योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-18, verse-5

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
प्राणस्याभ्यन्तरे चित्तं चित्तस्याभ्यन्तरे जगत् ।
विद्यते विविधाकारं बीजस्यान्तरिव द्रुमः ॥ ५ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
prāṇasyābhyantare cittaṃ cittasyābhyantare jagat ,
vidyate vividhākāraṃ bījasyāntariva drumaḥ 5

5. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca prāṇasya abhyantare cittam cittasya
abhyantare jagat vidyate vividhākāram bījasya antare iva drumaḥ

5. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca prāṇasya abhyantare cittam cittasya
abhyantare vividhākāram jagat vidyate iva bījasya antare drumaḥ

5. Sage Vasistha said: "Within the vital breath (prāṇa) is the mind (citta), and within the mind (citta) exists the world (jagat), manifesting in various forms, just as a tree is contained within a seed."

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Sage Vasistha

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• प्राणस्य (prāṇasya) - of the vital breath, of life-force

• अभ्यन्तरे (abhyantare) - inside, within, in the interior

• चित्तम् (cittam) - mind, consciousness, thought

• चित्तस्य (cittasya) - of the mind

• अभ्यन्तरे (abhyantare) - inside, within, in the interior

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe, that which moves

• विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is present, is found

• विविधाकारम् (vividhākāram) - of various forms, diverse in appearance

• बीजस्य (bījasya) - of a seed

• अन्तरे (antare) - inside, within

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• द्रुमः (drumaḥ) - tree

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Sage Vasistha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - Sage Vasistha (a revered Vedic sage)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of √vac

Perfect Active

Derived from root √vac (to speak), 3rd person singular perfect active.

Root: √vac (class 2)

प्राणस्य (prāṇasya) - of the vital breath, of life-force

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of prāṇa

prāṇa - vital breath (prāṇa), life-force, air

अभ्यन्तरे (abhyantare) - inside, within, in the interior

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of abhyantara

abhyantara - inner, interior, within

Note: Often used adverbially as 'within'.

चित्तम् (cittam) - mind, consciousness, thought

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind (citta), consciousness, thought, intellect

चित्तस्य (cittasya) - of the mind

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind (citta), consciousness, thought, intellect

अभ्यन्तरे (abhyantare) - inside, within, in the interior

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of abhyantara

abhyantara - inner, interior, within

Note: Often used adverbially as 'within'.

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe, that which moves

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world (jagat), universe, that which moves

Present Active Participle (substantivized)

Derived from root √gam (to go) as a present active participle, then substantivized.

Root: √gam (class 1)

विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is present, is found

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of √vid

Present Middle

Derived from root √vid (to be/exist), 3rd person singular present middle.

Root: √vid (class 4)

विविधाकारम् (vividhākāram) - of various forms, diverse in appearance

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vividhākāra

vividhākāra - of various forms, having diverse shapes

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vividha+ākāra)

• vividha – various, diverse, manifold
  adjective
• ākāra – form, shape, appearance, aspect
  noun (masculine)

बीजस्य (bījasya) - of a seed

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of bīja

bīja - seed, origin, cause

अन्तरे (antare) - inside, within

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of antara

antara - interior, inside, interval

Note: Often used adverbially.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

द्रुमः (drumaḥ) - tree

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of druma

druma - tree