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

यथा पश्यति वृक्षः स्वं पत्रपुष्पफलादिकम् ।
स्वसंवेदननेत्रेण तथैतद्दृष्टवानहम् ॥ ७ ॥

yathā paśyati vṛkṣaḥ svaṃ patrapuṣpaphalādikam ,
svasaṃvedananetreṇa tathaitaddṛṣṭavānaham 7

7. yathā paśyati vṛkṣaḥ svam patrapuṣpaphalādikam |
svasaṃvedananetreṇa tathā etat dṛṣṭavān aham ||

7. yathā vṛkṣaḥ svasaṃvedananetreṇa svam patrapuṣpaphalādikam paśyati,
tathā aham etat dṛṣṭavān

7. Just as a tree perceives its own leaves, flowers, fruits, and so on, with the eye of its own consciousness, so too have I seen this (world).

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, how

• पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, perceives, observes

• वृक्षः (vṛkṣaḥ) - tree

• स्वम् (svam) - own, one's own, his own

• पत्रपुष्पफलादिकम् (patrapuṣpaphalādikam) - leaves, flowers, fruits, and so on

• स्वसंवेदननेत्रेण (svasaṁvedananetreṇa) - by the eye of self-perception/self-consciousness

• तथा (tathā) - thus, in that manner, so

• एतत् (etat) - this

• दृष्टवान् (dṛṣṭavān) - has seen, saw

• अहम् (aham) - I

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, how

(indeclinable)

पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, perceives, observes

(verb)

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

Root 'dṛś' (class 1, often takes 'paśya' stem in present).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

वृक्षः (vṛkṣaḥ) - tree

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛkṣa

vṛkṣa - tree

स्वम् (svam) - own, one's own, his own

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sva

sva - own, self

पत्रपुष्पफलादिकम् (patrapuṣpaphalādikam) - leaves, flowers, fruits, and so on

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of patrapuṣpaphalādika

patrapuṣpaphalādika - leaves, flowers, fruits, etc.

Compound type : dvandva (patra+puṣpa+phala+ādika)

• patra – leaf, feather, letter
  noun (neuter)
• puṣpa – flower, blossom
  noun (neuter)
  Root: puṣ (class 4)
• phala – fruit, result, reward
  noun (neuter)
• ādika – and so on, etc., beginning with
  adjective (masculine)
  From 'ādi' with suffix 'ka'.

स्वसंवेदननेत्रेण (svasaṁvedananetreṇa) - by the eye of self-perception/self-consciousness

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of svasaṃvedananetra

svasaṁvedananetra - eye of self-perception/self-consciousness

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+saṃvedana+netra)

• sva – self, one's own
  pronoun (neuter)
• saṃvedana – perception, sensation, consciousness
  noun (neuter)
  From 'sam' + root 'vid'.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: vid (class 2)
• netra – eye
  noun (neuter)
  Root: nī (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - thus, in that manner, so

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

Note: Also nominative singular. Here, object of 'dṛṣṭavān'.

दृष्टवान् (dṛṣṭavān) - has seen, saw

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dṛṣṭavat

dṛṣṭavat - having seen

past active participle

From root 'dṛś' + suffix 'ktavat'.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I