योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-34, verse-13

भाण्डलक्षाणि धत्तेऽन्तश्चिद्रूपकनकेष्टिका ।
यदेव सा चेतयते जगदादीव वेत्ति तत् ॥ १३ ॥

bhāṇḍalakṣāṇi dhatte'ntaścidrūpakanakeṣṭikā ,
yadeva sā cetayate jagadādīva vetti tat 13

13. bhāṇḍalakṣāṇi dhatte antaḥ cidrūpakanakeṣṭikā
yat eva sā cetayate jagat ādi iva vetti tat

13. cidrūpakanakeṣṭikā antaḥ bhāṇḍalakṣāṇi dhatte
sā yat eva cetayate tat jagat ādi iva vetti

13. The gold brick of consciousness holds within itself countless forms. Whatever it (consciousness) indeed perceives, it knows that as the world and its origin.

Words meanings summery:

• भाण्डलक्षाणि (bhāṇḍalakṣāṇi) - countless forms/objects (hundreds of thousands of vessels/forms, countless objects)

• धत्ते (dhatte) - holds, bears (holds, bears, assumes, places)

• अन्तः (antaḥ) - within itself (within, inside, in the interior)

• चिद्रूपकनकेष्टिका (cidrūpakanakeṣṭikā) - the gold brick that is pure consciousness (the brick of consciousness-gold (consciousness in the form of gold brick))

• यत् (yat) - whatever (which, whatever, that which)

• एव (eva) - indeed (only, indeed, just)

• सा (sā) - she (the consciousness-gold brick) (she, that)

• चेतयते (cetayate) - perceives, cognizes (causes to know, perceives, makes conscious)

• जगत् (jagat) - the world (the world, moving, universe)

• आदि (ādi) - origin (beginning, origin, etcetera)

• इव (iva) - as (like, as, as if)

• वेत्ति (vetti) - knows, recognizes (knows, understands)

• तत् (tat) - that (what is perceived) (that, it)

Words meanings and morphology

भाण्डलक्षाणि (bhāṇḍalakṣāṇi) - countless forms/objects (hundreds of thousands of vessels/forms, countless objects)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of bhāṇḍalakṣa

bhāṇḍalakṣa - hundred thousand vessels; countless forms/objects

Compound of 'bhāṇḍa' (vessel, article) and 'lakṣa' (hundred thousand)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (bhāṇḍa+lakṣa)

• bhāṇḍa – vessel, pot, article, merchandise
  noun (neuter)
• lakṣa – hundred thousand, countless (figuratively)
  numeral (neuter)

धत्ते (dhatte) - holds, bears (holds, bears, assumes, places)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of dhā

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: The root 'dhā' is often used in the middle voice.

अन्तः (antaḥ) - within itself (within, inside, in the interior)

(indeclinable)

Note: Nominative form of the stem 'antar', used adverbially.

चिद्रूपकनकेष्टिका (cidrūpakanakeṣṭikā) - the gold brick that is pure consciousness (the brick of consciousness-gold (consciousness in the form of gold brick))

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cidrūpakanakeṣṭikā

cidrūpakanakeṣṭikā - consciousness in the form of a gold brick

Compound of 'cit' (consciousness), 'rūpa' (form), 'kanaka' (gold), and 'iṣṭikā' (brick)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (cit+rūpa+kanaka+iṣṭikā)

• cit – consciousness, thought, pure intelligence
  noun (feminine)
  From root cit (to perceive, know)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• rūpa – form, nature, appearance
  noun (neuter)
• kanaka – gold
  noun (neuter)
• iṣṭikā – brick
  noun (feminine)

Note: The entire compound functions as the subject.

यत् (yat) - whatever (which, whatever, that which)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, whatever, that which

Note: Corresponds to 'tat'.

एव (eva) - indeed (only, indeed, just)

(indeclinable)

सा (sā) - she (the consciousness-gold brick) (she, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Note: Refers to 'cidrūpakanakeṣṭikā'.

चेतयते (cetayate) - perceives, cognizes (causes to know, perceives, makes conscious)

(verb)

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

causative

Causative of root cit (to perceive, know)

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Formed from 'cit' with 'aya' suffix for causative, then middle ending. It means 'makes itself conscious' or 'perceives'.

जगत् (jagat) - the world (the world, moving, universe)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe; moving, living

Present Active Participle

From root gam (to go) + present participle suffix -at

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: It is an object of 'vetti'.

आदि (ādi) - origin (beginning, origin, etcetera)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ādi

ādi - beginning, origin, source; and so on (when used as 'ādi')

Note: It is an object of 'vetti', parallel to 'jagat'.

इव (iva) - as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

वेत्ति (vetti) - knows, recognizes (knows, understands)

(verb)

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

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Root 'vid' (class 2) is irregular.

तत् (tat) - that (what is perceived) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Corresponds to 'yat'.

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