योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-73, verse-17

प्रकाशमणुमात्मानं पश्यंस्तदनुभावतः ।
उच्छूनतां चेतयते बीजमङ्कुरतामिव ॥ १७ ॥

prakāśamaṇumātmānaṃ paśyaṃstadanubhāvataḥ ,
ucchūnatāṃ cetayate bījamaṅkuratāmiva 17

17. prakāśam aṇum ātmānam paśyan tat anubhāvataḥ
ucchūnatām cetayate bījam aṅkuratām iva

17. prakāśam aṇum ātmānam paśyan tat anubhāvataḥ
ucchūnatām cetayate bījam aṅkuratām iva

17. Perceiving the subtle, luminous Self (ātman), it then experiences its own expansion by virtue of that perception, just as a seed experiences the state of sprouting.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रकाशम् (prakāśam) - luminous (light, brightness, manifestation, shining)

• अणुम् (aṇum) - minute, subtle, atomic, small

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - self, soul, spirit, the ultimate reality

• पश्यन् (paśyan) - seeing, perceiving, observing

• तत् (tat) - from that (perception) (that, it)

• अनुभावतः (anubhāvataḥ) - from the power, by the influence, by virtue of, as a result of

• उच्छूनताम् (ucchūnatām) - its own expansion (swelling, expanding, state of being full, increase)

• चेतयते (cetayate) - perceives, becomes conscious of, experiences, understands

• बीजम् (bījam) - seed, origin, cause

• अङ्कुरताम् (aṅkuratām) - state of being a sprout, sprouting, germination

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

प्रकाशम् (prakāśam) - luminous (light, brightness, manifestation, shining)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of prakāśa

prakāśa - light, brightness, manifestation, shining

Prefix: pra

Root: kāś (class 1)

Note: Used here as an adjective modifying 'ātman'.

अणुम् (aṇum) - minute, subtle, atomic, small

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of aṇu

aṇu - minute, subtle, atomic, small, particle

Note: Modifies 'ātmānam'.

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - self, soul, spirit, the ultimate reality

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, the ultimate reality

पश्यन् (paśyan) - seeing, perceiving, observing

(verbal participle)

तत् (tat) - from that (perception) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tat

tat - that, it, this

अनुभावतः (anubhāvataḥ) - from the power, by the influence, by virtue of, as a result of

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of anubhāva

anubhāva - power, influence, dignity, consequence, experience, force

Prefix: anu

Root: bhū (class 1)

उच्छूनताम् (ucchūnatām) - its own expansion (swelling, expanding, state of being full, increase)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ucchūnatā

ucchūnatā - swelling, expanding, state of being full, increase

चेतयते (cetayate) - perceives, becomes conscious of, experiences, understands

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of cetayate

Causative or Denominative

From root 'cit' (to perceive, understand), in the 10th class (citt) or causative formation.

Root: cit (class 10)

बीजम् (bījam) - seed, origin, cause

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bīja

bīja - seed, origin, cause, germ

अङ्कुरताम् (aṅkuratām) - state of being a sprout, sprouting, germination

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of aṅkuratā

aṅkuratā - state of being a sprout, sprouting, germination

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)