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

तैलबिन्दुर्भवत्युच्चैश्चक्रमप्पतितो यथा ।
तथाशु चेत्यसंकल्पे स्थिता भवति चिज्जगत् ॥ ३४ ॥

tailabindurbhavatyuccaiścakramappatito yathā ,
tathāśu cetyasaṃkalpe sthitā bhavati cijjagat 34

34. tailabinduḥ bhavati uccaiḥ cakram apsu patitaḥ yathā
tathā āśu cetyasaṅkalpe sthitā bhavati cit jagat

34. yathā apsu patitaḥ tailabinduḥ uccaiḥ cakram bhavati
tathā āśu cetyasaṅkalpe sthitā cit jagat bhavati

34. Just as a drop of oil, when it falls into water, spreads out widely in a circle, similarly, consciousness (cit), when established in mental constructs, quickly becomes the entire universe (jagat).

Words meanings summery:

• तैलबिन्दुः (tailabinduḥ) - a drop of oil

• भवति (bhavati) - becomes, exists, arises

• उच्चैः (uccaiḥ) - widely, greatly, loudly, high

• चक्रम् (cakram) - a circle, a disc, a wheel

• अप्सु (apsu) - in water

• पतितः (patitaḥ) - fallen, having fallen

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

• आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly

• चेत्यसङ्कल्पे (cetyasaṅkalpe) - in the mental construct of the knowable; in the thought-construct

• स्थिता (sthitā) - established, situated, standing

• भवति (bhavati) - becomes, exists, arises

• चित् (cit) - consciousness, pure awareness

• जगत् (jagat) - the world, the universe

Words meanings and morphology

तैलबिन्दुः (tailabinduḥ) - a drop of oil

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tailabindu

tailabindu - a drop of oil

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (taila+bindu)

• taila – oil, sesame oil
  noun (neuter)
  From tila (sesame)
• bindu – drop, spot, dot
  noun (masculine)
  From √bind (to split, divide)
  Root: bind (class 7)

भवति (bhavati) - becomes, exists, arises

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)

उच्चैः (uccaiḥ) - widely, greatly, loudly, high

(indeclinable)

चक्रम् (cakram) - a circle, a disc, a wheel

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of cakra

cakra - wheel, circle, disc, cycle

अप्सु (apsu) - in water

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of ap

ap - water

पतितः (patitaḥ) - fallen, having fallen

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of patita

patita - fallen, descended, dropped

Past Passive Participle

From √pat (to fall, fly)

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'tailabinduḥ'

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

(indeclinable)

आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly

(indeclinable)

चेत्यसङ्कल्पे (cetyasaṅkalpe) - in the mental construct of the knowable; in the thought-construct

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of cetyasaṅkalpa

cetyasaṅkalpa - mental construct or thought of what is knowable

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cetya+saṅkalpa)

• cetya – to be known, knowable, perceptible
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive/Potential Participle
  From √cit (to perceive, know)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• saṅkalpa – mental resolve, intention, thought, concept, construct
  noun (masculine)
  From sam + √kḷp (to be in order)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 1)

स्थिता (sthitā) - established, situated, standing

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sthita

sthita - standing, situated, established, existing

Past Passive Participle

From √sthā (to stand, stay)

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'cit'

भवति (bhavati) - becomes, exists, arises

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)

चित् (cit) - consciousness, pure awareness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, thought, pure knowledge, understanding

Root: cit (class 1)

जगत् (jagat) - the world, the universe

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - the world, universe, what moves, living beings

Present Active Participle

From √gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Functions as a predicate nominative here.