योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-87, verse-20

प्रेक्षे तावदहं किंचिदिति बोधाल्लघोस्ततः ।
मनागालोकनायैव संप्रवृत्तोऽनुभूतवान् ॥ २० ॥

prekṣe tāvadahaṃ kiṃciditi bodhāllaghostataḥ ,
manāgālokanāyaiva saṃpravṛtto'nubhūtavān 20

20. prekṣe tāvat aham kiñcit iti bodhāt laghoḥ tataḥ
| manāk ālokanāya eva sampravṛttaḥ anubhūtavān ||

20. tāvat aham tataḥ laghoḥ bodhāt kiñcit iti prekṣe
manāk ālokanāya eva sampravṛttaḥ anubhūtavān

20. Meanwhile, from that slight realization, I perceived something. Becoming engaged simply for a brief observation, I then experienced it.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रेक्षे (prekṣe) - I see, I behold, I perceive

• तावत् (tāvat) - meanwhile, so long, just

• अहम् (aham) - I

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - something, anything, a little

• इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating direct speech or thought

• बोधात् (bodhāt) - from realization, from knowledge, from awakening

• लघोः (laghoḥ) - from slight, from small, from light

• ततः (tataḥ) - from that, then, thereafter

• मनाक् (manāk) - a little, slightly, briefly

• आलोकनाय (ālokanāya) - for seeing, for observing, for looking

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, very

• सम्प्रवृत्तः (sampravṛttaḥ) - engaged, commenced, undertaken

• अनुभूतवान् (anubhūtavān) - experienced, felt, perceived

Words meanings and morphology

प्रेक्षे (prekṣe) - I see, I behold, I perceive

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of pra-īkṣ

Prefix: pra

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

तावत् (tāvat) - meanwhile, so long, just

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - something, anything, a little

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kiñcid

kiñcid - something, anything, a little

इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating direct speech or thought

(indeclinable)

बोधात् (bodhāt) - from realization, from knowledge, from awakening

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of bodha

bodha - perception, understanding, knowledge, awakening

लघोः (laghoḥ) - from slight, from small, from light

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, singular of laghu

laghu - light, small, slight, quick

Note: Agreeing with 'bodhāt'

ततः (tataḥ) - from that, then, thereafter

(indeclinable)

मनाक् (manāk) - a little, slightly, briefly

(indeclinable)

आलोकनाय (ālokanāya) - for seeing, for observing, for looking

(noun)

Dative, neuter, singular of ālokana

ālokana - looking, seeing, observing, sight

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, very

(indeclinable)

सम्प्रवृत्तः (sampravṛttaḥ) - engaged, commenced, undertaken

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sampravṛtta

sampravṛtta - engaged in, commenced, undertaken, manifested

Past Passive Participle

from sam-pra-vṛt

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

अनुभूतवान् (anubhūtavān) - experienced, felt, perceived

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anubhūtavat

anubhūtavat - one who has experienced/felt/perceived

Perfect Active Participle

from anu-bhū

Prefix: anu

Root: bhū (class 1)