (devoid of the meaning of the word 'tree')

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman (brahman), the ultimate reality (Brahman (the Absolute reality), sacred knowledge, prayer)

• इदम् (idam) - this (referring to the immediate reality of the world) (this, this one, here)

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

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (similarly, thus, so, in that manner)

Words meanings and morphology

चित् (cit) - conscious (conscious, intelligent, consciousness)

(adjective)

Nominative, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, intelligence, mind, thought; also (adj) conscious, intelligent

From root cit (to perceive, know)

Root: cit (class 1)

अचित् (acit) - non-conscious (non-conscious, inanimate, unconscious)

(adjective)

Nominative, singular of acit

acit - non-conscious, inanimate, unconscious, devoid of intelligence

a (not) + cit (conscious, intelligence)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+cit)

• a – not, un-, in-
  indeclinable
• cit – consciousness, intelligence, mind, thought
  noun (feminine)
  From root cit (to perceive, know)
  Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Qualifies aṅkuraḥ.

वा (vā) - or (or, either...or)

(indeclinable)

अङ्कुरः (aṅkuraḥ) - a sprout (sprout, shoot, germ, beginning)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṅkura

aṅkura - sprout, shoot, germ, bud, beginning, any new production

From root aṅk (to move, go).

Root: aṅk (class 1)

Note: Subject of manute in the yathā clause.

देहे (dehe) - in the ground (referring to where a sprout grows) (in the body, in the frame, in the person, in the ground)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form, person, mass, bulk

From root dih (to smear, to form).

Root: dih (class 6)

Note: Denotes location.

वृक्षत्वम् (vṛkṣatvam) - the nature of a tree, its potential to be a tree (tree-ness, the state or nature of a tree)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vṛkṣatva

vṛkṣatva - tree-ness, the state or nature of a tree

vṛkṣa (tree) + tva (suffix for 'state of being')

Note: Object of manute.

मनुते (manute) - perceives (thinks, believes, considers, perceives)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, ātmanepada, present (laṭ) of man

present ātmanepada

Present tense, 3rd person, singular, ātmanepada from root man (class 4)

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Main verb.

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

(indeclinable)

From pronominal stem ya + thā suffix

वृक्षशब्दार्थरहितम् (vṛkṣaśabdārtharahitam) - devoid of the literal, limited meaning of the word 'tree' (devoid of the meaning of the word 'tree')

(adjective)

neuter, singular of vṛkṣaśabdārtharahita

vṛkṣaśabdārtharahita - devoid of the meaning of the word 'tree'

vṛkṣaśabda (word 'tree') + artha (meaning) + rahita (devoid of)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vṛkṣaśabda+artha+rahita)

• vṛkṣaśabda – the word 'tree'
  noun (masculine)
  vṛkṣa (tree) + śabda (word)
• artha – meaning, purpose, object, wealth
  noun (masculine)
• rahita – devoid of, destitute of, abandoned
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root rah (to abandon, leave).
  Root: rah (class 1)

Note: Qualifies trijagat.

ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman (brahman), the ultimate reality (Brahman (the Absolute reality), sacred knowledge, prayer)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman (brahman), the Absolute, the ultimate reality; sacred knowledge, prayer, the Vedas

From root bṛh (to grow, swell).

Root: bṛh (class 1)

Note: Predicate nominative for trijagat or subject.

इदम् (idam) - this (referring to the immediate reality of the world) (this, this one, here)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, here

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Qualifies trijagat or refers to it.

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

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of trijagat

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

tri (three) + jagat (world)

Compound type : dvigu (tri+jagat)

• tri – three
  numeral
• jagat – world, universe, people, moving, sentient
  noun (neuter)
  present active participle
  Present active participle of gam (to go), neuter form.
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Subject or predicate nominative.

तथा (tathā) - similarly (similarly, thus, so, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

From pronominal stem tad + thā suffix

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