योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-34, verse-39

पत्रादिवेदनाद्बीजं यथा पत्रादि तिष्ठति ।
परा चित्सर्गसंवित्तिस्तथा भवति सर्गता ॥ ३९ ॥

patrādivedanādbījaṃ yathā patrādi tiṣṭhati ,
parā citsargasaṃvittistathā bhavati sargatā 39

39. patra-ādi-vedanāt bījam yathā patra-ādi tiṣṭhati
parā cit sarga-saṃvittiḥ tathā bhavati sargatā

39. yathā patra-ādi-vedanāt bījam patra-ādi tiṣṭhati
tathā parā cit sarga-saṃvittiḥ sargatā bhavati

39. Just as a seed, through the awareness of leaves and other parts, becomes those very leaves and parts, similarly, the supreme consciousness (cit), through its awareness of creation (sarga-saṃvitti), transforms into the state of creation (sargatā).

Words meanings summery:

• पत्र-आदि-वेदनात् (patra-ādi-vedanāt) - from the perception of leaves etc., due to the knowledge of leaves etc.

• बीजम् (bījam) - a seed

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

• पत्र-आदि (patra-ādi) - leaves and so on, leaves etc.

• तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - stands, remains, becomes, exists

• परा (parā) - supreme, higher, ultimate

• चित् (cit) - consciousness, mind, intellect

• सर्ग-संवित्तिः (sarga-saṁvittiḥ) - awareness of creation, knowledge of creation

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, so

• भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is, exists

• सर्गता (sargatā) - the state of creation, creation-ness

Words meanings and morphology

पत्र-आदि-वेदनात् (patra-ādi-vedanāt) - from the perception of leaves etc., due to the knowledge of leaves etc.

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of patra-ādi-vedana

patra-ādi-vedana - the perception or knowledge of leaves and so on

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (patra-ādi+vedana)

• patra-ādi – leaves and so on, beginning with leaves
  noun (neuter)
• vedana – knowing, perceiving, feeling, knowledge
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  Root: vid (class 2)

बीजम् (bījam) - a seed

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bīja

bīja - seed, origin, germ

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

(indeclinable)

पत्र-आदि (patra-ādi) - leaves and so on, leaves etc.

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of patra-ādi

patra-ādi - leaves and so on, beginning with leaves

Compound type : dvandva (patra+ādi)

• patra – leaf, petal, letter
  noun (neuter)
• ādi – beginning, etcetera, and so on
  indeclinable (masculine)

तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - stands, remains, becomes, exists

(verb)

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

Root: sthā (class 1)

परा (parā) - supreme, higher, ultimate

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of para

para - supreme, higher, ultimate, other

चित् (cit) - consciousness, mind, intellect

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, intelligence, mind

सर्ग-संवित्तिः (sarga-saṁvittiḥ) - awareness of creation, knowledge of creation

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sarga-saṃvitti

sarga-saṁvitti - awareness/knowledge of creation

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarga+saṃvitti)

• sarga – creation, emanation, chapter
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sṛj
• saṃvitti – knowledge, awareness, understanding, consciousness
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: vid

तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, so

(indeclinable)

भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is, exists

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)

सर्गता (sargatā) - the state of creation, creation-ness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sargatā

sargatā - the state or condition of being creation, creativity

formed with the suffix -tā (feminine abstract noun)

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