योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-28, verse-9

हिमं यत्तद्यथा शैत्यं यच्छैत्यं तद्यथा हिमम् ।
यत्कर्मासौ तथा जन्तुर्यो जन्तुः कर्म तत्तथा ॥ ९ ॥

himaṃ yattadyathā śaityaṃ yacchaityaṃ tadyathā himam ,
yatkarmāsau tathā janturyo jantuḥ karma tattathā 9

9. himam yat tat yathā śaityam yat śaityam tat yathā himam
yat karma asau tathā jantuḥ yaḥ jantuḥ karma tat tathā

9. yathā yat himam tat śaityam,
yathā yat śaityam tat himam.
tathā yat karma asau jantuḥ,
yaḥ jantuḥ tat karma tathā.

9. Just as what is snow is coldness, and what is coldness is snow; similarly, what is action (karma) is the living being, and what is the living being is action (karma).

Words meanings summery:

• हिमम् (himam) - snow, ice, frost

• यत् (yat) - which, what

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• शैत्यम् (śaityam) - coldness, coolness

• यत् (yat) - which, what

• शैत्यम् (śaityam) - coldness, coolness

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• हिमम् (himam) - snow, ice, frost

• यत् (yat) - which, what

• कर्म (karma) - action, deed, work

• असौ (asau) - that one, he, she, it

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

• जन्तुः (jantuḥ) - living being, creature, human

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which, what

• जन्तुः (jantuḥ) - living being, creature, human

• कर्म (karma) - action, deed, work

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

Words meanings and morphology

हिमम् (himam) - snow, ice, frost

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of hima

hima - snow, ice, frost, cold

यत् (yat) - which, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, this

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

शैत्यम् (śaityam) - coldness, coolness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śaitya

śaitya - coldness, coolness, frigidity

Derived from 'śīta' (cold) with the 'ya' (or 'ṣyañ') suffix.

यत् (yat) - which, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

शैत्यम् (śaityam) - coldness, coolness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śaitya

śaitya - coldness, coolness, frigidity

Derived from 'śīta' (cold) with the 'ya' (or 'ṣyañ') suffix.

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, this

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

हिमम् (himam) - snow, ice, frost

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of hima

hima - snow, ice, frost, cold

यत् (yat) - which, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

कर्म (karma) - action, deed, work

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, work, ritual, the effects of action (karma)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

असौ (asau) - that one, he, she, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, that one, that yonder

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

(indeclinable)

जन्तुः (jantuḥ) - living being, creature, human

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jantu

jantu - living being, creature, human, animal

Root: jan (class 4)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, that

जन्तुः (jantuḥ) - living being, creature, human

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jantu

jantu - living being, creature, human, animal

Root: jan (class 4)

कर्म (karma) - action, deed, work

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, work, ritual, the effects of action (karma)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, this

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

(indeclinable)