योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-35, verse-30

अस्याम्भसो द्रवत्वं यत्तदिदं जगदुच्यते ।
संवित्स्यादूपलम्भाङ्गं भुवनावर्तवृत्तिमत् ॥ ३० ॥

asyāmbhaso dravatvaṃ yattadidaṃ jagaducyate ,
saṃvitsyādūpalambhāṅgaṃ bhuvanāvartavṛttimat 30

30. asya ambhasaḥ dravatvam yat tat idam jagat ucyate
saṃvit syāt upalambha aṅgam bhuvana āvarta vṛttimat

30. yat asya ambhasaḥ dravatvam,
tat idam jagat ucyate.
saṃvit upalambhāṅgam bhuvanāvartavṛttimat syāt.

30. Just as the liquidity of this water is called this world, so too consciousness (saṃvit) is the constituent of perception, characterized by the nature of a world-whirlpool.

Words meanings summery:

• अस्य (asya) - of this

• अम्भसः (ambhasaḥ) - of water

• द्रवत्वम् (dravatvam) - liquidity, fluidity

• यत् (yat) - which, whatever

• तत् (tat) - that

• इदम् (idam) - this

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called

• संवित् (saṁvit) - consciousness (saṃvit) (consciousness, awareness)

• स्यात् (syāt) - may be, should be, is

• उपलम्भाङ्गम् (upalambhāṅgam) - the constituent of perception, a part of perception

• भुवनावर्तवृत्तिमत् (bhuvanāvartavṛttimat) - possessing the nature of the world-whirlpool, characterized by the activity of the world's vortex

Words meanings and morphology

अस्य (asya) - of this

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

अम्भसः (ambhasaḥ) - of water

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of ambhas

ambhas - water, fluid, liquid

द्रवत्वम् (dravatvam) - liquidity, fluidity

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dravatva

dravatva - liquidity, fluidity, melting nature

Derived from 'drava' (liquid) with the abstract suffix '-tva'.

यत् (yat) - which, whatever

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whoever, whatever

Note: Relative pronoun introducing the clause.

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Correlative pronoun to 'yat'.

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, that which moves, living beings

Derived from root 'gam' (to go) as a participial noun.

Root: gam (class 1)

उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

संवित् (saṁvit) - consciousness (saṃvit) (consciousness, awareness)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃvit

saṁvit - consciousness, awareness, knowledge, understanding

Derived from root 'vid' (to know) with upasarga 'sam' (together, completely).

Prefix: sam

Root: vid (class 2)

स्यात् (syāt) - may be, should be, is

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, potential mood (vidhiliṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

Note: In philosophical statements, 'syāt' often conveys a definitive 'is' rather than just a potential 'may be'.

उपलम्भाङ्गम् (upalambhāṅgam) - the constituent of perception, a part of perception

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of upalambhāṅga

upalambhāṅga - a part or constituent of perception

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (upalambha+aṅga)

• upalambha – perception, apprehension, realization
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'labh' (to obtain, grasp) with upasarga 'upa'.
  Prefix: upa
  Root: labh (class 1)
• aṅga – limb, part, constituent, essential element
  noun (neuter)

भुवनावर्तवृत्तिमत् (bhuvanāvartavṛttimat) - possessing the nature of the world-whirlpool, characterized by the activity of the world's vortex

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhuvanāvartavṛttimat

bhuvanāvartavṛttimat - having the mode of being or activity of the world's whirlpool

Derived from the compound 'bhuvanāvartavṛtti' with the possessive suffix '-mat'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhuvana+āvarta+vṛtti)

• bhuvana – world, existence, being
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root 'bhū' (to be).
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• āvarta – whirlpool, eddy, revolution, cycle
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'vṛt' (to turn, revolve) with upasarga 'ā'.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: vṛt (class 1)
• vṛtti – mode of being, nature, course of action, activity, function
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root 'vṛt' (to turn, exist).
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

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