योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-28, verse-11

स्पन्दात्संविज्जगद्वीजमस्पन्दाद्यात्यबीजताम् ।
अङ्कुरश्च तदेवान्तः स्थितत्वादङ्कुरश्रियः ॥ ११ ॥

spandātsaṃvijjagadvījamaspandādyātyabījatām ,
aṅkuraśca tadevāntaḥ sthitatvādaṅkuraśriyaḥ 11

11. spandāt saṃvit jagadbījam aspandāt yāti abījatām
aṅkuraḥ ca tat eva antaḥ sthitatvāt aṅkuraśriyaḥ

11. spandāt saṃvit jagadbījam aspandāt abījatām yāti.
ca aṅkuraḥ tat eva antaḥ sthitatvāt aṅkuraśriyaḥ

11. Through its pulsation (spanda), consciousness (saṃvit) becomes the seed of the universe; through its non-pulsation, it attains a state of being seedless. And similarly, a sprout manifests the full potential (aṅkura-śrī) because it inherently exists within that (seed).

Words meanings summery:

• स्पन्दात् (spandāt) - from pulsation, from vibration, from movement

• संवित् (saṁvit) - consciousness, pure knowledge, understanding, intelligence

• जगद्बीजम् (jagadbījam) - the seed of the universe; the cosmic origin

• अस्पन्दात् (aspandāt) - from non-pulsation, from motionless state

• याति (yāti) - goes, moves, attains, becomes

• अबीजताम् (abījatām) - the state of being seedless; non-causality

• अङ्कुरः (aṅkuraḥ) - sprout, shoot, germ, bud

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• तत् (tat) - that, it

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

• अन्तः (antaḥ) - within, inside, internal

• स्थितत्वात् (sthitatvāt) - from the state of being established; due to existing

• अङ्कुरश्रियः (aṅkuraśriyaḥ) - of the splendor/potential of a sprout; of the beauty of a shoot

Words meanings and morphology

स्पन्दात् (spandāt) - from pulsation, from vibration, from movement

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of spanda

spanda - pulsation, vibration, tremor, throb, movement

Root: spad (class 1)

संवित् (saṁvit) - consciousness, pure knowledge, understanding, intelligence

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃvit

saṁvit - consciousness, knowledge, intelligence, understanding, perception

Root: vid (class 2)

जगद्बीजम् (jagadbījam) - the seed of the universe; the cosmic origin

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagadbīja

jagadbīja - seed of the world, cosmic germ, origin of the universe

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jagat+bīja)

• jagat – world, universe, moving, living beings
  noun (neuter)
  Root: gam (class 1)
• bīja – seed, germ, origin, cause
  noun (neuter)

अस्पन्दात् (aspandāt) - from non-pulsation, from motionless state

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of aspanda

aspanda - non-pulsation, absence of vibration or movement

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+spanda)

• a – not, non-, un- (negation prefix)
  indeclinable
• spanda – pulsation, vibration, tremor, throb
  noun (masculine)
  Root: spad (class 1)

याति (yāti) - goes, moves, attains, becomes

(verb)

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

Present active 3rd singular

Root 'yā' (to go), class 2P, present tense, active voice, 3rd person singular.

Root: yā (class 2)

अबीजताम् (abījatām) - the state of being seedless; non-causality

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of abījatā

abījatā - the state of being seedless or without origin

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+bīja+tā)

• a – not, non-, un- (negation prefix)
  indeclinable
• bīja – seed, germ, origin, cause
  noun (neuter)
• tā – suffix forming abstract nouns (state, quality of)
  suffix (feminine)

अङ्कुरः (aṅkuraḥ) - sprout, shoot, germ, bud

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṅkura

aṅkura - sprout, shoot, germ, bud, beginning

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, this (demonstrative pronoun)

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

(indeclinable)

अन्तः (antaḥ) - within, inside, internal

(indeclinable)

स्थितत्वात् (sthitatvāt) - from the state of being established; due to existing

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of sthitatva

sthitatva - the state of being established, existing, or situated

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sthita+tva)

• sthita – stood, standing, situated, existing, firm
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root sthā (to stand) with suffix -kta.
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• tva – suffix forming abstract nouns (state, quality of)
  suffix (neuter)

अङ्कुरश्रियः (aṅkuraśriyaḥ) - of the splendor/potential of a sprout; of the beauty of a shoot

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of aṅkuraśrī

aṅkuraśrī - the splendor, glory, or potential of a sprout

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aṅkura+śrī)

• aṅkura – sprout, shoot, germ, bud
  noun (masculine)
• śrī – splendor, glory, prosperity, wealth, beauty
  noun (feminine)

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