योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-74, verse-30

बीजान्तः स्थावरं ह्यास्ते पदार्थे यत्र जंगमः ।
किं नास्ते तत्र देहेऽन्तर्निजचित्कल्पनात्मिका ॥ ३० ॥

bījāntaḥ sthāvaraṃ hyāste padārthe yatra jaṃgamaḥ ,
kiṃ nāste tatra dehe'ntarnijacitkalpanātmikā 30

30. bīja-antaḥ sthāvaram hi āste padārthe yatra jaṅgamaḥ
kim na āste tatra dehe antaḥ nija-cit-kalpanā-ātmikā

30. yatra bīja-antaḥ sthāvaram hi āste,
(yatra) padārthe jaṅgamaḥ (āste),
tatra nija-cit-kalpanā-ātmikā dehe antaḥ kim na āste?

30. Just as the unmoving (plant life) resides within a seed, and the moving (animal life) exists within a (subtle) substance, what then will not exist within the body, which is fundamentally constituted by one's own consciousness (cit) and imagination (kalpanā)?

30. כפי שהצומח הנייח שוכן בתוך הזרע והנע קיים בתוך החומר, מה אינו שוכן בתוך הגוף הנוצר מדמיונה של החשיבה העצמית?

Words meanings summery:

• बीज-अन्तः (bīja-antaḥ) - within the seed, inside the seed

• स्थावरम् (sthāvaram) - the plant kingdom (immovable, stationary, stable, (the plant kingdom))

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because, for

• आस्ते (āste) - exists, is, stays, sits

• पदार्थे (padārthe) - in a substance, in an object, in a category

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place, if, when

• जङ्गमः (jaṅgamaḥ) - the animal kingdom (moving, movable, (the animal kingdom))

• किम् (kim) - what, why

• न (na) - not, no

• आस्ते (āste) - exists, is, stays, sits

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place, then

• देहे (dehe) - in the body

• अन्तः (antaḥ) - within, inside

• निज-चित्-कल्पना-आत्मिका (nija-cit-kalpanā-ātmikā) - whose nature is one's own consciousness and imagination

Words meanings and morphology

बीज-अन्तः (bīja-antaḥ) - within the seed, inside the seed

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bīja+antas)

• bīja – seed, germ, origin
  noun (neuter)
• antas – inside, within, internal
  indeclinable (neuter)

स्थावरम् (sthāvaram) - the plant kingdom (immovable, stationary, stable, (the plant kingdom))

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sthāvara

sthāvara - immovable, stationary, stable, plant, tree

From root sthā (to stand).

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Refers to the 'unmoving' category of beings, i.e., plants.

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because, for

(indeclinable)

आस्ते (āste) - exists, is, stays, sits

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of ās

Present indicative, third person singular, middle voice.

Root: ās (class 2)

पदार्थे (padārthe) - in a substance, in an object, in a category

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of padārtha

padārtha - meaning of a word, object, substance, category, thing

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place, if, when

(indeclinable)

जङ्गमः (jaṅgamaḥ) - the animal kingdom (moving, movable, (the animal kingdom))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jaṅgama

jaṅgama - moving, movable, animal

From root gam (to go).

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Refers to the 'moving' category of beings, i.e., animals.

किम् (kim) - what, why

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why

Note: Used here in an interrogative sense, implying 'everything'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

आस्ते (āste) - exists, is, stays, sits

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of ās

Present indicative, third person singular, middle voice.

Root: ās (class 2)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place, then

(indeclinable)

देहे (dehe) - in the body

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body

Root: dih (class 1)

अन्तः (antaḥ) - within, inside

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially with 'dehe'.

निज-चित्-कल्पना-आत्मिका (nija-cit-kalpanā-ātmikā) - whose nature is one's own consciousness and imagination

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nija-cit-kalpanā-ātmika

nija-cit-kalpanā-ātmika - of the nature of one's own consciousness and imagination

Compound adjective, feminine nominative singular.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nija+cit+kalpanā+ātmika)

• nija – own, innate, personal
  adjective
• cit – consciousness, knowledge, thought
  noun (feminine)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• kalpanā – imagination, conception, creation
  noun (feminine)
  From root kḷp (to form, to arrange).
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• ātmika – relating to the self, forming the essence of
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from 'ātman' with suffix -ika.

Note: Qualifies an implied entity or the potential itself within the body.

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