योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-22, verse-11

परमात्मायते जीवो बुध्यमानस्त्वचेतनम् ।
चेतनं बुध्यमानस्तु जीव एवावतिष्ठते ॥ ११ ॥

paramātmāyate jīvo budhyamānastvacetanam ,
cetanaṃ budhyamānastu jīva evāvatiṣṭhate 11

11. paramātmāyate jīvaḥ budhyamānaḥ tu acetanam
cetanam budhyamānaḥ tu jīvaḥ eva avatiṣṭhate

11. jīvaḥ acetanam budhyamānaḥ tu paramātmāyate
cetanam budhyamānaḥ tu jīvaḥ eva avatiṣṭhate

11. The individual soul (jīva) becomes like the Supreme Self (paramātman) when it perceives the insentient; but when it perceives the sentient, it remains simply an individual soul (jīva).

Words meanings summery:

• परमात्मायते (paramātmāyate) - acts like the Supreme Self, becomes the Supreme Self, appears as the Supreme Self

• जीवः (jīvaḥ) - the individual soul, living being

• बुध्यमानः (budhyamānaḥ) - perceiving, understanding, identifying

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed

• अचेतनम् (acetanam) - the unconscious, the insentient, inanimate

• चेतनम् (cetanam) - the conscious, the sentient, animate

• बुध्यमानः (budhyamānaḥ) - perceiving, understanding, identifying

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed

• जीवः (jīvaḥ) - the individual soul, living being

• एव (eva) - precisely, just, only, indeed

• अवतिष्ठते (avatiṣṭhate) - remains, abides, stands firm

Words meanings and morphology

परमात्मायते (paramātmāyate) - acts like the Supreme Self, becomes the Supreme Self, appears as the Supreme Self

(verb)

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

Denominative verb from paramātman

Formed by adding the suffix -āya to the noun paramātman, indicating "to act like" or "to become". Here in Atmanepada.

Root: ātman

जीवः (jīvaḥ) - the individual soul, living being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - individual soul (jīva), living being, life, existence

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Subject of paramātmāyate and avatiṣṭhate.

बुध्यमानः (budhyamānaḥ) - perceiving, understanding, identifying

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of budhyamāna

budhyamāna - perceiving, understanding, knowing, awakening

Present Middle Participle

From root 'budh' (to know, perceive) in the middle voice.

Root: budh (class 4)

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed

(indeclinable)

अचेतनम् (acetanam) - the unconscious, the insentient, inanimate

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of acetana

acetana - unconscious, insentient, inanimate

Compound of 'a' (negative) and 'cetana' (sentient).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (na+cetana)

• na – not, no
  indeclinable
• cetana – conscious, sentient, animate
  adjective (neuter)
  Derived from root cit-
  Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Object of 'budhyamānaḥ'.

चेतनम् (cetanam) - the conscious, the sentient, animate

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of cetana

cetana - conscious, sentient, animate, consciousness

Derived from root cit-.

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Object of 'budhyamānaḥ'.

बुध्यमानः (budhyamānaḥ) - perceiving, understanding, identifying

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of budhyamāna

budhyamāna - perceiving, understanding, knowing, awakening

Present Middle Participle

From root 'budh' (to know, perceive) in the middle voice.

Root: budh (class 4)

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed

(indeclinable)

जीवः (jīvaḥ) - the individual soul, living being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - individual soul (jīva), living being, life, existence

Root: jīv (class 1)

एव (eva) - precisely, just, only, indeed

(indeclinable)

अवतिष्ठते (avatiṣṭhate) - remains, abides, stands firm

(verb)

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

From root sthā with prefix ava.

Prefix: ava

Root: sthā (class 1)