योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-3, verse-14

चेतनं कर्म तच्चेतद्भाति स्पन्द इवानिलः ।
अहेतुकं यदात्मैतद्बहिरन्तश्च सार्थधीः ॥ १४ ॥

cetanaṃ karma taccetadbhāti spanda ivānilaḥ ,
ahetukaṃ yadātmaitadbahirantaśca sārthadhīḥ 14

14. cetanam karma tat cetat bhāti spandaḥ iva anilaḥ |
ahetukam yat ātmā etat bahiḥ antaḥ ca sārthadhīḥ ||

14. cetanam karma tat cetat anilaḥ iva spandaḥ bhāti yat etat ātmā ahetukam,
bahiḥ ca antaḥ sārthadhīḥ

14. Conscious action, that very consciousness, manifests like the vibration of wind. When this Self (ātman) is uncaused, its meaningful understanding (dhī) extends both externally and internally.

Words meanings summery:

• चेतनम् (cetanam) - conscious, intelligent, sentient

• कर्म (karma) - action, deed, work, ritual, fate

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• चेतत् (cetat) - conscious, sentient; consciousness

• भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears, manifests, seems

• स्पन्दः (spandaḥ) - vibration, throb, movement, pulsation

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अनिलः (anilaḥ) - wind, air

• अहेतुकम् (ahetukam) - uncaused, without cause, spontaneous

• यत् (yat) - which, that (relative pronoun)

• आत्मा (ātmā) - Self, soul, essence, individual soul (ātman)

• एतत् (etat) - this

• बहिः (bahiḥ) - outside, externally

• अन्तः (antaḥ) - inside, internally, within

• च (ca) - and, also

• सार्थधीः (sārthadhīḥ) - meaningful intellect, purposeful understanding

Words meanings and morphology

चेतनम् (cetanam) - conscious, intelligent, sentient

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cetana

cetana - conscious, intelligent, sentient, living, spiritual

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Agrees with karma

कर्म (karma) - action, deed, work, ritual, fate

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, work, ritual, fate, effect of actions

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

Note: Refers to 'karma'

चेतत् (cetat) - conscious, sentient; consciousness

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cetat

cetat - conscious, sentient; consciousness, pure intelligence

Present Active Participle

From root cit (to perceive, understand, know), used as an adjective or substantive.

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'tat' (that consciousness)

भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears, manifests, seems

(verb)

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

Root: bhā (class 2)

स्पन्दः (spandaḥ) - vibration, throb, movement, pulsation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of spanda

spanda - vibration, throb, movement, pulsation, tremor

Root: spand (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अनिलः (anilaḥ) - wind, air

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anila

anila - wind, air, god of wind

Root: an (class 2)

अहेतुकम् (ahetukam) - uncaused, without cause, spontaneous

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ahetuka

ahetuka - uncaused, without cause, spontaneous, purposeless

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+hetu)

• a – not, non, un-
  indeclinable
• hetu – cause, reason, motive
  noun (masculine)
  Root: hi (class 5)

Note: Agrees with 'yat etat ātmā'

यत् (yat) - which, that (relative pronoun)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, that

Note: Refers to 'ātman'

आत्मा (ātmā) - Self, soul, essence, individual soul (ātman)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - Self, soul, essence, spirit, individual soul, supreme soul

Root: an (class 2)

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etas

etas - this

Note: Refers to 'ātman'

बहिः (bahiḥ) - outside, externally

(indeclinable)

अन्तः (antaḥ) - inside, internally, within

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सार्थधीः (sārthadhīḥ) - meaningful intellect, purposeful understanding

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sārthadhī

sārthadhī - meaningful intellect, purposeful understanding, having a wise purpose

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sārtha+dhī)

• sārtha – meaningful, purposeful, having an object, prosperous, rich
  adjective (masculine)
• dhī – intellect, understanding, thought, perception, mind
  noun (feminine)
  Root: dhyā (class 1)

Note: Implied predicate for 'ātmā'