योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-32, verse-1

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
यदा चितिः प्रसरति तदाहंताजगद्भ्रमः ।
असदेवाभ्युदेतीव स्पन्दादपि च वायुता ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
yadā citiḥ prasarati tadāhaṃtājagadbhramaḥ ,
asadevābhyudetīva spandādapi ca vāyutā 1

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca yadā citiḥ prasarati tadā ahaṃtā
jagadbhramaḥ asat eva abhyudeti iva spandāt api ca vāyutā

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca.
yadā citiḥ prasarati,
tadā ahaṃtā jagadbhramaḥ abhyudeti.
asat eva iva abhyudeti,
spandāt api ca vāyutā (abhyudeti).

1. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: When consciousness (citi) expands, then the 'I-sense' (ahaṅkāra) and the illusion of the world (jagat) arise. It is as if non-existence itself comes into being, and similarly, from mere vibration (spanda), the quality of air (vāyutā) arises.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• यदा (yadā) - when

• चितिः (citiḥ) - consciousness, intelligence, perception

• प्रसरति (prasarati) - expands, spreads out, arises

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• अहंता (ahaṁtā) - 'I-ness', ego (ahaṅkāra)

• जगद्भ्रमः (jagadbhramaḥ) - world-illusion, the illusion of the world (jagat)

• असत् (asat) - non-existent, unreal, non-being

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• अभ्युदेति (abhyudeti) - arises, appears

• इव (iva) - as if, like, similar to

• स्पन्दात् (spandāt) - from vibration, from pulsation, from a throb

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• च (ca) - and

• वायुता (vāyutā) - air-ness, the quality of air

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - The venerable Vasiṣṭha (a proper noun, sage)

śrī (auspicious) + vasiṣṭha (name of a sage)

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – prosperity, welfare, auspiciousness, honorific
  noun (feminine)
• vasiṣṭha – Name of a celebrated Vedic sage (Vasiṣṭha)
  proper noun (masculine)
  Superlative form of vasu (good, excellent)

Note: Subject of uvāca

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of uvāca

Perfect (Lit)

Root vac (to speak) in perfect tense

Root: vac (class 2)

यदा (yadā) - when

(indeclinable)

Temporal adverb

चितिः (citiḥ) - consciousness, intelligence, perception

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of citi

citi - consciousness, intelligence, perception, knowledge

From root cit (to perceive, know)

Root: cit (class 10)

Note: Subject of prasarati

प्रसरति (prasarati) - expands, spreads out, arises

(verb)

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

Present active indicative

Prefix pra- + root sṛ (to flow, to move)

Prefix: pra

Root: sṛ (class 1)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

Temporal adverb

अहंता (ahaṁtā) - 'I-ness', ego (ahaṅkāra)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ahaṃtā

ahaṁtā - 'I-ness', ego, sense of self (ahaṅkāra)

From aham (I) + suffix tal

Note: Subject of implied verb abhyudeti

जगद्भ्रमः (jagadbhramaḥ) - world-illusion, the illusion of the world (jagat)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jagadbhrama

jagadbhrama - the illusion of the world (jagat)

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (jagat+bhrama)

• jagat – world, universe (jagat)
  noun (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  Root gam (to go) or jan (to be born) with śatṛ
  Root: gam (class 1)
• bhrama – illusion, delusion, error, wandering
  noun (masculine)
  From root bhram (to wander)
  Root: bhram (class 1)

Note: Subject of implied verb abhyudeti

असत् (asat) - non-existent, unreal, non-being

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, non-being, false

Present Active Participle

a (not) + sat (being, existing)

Compound type : Nañ-Tatpuruṣa (a+sat)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• sat – being, existing, real, true
  adjective
  Present Active Participle
  Root as (to be) + śatṛ
  Root: as (class 2)

Note: Subject, referring to non-being

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

Particle

Note: Emphatic particle

अभ्युदेति (abhyudeti) - arises, appears

(verb)

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

Present active indicative

Prefixes abhi- + ud- + root i (to go)

Prefixes: abhi+ud

Root: i (class 2)

इव (iva) - as if, like, similar to

(indeclinable)

Particle

स्पन्दात् (spandāt) - from vibration, from pulsation, from a throb

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of spanda

spanda - vibration, pulsation, throb, movement

From root spad (to tremble, vibrate) + suffix ghañ

Root: spad (class 1)

Note: Expresses source/cause

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

Particle

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

वायुता (vāyutā) - air-ness, the quality of air

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vāyutā

vāyutā - the state or quality of being air, air-ness

From vāyu (air, wind) + suffix tā (abstract noun)

Note: Subject of implied verb abhyudeti

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