योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-187, verse-16

संविन्मये संविदो याः कचन्तीव परे तथा ।
ताभिस्तेषां स्वदेहानां यासां सा कलना कृता ॥ १६ ॥

saṃvinmaye saṃvido yāḥ kacantīva pare tathā ,
tābhisteṣāṃ svadehānāṃ yāsāṃ sā kalanā kṛtā 16

16. saṃvinmaye saṃvidaḥ yāḥ kacanti iva pare tathā
tābhiḥ teṣām svadehānām yāsām sā kalanā kṛtā

16. saṃvinmaye pare yāḥ saṃvidaḥ iva kacanti tathā
tābhiḥ yāsām teṣām svadehānām sā kalanā kṛtā

16. In the realm of pure consciousness, the cognitions that appear, as it were, within the Supreme Reality, it is by means of these very cognitions that the perception and creation of their own bodies is brought about for those beings.

Words meanings summery:

• संविन्मये (saṁvinmaye) - in that which consists of consciousness, in the conscious realm

• संविदः (saṁvidaḥ) - consciousnesses, cognitions, understandings

• याः (yāḥ) - which (feminine plural nominative)

• कचन्ति (kacanti) - they shine, they appear, they are manifested

• इव (iva) - as if, like

• परे (pare) - in the Supreme (Reality), in the other

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

• ताभिः (tābhiḥ) - by those (feminine)

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them (masculine/neuter)

• स्वदेहानाम् (svadehānām) - of their own bodies

• यासाम् (yāsām) - of which (feminine plural genitive)

• सा (sā) - that (feminine singular nominative)

• कलना (kalanā) - apprehension, creation, imagination, perception

• कृता (kṛtā) - made, done, brought about

Words meanings and morphology

संविन्मये (saṁvinmaye) - in that which consists of consciousness, in the conscious realm

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of saṃvinmaya

saṁvinmaya - consisting of consciousness, made of consciousness, full of consciousness

Compound type : karmadhāraya (saṃvit+maya)

• saṃvit – consciousness, cognition, knowledge
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: vid (class 2)
• maya – consisting of, made of, full of (suffix)
  suffix/adjective
  Suffix -maya to denote composition or fullness.

Note: Qualifies an implied 'realm' or 'entity'.

संविदः (saṁvidaḥ) - consciousnesses, cognitions, understandings

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of saṃvid

saṁvid - consciousness, cognition, knowledge, understanding

Prefix: sam

Root: vid (class 2)

याः (yāḥ) - which (feminine plural nominative)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of yad

yad - which, what

Note: Refers to 'saṃvidaḥ'.

कचन्ति (kacanti) - they shine, they appear, they are manifested

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of kac

Root: kac (class 1)

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)

परे (pare) - in the Supreme (Reality), in the other

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, other, distant

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

(indeclinable)

ताभिः (tābhiḥ) - by those (feminine)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers back to 'saṃvidaḥ'.

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them (masculine/neuter)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the beings whose bodies are apprehended.

स्वदेहानाम् (svadehānām) - of their own bodies

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of svadeha

svadeha - one's own body

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sva+deha)

• sva – one's own, self
  pronoun/adjective
• deha – body, form, mass
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dih (class 4)

यासाम् (yāsām) - of which (feminine plural genitive)

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of yad

yad - which, what

Note: Refers to 'saṃvidaḥ'.

सा (sā) - that (feminine singular nominative)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she

Note: Refers to 'kalanā'.

कलना (kalanā) - apprehension, creation, imagination, perception

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kalanā

kalanā - apprehension, calculation, creation, imagination, perception

Root: kal (class 1)

कृता (kṛtā) - made, done, brought about

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṛta

kṛta - made, done, created, performed

Past Passive Participle

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with 'kalanā'.

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