योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-27, verse-17

स्थाल्युदञ्चनकुम्भादि यथा मृन्मात्रकं तथा ।
चित्तमात्रं जगदिदं क्षीणं तच्च विचारणात् ॥ १७ ॥

sthālyudañcanakumbhādi yathā mṛnmātrakaṃ tathā ,
cittamātraṃ jagadidaṃ kṣīṇaṃ tacca vicāraṇāt 17

17. sthālyudancanakumbhā_ādi yathā mṛnmātrakam tathā
cittamātram jagat idam kṣīṇam tat ca vicāraṇāt

17. yathā sthālyudancanakumbhā_ādi mṛnmātrakam tathā
idam jagat cittamātram tat ca vicāraṇāt kṣīṇam

17. Just as pots, buckets, and jars, etc., are merely clay, so too is this entire universe (jagat) merely mind (citta). And that mind (citta) diminishes and ceases through proper inquiry.

Words meanings summery:

• स्थाल्युदन्चनकुम्भा_आदि (sthālyudancanakumbhā_ādi) - pots, buckets, jars, etc.

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• मृन्मात्रकम् (mṛnmātrakam) - merely clay, consisting only of clay

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

• चित्तमात्रम् (cittamātram) - merely mind, only consciousness

• जगत् (jagat) - universe, world

• इदम् (idam) - this

• क्षीणम् (kṣīṇam) - diminished, wasted, destroyed, ceased

• तत् (tat) - that (mind/consciousness) (that, it)

• च (ca) - and

• विचारणात् (vicāraṇāt) - from inquiry, through reflection

Words meanings and morphology

स्थाल्युदन्चनकुम्भा_आदि (sthālyudancanakumbhā_ādi) - pots, buckets, jars, etc.

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sthālyudancanakumbhā_ādi

sthālyudancanakumbhā_ādi - pots, buckets, jars, etc.

Compound noun, primarily a dvandva compound followed by ādi (etc.).

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (sthālī+udancana+kumbha+ādi)

• sthālī – pot, cooking vessel
  noun (feminine)
• udancana – bucket, water-drawing vessel
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: añc (class 1)
• kumbha – jar, pitcher
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, etcetera, and so on
  indeclinable
  Prefix: ā
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: This is a compound noun, functioning as the subject.

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb introducing a comparison.

मृन्मात्रकम् (mṛnmātrakam) - merely clay, consisting only of clay

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mṛnmātraka

mṛnmātraka - merely clay, consisting only of clay

compound of mṛt (clay) and mātraka (merely, only)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mṛt+mātraka)

• mṛt – clay, earth
  noun (feminine)
• mātraka – only, merely, consisting of
  adjective (neuter)
  suffix -ka added to mātra

Note: Agrees with the implied subject (the vessels), acting predicatively.

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb introducing the consequence or parallel.

चित्तमात्रम् (cittamātram) - merely mind, only consciousness

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cittamātra

cittamātra - merely mind, only consciousness

compound of citta (mind, consciousness) and mātra (only, merely)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (citta+mātra)

• citta – mind, consciousness, thought
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root cit (to perceive, know)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• mātra – only, merely, consisting of
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Agrees with jagat.

जगत् (jagat) - universe, world

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - moving, living; the world, the universe

Present Active Participle

From root gam (to go), reduplicated form.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Qualifies jagat.

क्षीणम् (kṣīṇam) - diminished, wasted, destroyed, ceased

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṣīṇa

kṣīṇa - diminished, wasted, destroyed, ceased, exhausted

Past Passive Participle

From root kṣi (to waste away, to destroy)

Root: kṣi (class 5)

Note: Predicative adjective for tat.

तत् (tat) - that (mind/consciousness) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Subject of the second clause.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

विचारणात् (vicāraṇāt) - from inquiry, through reflection

(noun)

Ablative, feminine, singular of vicāraṇā

vicāraṇā - inquiry, investigation, reflection, discrimination

From root car with vi and ā.

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Indicates the cause or means.