योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-85, verse-18

संविन्मात्रैकधर्मित्वात्काकतालीययोगतः ।
संविद्देवी शिवं स्पृष्ट्वा तन्मयीव भवत्यलम् ॥ १८ ॥

saṃvinmātraikadharmitvātkākatālīyayogataḥ ,
saṃviddevī śivaṃ spṛṣṭvā tanmayīva bhavatyalam 18

18. saṃvit-mātra-eka-dharmitvāt kāka-tālīya-yogataḥ
saṃvit-devī śivam spṛṣṭvā tan-mayī iva bhavati alam

18. saṃvit-mātra-eka-dharmitvāt kāka-tālīya-yogataḥ
saṃvit-devī śivam spṛṣṭvā tan-mayī iva alam bhavati

18. Due to having consciousness as its sole intrinsic nature (dharma), the goddess of consciousness (saṃvit-devī), by a sheer chance occurrence (kāka-tālīya-yoga), becomes as if completely one with Śiva upon coming into contact with him.

18. מאחר שכל טבעה הוא מודעות טהורה בלבד, הרי שבצירוף מקרים, בנגעה בַּשִׁיוָוה, אלת המודעות הופכת לאחת איתו לחלוטין.

Words meanings summery:

• संवित्-मात्र-एक-धर्मित्वात् (saṁvit-mātra-eka-dharmitvāt) - because its intrinsic nature (dharma) is solely pure consciousness (due to having consciousness alone as its sole nature/property)

• काक-तालीय-योगतः (kāka-tālīya-yogataḥ) - by a crow-palm-fruit coincidence, by chance, by a sudden occurrence

• संवित्-देवी (saṁvit-devī) - the goddess of consciousness

• शिवम् (śivam) - the auspicious, supreme reality (Śiva) (Śiva, the auspicious one)

• स्पृष्ट्वा (spṛṣṭvā) - having touched, after touching, having come into contact with

• तन्-मयी (tan-mayī) - consisting of that, identical with that, absorbed in that

• इव (iva) - as if, like, as

• भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is

• अलम् (alam) - sufficiently, completely, indeed, enough

Words meanings and morphology

संवित्-मात्र-एक-धर्मित्वात् (saṁvit-mātra-eka-dharmitvāt) - because its intrinsic nature (dharma) is solely pure consciousness (due to having consciousness alone as its sole nature/property)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of saṃvit-mātra-eka-dharmitva

saṁvit-mātra-eka-dharmitva - the state of having consciousness alone as its sole nature

Compound type : tatpurusha (saṃvit+mātra+eka+dharma+tva)

• saṃvit – consciousness, knowledge, understanding
  noun (feminine)
• mātra – merely, only, measure
  adjective (neuter)
• eka – one, sole, unique
  adjective (masculine)
• dharma – intrinsic nature, duty, constitution, law
  noun (masculine)
• tva – suffix forming abstract nouns (state of being)
  suffix
  Taddhita suffix indicating 'the state of being' or 'nature of'

काक-तालीय-योगतः (kāka-tālīya-yogataḥ) - by a crow-palm-fruit coincidence, by chance, by a sudden occurrence

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kāka-tālīya-yoga

kāka-tālīya-yoga - the coincidence of a crow landing on a palm tree and a ripe fruit falling simultaneously, meaning a sudden, unexpected coincidence

Compound type : tatpurusha (kāka+tālīya+yoga)

• kāka – crow
  noun (masculine)
• tālīya – relating to a palm tree/fruit (tāla)
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from tāla (palm tree)
• yoga – connection, conjunction, union, coincidence (yoga)
  noun (masculine)

संवित्-देवी (saṁvit-devī) - the goddess of consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃvit-devī

saṁvit-devī - the goddess of consciousness

Compound type : karmadharaya (saṃvit+devī)

• saṃvit – consciousness, knowledge
  noun (feminine)
• devī – goddess
  noun (feminine)

शिवम् (śivam) - the auspicious, supreme reality (Śiva) (Śiva, the auspicious one)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śiva

śiva - auspicious, benevolent; noun: Śiva

स्पृष्ट्वा (spṛṣṭvā) - having touched, after touching, having come into contact with

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root spṛś (to touch)

Root: spṛś

तन्-मयी (tan-mayī) - consisting of that, identical with that, absorbed in that

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tan-mayī

tan-mayī - consisting of that, identical with that (feminine)

Compound type : tatpurusha (tad+mayī)

• tad – that
  pronoun (neuter)
• mayī – consisting of, full of (feminine of maya)
  suffix (feminine)
  Taddhita suffix -maya, feminine form.

इव (iva) - as if, like, as

(indeclinable)

भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

अलम् (alam) - sufficiently, completely, indeed, enough

(indeclinable)

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