योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-187, verse-50

चिदेवंव्यवसाया सा जीवशब्देन कथ्यते ।
भाविशब्दार्थजालेन बीजं भूतौघशाखिनः ॥ ५० ॥

cidevaṃvyavasāyā sā jīvaśabdena kathyate ,
bhāviśabdārthajālena bījaṃ bhūtaughaśākhinaḥ 50

50. cit evam vyavasāyā sā jīva-śabdena kathyate |
bhāvi-śabda-artha-jālena bījam bhūta-ogha-śākhinaḥ ||

50. sā cit evam vyavasāyā jīva-śabdena kathyate
bhāvi-śabda-artha-jālena bhūta-ogha-śākhinaḥ bījam

50. That pure consciousness (cit), thus characterized by determination, is called by the term (jīva). Through the network of future word-meanings, it is the seed of the tree of the multitude of beings.

Words meanings summery:

• चित् (cit) - pure consciousness (consciousness, pure intelligence, mind)

• एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner, so)

• व्यवसाया (vyavasāyā) - characterized by determination (determination, resolve; characterized by determination)

• सा (sā) - that (feminine) (she, that)

• जीव-शब्देन (jīva-śabdena) - by the term (jīva) (by the word 'jīva')

• कथ्यते (kathyate) - is called (is said, is called, is narrated)

• भावि-शब्द-अर्थ-जालेन (bhāvi-śabda-artha-jālena) - through the network of future word-meanings (by the network of future word-meanings)

• बीजम् (bījam) - the seed (seed, origin, cause)

• भूत-ओघ-शाखिनः (bhūta-ogha-śākhinaḥ) - of the tree of the multitude of beings (of the tree of the multitude of beings/elements)

Words meanings and morphology

चित् (cit) - pure consciousness (consciousness, pure intelligence, mind)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, thought, intelligence, mind, pure awareness

एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner, so)

(indeclinable)

व्यवसाया (vyavasāyā) - characterized by determination (determination, resolve; characterized by determination)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vyavasāya

vyavasāya - determination, resolution, effort, undertaking

From vi + ava + root so (to finish, determine).

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: so (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'cit'.

सा (sā) - that (feminine) (she, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

जीव-शब्देन (jīva-śabdena) - by the term (jīva) (by the word 'jīva')

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of jīva-śabda

jīva-śabda - the word 'jīva'

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jīva+śabda)

• jīva – living, existing, alive; soul, individual soul
  noun (masculine)
  From root jīv (to live).
  Root: jīv (class 1)
• śabda – word, sound, term
  noun (masculine)

कथ्यते (kathyate) - is called (is said, is called, is narrated)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of kath

Root: kath (class 10)

भावि-शब्द-अर्थ-जालेन (bhāvi-śabda-artha-jālena) - through the network of future word-meanings (by the network of future word-meanings)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of bhāvi-śabda-artha-jāla

bhāvi-śabda-artha-jāla - network of future word-meanings

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhāvin+śabda+artha+jāla)

• bhāvin – future, existing, what is to be
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• śabda – word, sound
  noun (masculine)
• artha – meaning, purpose, object
  noun (masculine)
• jāla – net, network, multitude, collection
  noun (neuter)

बीजम् (bījam) - the seed (seed, origin, cause)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bīja

bīja - seed, germ, origin, cause

Note: Predicate nominative for 'sā cit'.

भूत-ओघ-शाखिनः (bhūta-ogha-śākhinaḥ) - of the tree of the multitude of beings (of the tree of the multitude of beings/elements)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhūta-ogha-śākhin

bhūta-ogha-śākhin - a tree having a multitude of beings/elements as its branches

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūta+ogha+śākhin)

• bhūta – being, creature, element, past
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root bhū (to be).
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• ogha – multitude, flood, mass
  noun (masculine)
• śākhin – having branches, tree
  noun (masculine)

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