योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-73, verse-55

प्रतिच्छन्द्याद्यदेतस्मादुत्थिता जगदात्मना ।
देहास्तदा यथा बाह्यमन्तरेषां तथा स्थितम् ॥ ५५ ॥

praticchandyādyadetasmādutthitā jagadātmanā ,
dehāstadā yathā bāhyamantareṣāṃ tathā sthitam 55

55. prati-cchandya-ādi yat etasmāt utthitāḥ jagat-ātmanā
| dehāḥ tadā yathā bāhyam antareṣām tathā sthitam

55. yat prati-cchandya-ādi dehāḥ etasmāt jagat-ātmanā utthitāḥ,
tadā yathā bāhyam,
tathā antareṣām sthitam.

55. When these reflected forms and the like (praticchandya-ādi), which are bodies (dehāḥ), arise from this (seed/principle) as the very nature (ātman) of the world (jagat), then, just as their external appearance (bāhyam) is, so too is their inner reality (antareṣām) established.

55. מאחר שהגופים נוצרו ממנו כבבואות בצורת היקום, הרי שכפי שגלוי כלפיהם בחוץ, כך קיים בתוכם פנימה.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रति-च्छन्द्य-आदि (prati-cchandya-ādi) - reflected images and so on, illusory forms etc.

• यत् (yat) - referring to 'praticchandya-ādi dehāḥ' as 'that which' (which, that which)

• एतस्मात् (etasmāt) - from this primary seed/principle mentioned previously (from this)

• उत्थिताः (utthitāḥ) - arisen, emerged, sprung up

• जगत्-आत्मना (jagat-ātmanā) - by the self (ātman) of the world, as the nature (ātman) of the world

• देहाः (dehāḥ) - bodies

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

• बाह्यम् (bāhyam) - the external, the outer aspect

• अन्तरेषाम् (antareṣām) - of their interior, of what is within them

• तथा (tathā) - so, likewise, thus

• स्थितम् (sthitam) - situated, established, existing

Words meanings and morphology

प्रति-च्छन्द्य-आदि (prati-cchandya-ādi) - reflected images and so on, illusory forms etc.

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of prati-cchandya-ādi

prati-cchandya-ādi - reflection/image etc.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prati-cchandya+ādi)

• prati-cchandya – reflection, image, copy
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: prati
  Root: chand (class 1)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etc.
  indeclinable

यत् (yat) - referring to 'praticchandya-ādi dehāḥ' as 'that which' (which, that which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yat

yat - which, that which, because, since

एतस्मात् (etasmāt) - from this primary seed/principle mentioned previously (from this)

(pronoun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of etas

etas - this

उत्थिताः (utthitāḥ) - arisen, emerged, sprung up

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of utthita

utthita - arisen, stood up, emerged

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sthā (to stand) with upasarga ud

Prefix: ud

Root: sthā (class 1)

जगत्-आत्मना (jagat-ātmanā) - by the self (ātman) of the world, as the nature (ātman) of the world

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of jagat-ātman

jagat-ātman - the self of the world, world-soul

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jagat+ātman)

• jagat – world, universe
  noun (neuter)
  Present Active Participle (substantivized)
  Derived from root gam (to go, move)
  Root: gam (class 1)
• ātman – self, soul, essence, supreme spirit (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

देहाः (dehāḥ) - bodies

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of deha

deha - body, form, physical frame

Root: dih (class 4)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

(indeclinable)

बाह्यम् (bāhyam) - the external, the outer aspect

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bāhya

bāhya - external, outer, outward

Derived from bahiḥ (outside)

अन्तरेषाम् (antareṣām) - of their interior, of what is within them

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of antara

antara - inner, internal, interior, within, intermediate

तथा (tathā) - so, likewise, thus

(indeclinable)

स्थितम् (sthitam) - situated, established, existing

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sthita

sthita - stood, situated, established, existing, firm

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sthā (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

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