योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-189, verse-12

चिन्नभश्चेतनं त्यक्त्वा ब्रह्माहमिति पश्यति ।
अयं देहोऽयमाधार इति बघ्नाति भावनाम् ॥ १२ ॥

cinnabhaścetanaṃ tyaktvā brahmāhamiti paśyati ,
ayaṃ deho'yamādhāra iti baghnāti bhāvanām 12

12. cin-nabhaḥ cetanam tyaktvā brahma aham iti paśyati
ayam dehaḥ ayam ādhāraḥ iti badhnāti bhāvanām

12. cin-nabhaḥ cetanam tyaktvā brahma aham iti paśyati
ayam dehaḥ ayam ādhāraḥ iti bhāvanām badhnāti

12. Having abandoned the consciousness-space (cin-nabhas) and (individual) consciousness (cetana), one perceives, 'I am Brahman.' Then, one fixes the notion, 'This is the body, this is the support (of my identity).'

12. כשהוא עוזב את מרחב התודעה הטהורה, הוא רואה את עצמו כבְּרַהְמָא (הבורא), וכובל את מחשבתו לתפיסה שגוף זה הוא בסיס קיומו.

Words meanings summery:

• चिन्-नभः (cin-nabhaḥ) - the subtle space of consciousness (consciousness-space, mind-space)

• चेतनम् (cetanam) - individual consciousness (consciousness, conscious being, living being)

• त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned (having abandoned, having given up, having left)

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

• अहम् (aham) - I (I, myself)

• इति (iti) - (marks direct thought) (thus, in this manner; (marks direct speech or thought))

• पश्यति (paśyati) - perceives (sees, perceives, observes)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (is) (this (one))

• देहः (dehaḥ) - the body (body, physical form)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (is) (this (one))

• आधारः (ādhāraḥ) - the support (of identity) (support, basis, foundation)

• इति (iti) - (marks direct thought) (thus, in this manner; (marks direct speech or thought))

• बध्नाति (badhnāti) - fixes (binds, ties, attaches, fixes)

• भावनाम् (bhāvanām) - the notion (mental conception, thought, notion, imagination)

Words meanings and morphology

चिन्-नभः (cin-nabhaḥ) - the subtle space of consciousness (consciousness-space, mind-space)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of cin-nabhas

cin-nabhas - consciousness-space, the ether of thought

Compound type : tatpurusha (cit+nabhas)

• cit – consciousness, intelligence, understanding
  noun (feminine)
• nabhas – sky, atmosphere, ether, space
  noun (neuter)

चेतनम् (cetanam) - individual consciousness (consciousness, conscious being, living being)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of cetana

cetana - conscious, animate, sentient; consciousness, individual soul

Derived from root √cit (to perceive, observe)

Root: cit (class 1)

त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned (having abandoned, having given up, having left)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Gerund/Absolutive from root √tyaj (to abandon) + tvā suffix

Root: tyaj (class 1)

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

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman (the Absolute Reality), the supreme spirit, sacred knowledge

Note: Predicate nominative with 'aham'.

अहम् (aham) - I (I, myself)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I (first person singular pronoun)

इति (iti) - (marks direct thought) (thus, in this manner; (marks direct speech or thought))

(indeclinable)

पश्यति (paśyati) - perceives (sees, perceives, observes)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of paśyati

Present Active

3rd person singular present active of root √dṛś (to see), which uses √paś as its present stem

Root: dṛś (class 1)

अयम् (ayam) - this (is) (this (one))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one (demonstrative pronoun)

देहः (dehaḥ) - the body (body, physical form)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, physical frame, form

अयम् (ayam) - this (is) (this (one))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one (demonstrative pronoun)

आधारः (ādhāraḥ) - the support (of identity) (support, basis, foundation)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ādhāra

ādhāra - support, basis, foundation, receptacle, substratum

Derived from prefix ā + root √dhṛ (to hold)

Prefix: ā

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

इति (iti) - (marks direct thought) (thus, in this manner; (marks direct speech or thought))

(indeclinable)

बध्नाति (badhnāti) - fixes (binds, ties, attaches, fixes)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of badhnāti

Present Active

3rd person singular present active of root √bandh (to bind)

Root: bandh (class 9)

भावनाम् (bhāvanām) - the notion (mental conception, thought, notion, imagination)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhāvanā

bhāvanā - mental conception, thought, notion, imagination; meditation, contemplation

Derived from causative of root √bhū (to be) + ana suffix

Root: bhū (class 1)

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