योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-2, verse-26

सर्वेषां कर्मणामेवं वेदनं बीजमुत्तमम् ।
स्वरूपं चेतयित्वान्तस्ततः स्पन्दः प्रवर्तते ॥ २६ ॥

sarveṣāṃ karmaṇāmevaṃ vedanaṃ bījamuttamam ,
svarūpaṃ cetayitvāntastataḥ spandaḥ pravartate 26

26. sarveṣām karmaṇām evam vedanam bījam uttamam |
sva-rūpam cetayitvā antaḥ tataḥ spandaḥ pravartate

26. evam sarveṣām karmaṇām uttamam bījam vedanam (asti)
sva-rūpam antaḥ cetayitvā tataḥ spandaḥ pravartate

26. In this way, the supreme seed of all actions (karma) is knowledge. Having made one's true nature (sva-rūpa) conscious within, then activity (spanda) begins.

Words meanings summery:

• सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all (of all, of everyone)

• कर्मणाम् (karmaṇām) - of actions (karma) (of actions, of deeds, of karma)

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

• वेदनम् (vedanam) - knowledge, specifically the act of knowing (knowing, knowledge, perception)

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

• उत्तमम् (uttamam) - supreme, excellent (best, excellent, supreme, highest)

• स्व-रूपम् (sva-rūpam) - one's true nature (sva-rūpa) (one's own form, true nature, identity)

• चेतयित्वा (cetayitvā) - having made aware/conscious (having made conscious, having caused to know, having awakened)

• अन्तः (antaḥ) - inwardly, within oneself (within, inside, inwardly)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, subsequently (then, thence, thereafter)

• स्पन्दः (spandaḥ) - activity, pulsation, movement (of energy) (vibration, pulsation, movement, tremor)

• प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - begins, proceeds (proceeds, begins, commences, turns forward)

Words meanings and morphology

सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all (of all, of everyone)

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

कर्मणाम् (karmaṇām) - of actions (karma) (of actions, of deeds, of karma)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of karma

karma - action, deed, work, ritual action, destiny, the law of cause and effect

From root `kṛ` (to do) + `man` suffix.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

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

(indeclinable)

वेदनम् (vedanam) - knowledge, specifically the act of knowing (knowing, knowledge, perception)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vedana

vedana - knowing, perception, knowledge, feeling

Verbal noun

From root `vid` (to know) + `ana` suffix.

Root: vid (class 2)

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

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bīja

bīja - seed, germ, origin, cause, element

उत्तमम् (uttamam) - supreme, excellent (best, excellent, supreme, highest)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of uttama

uttama - highest, best, excellent, supreme, chief

Superlative of `ud` (up) or `ut`.

स्व-रूपम् (sva-rūpam) - one's true nature (sva-rūpa) (one's own form, true nature, identity)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sva-rūpa

sva-rūpa - one's own form, true nature, intrinsic character, identity

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+rūpa)

• sva – own, self, one's own
  adjective/pronoun
• rūpa – form, shape, nature, beauty
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of `cetayitvā`.

चेतयित्वा (cetayitvā) - having made aware/conscious (having made conscious, having caused to know, having awakened)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

From causative stem of root `cit` (to perceive, know).

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: An absolutive is generally considered indeclinable.

अन्तः (antaḥ) - inwardly, within oneself (within, inside, inwardly)

(indeclinable)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, subsequently (then, thence, thereafter)

(indeclinable)

Ablative adverbial from `tad`.

स्पन्दः (spandaḥ) - activity, pulsation, movement (of energy) (vibration, pulsation, movement, tremor)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of spanda

spanda - vibration, pulsation, movement, tremor, throb

From root `spand` (to tremble, vibrate).

Root: spand (class 1)

प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - begins, proceeds (proceeds, begins, commences, turns forward)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of pravṛt

Present tense, third person singular

From `pra` (forth) + root `vṛt` (to turn, exist) in middle voice (ātmanepada).

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)