योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-33, verse-18

संविन्मात्रं विदुर्जन्तुं तस्य प्रसरणं जगत् ।
परमाणूदरेऽप्यस्ति तच्छैलशतविस्तरम् ॥ १८ ॥

saṃvinmātraṃ vidurjantuṃ tasya prasaraṇaṃ jagat ,
paramāṇūdare'pyasti tacchailaśatavistaram 18

18. saṃvinmātram viduḥ jantum tasya prasaraṇam jagat
paramāṇu-udare api asti tat śaila-śata-vistaram

18. jantum saṃvinmātram viduḥ tasya prasaraṇam jagat
paramāṇu-udare api tat śaila-śata-vistaram asti

18. Scholars understand a living being (jantu) as pure consciousness (saṃvit) alone. This entire world (jagat) is merely an emanation or expansion of that consciousness. Even within the core of an atom, this consciousness exists, expanding to the vastness of a hundred mountains.

Words meanings summery:

• संविन्मात्रम् (saṁvinmātram) - merely consciousness, pure consciousness

• विदुः (viduḥ) - they know, they understand

• जन्तुम् (jantum) - living being, creature, man

• तस्य (tasya) - his, its, of that

• प्रसरणम् (prasaraṇam) - expansion, emanation, spreading forth

• जगत् (jagat) - the world, the universe

• परमाणु-उदरे (paramāṇu-udare) - in the core of an atom, within an atom

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• शैल-शत-विस्तरम् (śaila-śata-vistaram) - vast as a hundred mountains, having the expanse of a hundred mountains

Words meanings and morphology

संविन्मात्रम् (saṁvinmātram) - merely consciousness, pure consciousness

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of saṃvinmātra

saṁvinmātra - consisting merely of consciousness, pure consciousness

Compound type : karmadhāraya (saṃvit+mātra)

• saṃvit – consciousness, knowledge, understanding
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: vid (class 2)
• mātra – only, merely, solely
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Adjective modifying 'jantum'.

विदुः (viduḥ) - they know, they understand

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (Lit) of vid

From root √vid (2nd class, vetti), perfect 3rd plural.

Root: vid (class 2)

जन्तुम् (jantum) - living being, creature, man

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jantu

jantu - creature, living being, man, person

Derived from root √jan (to be born).

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Object of 'viduḥ'.

तस्य (tasya) - his, its, of that

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

Note: Refers to the 'jantu' (living being) or 'saṃvinmātra' (consciousness).

प्रसरणम् (prasaraṇam) - expansion, emanation, spreading forth

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prasaraṇa

prasaraṇa - expansion, spreading, diffusion, emanation

Derived from pra-√sṛ (to spread forth).

Prefix: pra

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject of implied verb 'asti' (is).

जगत् (jagat) - the world, the universe

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, living

present active participle

From root √gam (to go), used as a noun.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Predicate nominative for 'prasaraṇam' with implied verb 'asti'.

परमाणु-उदरे (paramāṇu-udare) - in the core of an atom, within an atom

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of paramāṇu-udara

paramāṇu-udara - inside an atom, the interior of an atom

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (paramāṇu+udara)

• paramāṇu – atom, ultimate particle
  noun (masculine)
• udara – belly, interior, core
  noun (neuter)

Note: Location where consciousness exists.

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes 'even'.

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (Lat) of as

From root √as (2nd class).

Root: as (class 2)

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

Note: Refers to the 'consciousness'.

शैल-शत-विस्तरम् (śaila-śata-vistaram) - vast as a hundred mountains, having the expanse of a hundred mountains

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śaila-śata-vistara

śaila-śata-vistara - having the expanse of a hundred mountains, vast as a hundred mountains

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śaila+śata+vistara)

• śaila – mountain, rock
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from śilā (rock).
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)
• vistara – extent, expanse, vastness, detail
  noun (masculine)
  From vi-√stṛ (to spread out).
  Prefix: vi
  Root: stṛ (class 9)

Note: Predicate adjective for 'tat'.