योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-62, verse-4

यथाङ्गानि शरीरत्वे पश्याम्यापादमस्तकम् ।
चिन्नेत्रेणाप्यनेत्रेण तथैतद्दृष्टवानहम् ॥ ४ ॥

yathāṅgāni śarīratve paśyāmyāpādamastakam ,
cinnetreṇāpyanetreṇa tathaitaddṛṣṭavānaham 4

4. yathā aṅgāni śarīratve paśyāmi āpādamastakam
cit-netreṇa api a-netreṇa tathā etat dṛṣṭavān aham

4. yathā aham aṅgāni āpādamastakam śarīratve paśyāmi
tathā cit-netreṇa anetreṇa api etat dṛṣṭavān aham

4. Just as I perceive the limbs, from foot to head, as constituting my entire body, similarly, I saw this (universe) with the eye of consciousness (cit-netra), even though I had no physical eye.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as)

• अङ्गानि (aṅgāni) - limbs (limbs, parts)

• शरीरत्वे (śarīratve) - as constituting my entire body (in the state of being a body, as the body)

• पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I perceive (I see, I behold)

• आपादमस्तकम् (āpādamastakam) - from foot to head

• चित्-नेत्रेण (cit-netreṇa) - with the eye of consciousness (cit-netra) (by the eye of consciousness)

• अपि (api) - even though (also, even, although)

• अ-नेत्रेण (a-netreṇa) - without a physical eye (without an eye, eyeless)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (so, thus, similarly)

• एतत् (etat) - this (universe) (this)

• दृष्टवान् (dṛṣṭavān) - I saw (having seen)

• अहम् (aham) - I (Vasiṣṭha) (I)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as)

(indeclinable)

अङ्गानि (aṅgāni) - limbs (limbs, parts)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of aṅga

aṅga - limb, body part, constituent part

Note: Object of 'paśyāmi'.

शरीरत्वे (śarīratve) - as constituting my entire body (in the state of being a body, as the body)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śarīratva

śarīratva - the state of being a body, corporeality

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śarīra+tva)

• śarīra – body
  noun (neuter)
• tva – suffix indicating 'state of being', '-ness'
  suffix (neuter)
  Suffix forming abstract nouns

Note: Indicates the state or capacity in which limbs are seen.

पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I perceive (I see, I behold)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

आपादमस्तकम् (āpādamastakam) - from foot to head

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (pāda+mastaka)

• pāda – foot
  noun (masculine)
• mastaka – head
  noun (neuter)

Note: Adverbial compound.

चित्-नेत्रेण (cit-netreṇa) - with the eye of consciousness (cit-netra) (by the eye of consciousness)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of cit-netra

cit-netra - eye of consciousness, spiritual eye

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cit+netra)

• cit – consciousness, knowledge
  noun (feminine)
• netra – eye
  noun (neuter)

Note: Instrument of perception.

अपि (api) - even though (also, even, although)

(indeclinable)

अ-नेत्रेण (a-netreṇa) - without a physical eye (without an eye, eyeless)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of anetra

anetra - eyeless, without an eye

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+netra)

• a – not, non-
  prefix
  Negative prefix
• netra – eye
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies 'cit-netreṇa' or refers to the perceiver indirectly.

तथा (tathā) - similarly (so, thus, similarly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Corresponds to 'yathā'.

एतत् (etat) - this (universe) (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

Note: Object of 'dṛṣṭavān'.

दृष्टवान् (dṛṣṭavān) - I saw (having seen)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dṛṣṭavat

dṛṣṭavat - having seen, one who has seen

Past Active Participle

Derived from root dṛś (to see) with suffix -tavat

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'aham'.

अहम् (aham) - I (Vasiṣṭha) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we