योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-28, verse-18

प्राणिवीर्यरसान्तस्था संविज्जंगममाततम् ।
तनोति लतिकान्तस्थो रसः पुष्पफलं यथा ॥ १८ ॥

prāṇivīryarasāntasthā saṃvijjaṃgamamātatam ,
tanoti latikāntastho rasaḥ puṣpaphalaṃ yathā 18

18. prāṇivīryarasāntasthā saṃvit jaṅgamam ātatam
tanoti latikāntasthaḥ rasaḥ puṣpaphalam yathā

18. yathā latikāntasthaḥ rasaḥ puṣpaphalam tanoti,
prāṇivīryarasāntasthā saṃvit jaṅgamam ātatam tanoti

18. Just as the sap (rasa) residing within a creeper produces flowers and fruit, so too does the consciousness (saṃvit), which is present within the vital essence (prāṇavīryarasa) of living beings, extend and pervade the entire animate creation.

Words meanings summery:

• प्राणिवीर्यरसान्तस्था (prāṇivīryarasāntasthā) - residing within the vital energy and essence of living beings

• संवित् (saṁvit) - consciousness, awareness, knowledge

• जङ्गमम् (jaṅgamam) - the moving, the animate (world/creation)

• आततम् (ātatam) - extended, pervaded, spread out

• तनोति (tanoti) - produces, extends, spreads, pervades

• लतिकान्तस्थः (latikāntasthaḥ) - residing within a creeper

• रसः (rasaḥ) - sap, essence, juice, taste

• पुष्पफलम् (puṣpaphalam) - flowers and fruit

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

Words meanings and morphology

प्राणिवीर्यरसान्तस्था (prāṇivīryarasāntasthā) - residing within the vital energy and essence of living beings

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prāṇivīryarasāntastha

prāṇivīryarasāntastha - residing within the vital energy and essence of living beings

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prāṇin+vīrya+rasa+anta+stha)

• prāṇin – living being, sentient being
  noun (masculine)
  Root: prāṇ (class 1)
• vīrya – energy, strength, power, vitality
  noun (neuter)
• rasa – essence, fluid, juice, sap, taste
  noun (masculine)
• anta – end, interior, inside
  noun (masculine)
• stha – standing, residing, being in
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root sthā (to stand).
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Feminine singular nominative, agreeing with 'saṃvit'.

संवित् (saṁvit) - consciousness, awareness, knowledge

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃvit

saṁvit - consciousness (saṃvit), awareness, knowledge, understanding

Derived from root vid (to know) with prefix sam-.

Prefix: sam

Root: vid (class 2)

जङ्गमम् (jaṅgamam) - the moving, the animate (world/creation)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jaṅgama

jaṅgama - moving, animate, mobile

Intensive form from root gam (to go). Often used as a noun meaning 'animate beings' or 'moving creation'.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Used as a neuter noun in the accusative singular, referring to the entire animate world as an object of expansion.

आततम् (ātatam) - extended, pervaded, spread out

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ātata

ātata - extended, spread out, pervaded, stretched

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root tan (to stretch, extend) with prefix ā-.

Prefix: ā

Root: tan (class 8)

Note: Neuter singular accusative, agreeing with 'jaṅgamam'.

तनोति (tanoti) - produces, extends, spreads, pervades

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of tan

Root in 8th class (tanādi).

Root: tan (class 8)

लतिकान्तस्थः (latikāntasthaḥ) - residing within a creeper

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of latikāntastha

latikāntastha - residing within a creeper

Compound of 'latikā' (creeper) and 'antastha' (residing within).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (latikā+antastha)

• latikā – creeper, tendril
  noun (feminine)
• antastha – residing within, internal
  adjective (masculine)
  Compound of 'anta' (interior) and 'stha' (standing/residing), derived from root sthā (to stand).
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Masculine singular nominative, agreeing with 'rasaḥ'.

रसः (rasaḥ) - sap, essence, juice, taste

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rasa

rasa - sap, juice, essence, fluid, taste, sentiment

पुष्पफलम् (puṣpaphalam) - flowers and fruit

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of puṣpaphala

puṣpaphala - flowers and fruit

Compound type : dvandva (puṣpa+phala)

• puṣpa – flower
  noun (neuter)
• phala – fruit, result, consequence
  noun (neuter)

Note: Collective noun for 'flowers and fruit' treated as neuter singular accusative.

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

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