योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-186, verse-69

इदं चिद्ब्रह्मच्छिद्रं खं वायुश्चेष्टाग्निरुष्णता ।
द्रवोऽम्भः कठिनं भूमिरिति तेनाथ कल्पिताः ॥ ६९ ॥

idaṃ cidbrahmacchidraṃ khaṃ vāyuśceṣṭāgniruṣṇatā ,
dravo'mbhaḥ kaṭhinaṃ bhūmiriti tenātha kalpitāḥ 69

69. idam cit brahma chidram kham vāyuḥ ceṣṭā agniḥ uṣṇatā
dravaḥ ambhaḥ kaṭhinam bhūmiḥ iti tena atha kalpitāḥ

69. idam cit brahma chidram kham vāyuḥ ceṣṭā agniḥ uṣṇatā
dravaḥ ambhaḥ kaṭhinam bhūmiḥ iti tena atha kalpitāḥ

69. Consciousness (cit) is this ether (kham), Brahman is the subtle expanse (chidram), wind (vāyu) is activity (ceṣṭā), fire (agni) is heat (uṣṇatā), water (ambhaḥ) is fluidity (drava), and earth (bhūmi) is solidity (kaṭhina). All these were thus established by him.

Words meanings summery:

• इदम् (idam) - this (this, this here)

• चित् (cit) - consciousness (cit) (consciousness, knowledge, intelligence)

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman (Brahman, the Absolute, the ultimate reality)

• छिद्रम् (chidram) - subtle expanse (hole, gap, fault, subtle expanse)

• खम् (kham) - ether (kham) (sky, ether, space, empty space)

• वायुः (vāyuḥ) - wind (vāyu) (wind, air, vital breath)

• चेष्टा (ceṣṭā) - activity (ceṣṭā) (movement, activity, effort, gesture)

• अग्निः (agniḥ) - fire (agni) (fire, god of fire)

• उष्णता (uṣṇatā) - heat (uṣṇatā) (heat, warmth, ardour)

• द्रवः (dravaḥ) - fluidity (drava) (fluid, liquid, fluidity)

• अम्भः (ambhaḥ) - water (ambhaḥ) (water, fluid)

• कठिनम् (kaṭhinam) - solidity (kaṭhina) (hard, solid, difficult, firm)

• भूमिः (bhūmiḥ) - earth (bhūmi) (earth, ground, land)

• इति (iti) - thus (thus, so, in this way)

• तेन (tena) - by him (by him, by that)

• अथ (atha) - then (then, thereupon, now, moreover)

• कल्पिताः (kalpitāḥ) - were established (conceived, arranged, made, established (plural))

Words meanings and morphology

इदम् (idam) - this (this, this here)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here, present

चित् (cit) - consciousness (cit) (consciousness, knowledge, intelligence)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, mind, intelligence, spirit, thought

From root √cit (to perceive, think)

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Part of compound 'cidbrahmacchidram'.

ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman (Brahman, the Absolute, the ultimate reality)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman, the Absolute, the universal spirit, sacred word

Note: Part of compound 'cidbrahmacchidram'.

छिद्रम् (chidram) - subtle expanse (hole, gap, fault, subtle expanse)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of chidra

chidra - hole, gap, fissure, fault, defect, subtle expanse, pore

Root: chid (class 7)

Note: In 'cidbrahmacchidram', it implies the all-pervading, subtle, and perhaps vacuous aspect of consciousness-Brahman, akin to space.

खम् (kham) - ether (kham) (sky, ether, space, empty space)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kha

kha - sky, heaven, ether, space, empty space, zero

वायुः (vāyuḥ) - wind (vāyu) (wind, air, vital breath)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāyu

vāyu - wind, air, vital breath (prāṇa), god of wind

From root √vā (to blow)

Root: vā (class 2)

चेष्टा (ceṣṭā) - activity (ceṣṭā) (movement, activity, effort, gesture)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ceṣṭā

ceṣṭā - movement, action, effort, exertion, activity

From root √ceṣṭ (to move, to act)

Root: ceṣṭ (class 1)

अग्निः (agniḥ) - fire (agni) (fire, god of fire)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire, sacred fire, god of fire, digestive fire

उष्णता (uṣṇatā) - heat (uṣṇatā) (heat, warmth, ardour)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of uṣṇatā

uṣṇatā - heat, warmth, hotness

From 'uṣṇa' (hot) + 'tā' (suffix for abstract noun)

द्रवः (dravaḥ) - fluidity (drava) (fluid, liquid, fluidity)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of drava

drava - fluid, liquid, flowing, fluidity, running, essence

From root √dru (to run, flow)

Root: dru (class 1)

अम्भः (ambhaḥ) - water (ambhaḥ) (water, fluid)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ambhas

ambhas - water, fluid, cloud

कठिनम् (kaṭhinam) - solidity (kaṭhina) (hard, solid, difficult, firm)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kaṭhina

kaṭhina - hard, firm, solid, difficult, harsh

भूमिः (bhūmiḥ) - earth (bhūmi) (earth, ground, land)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land, soil, place, region

इति (iti) - thus (thus, so, in this way)

(indeclinable)

तेन (tena) - by him (by him, by that)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the same prominent figure as in the previous verse.

अथ (atha) - then (then, thereupon, now, moreover)

(indeclinable)

कल्पिताः (kalpitāḥ) - were established (conceived, arranged, made, established (plural))

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kalpita

kalpita - arranged, made, formed, conceived, established

Past Passive Participle

From root √kḷp (to arrange, to form)

Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: Agrees with the preceding list of feminine and neuter nouns taken collectively as a feminine plural.