योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-87, verse-3

ऊर्ध्वमुच्छून एवान्तःसेकाद्बीजे यथाङ्कुरः ।
आकारवत्यनाकारे चित्त्वाचित्त्वे तथा जगत् ॥ ३ ॥

ūrdhvamucchūna evāntaḥsekādbīje yathāṅkuraḥ ,
ākāravatyanākāre cittvācittve tathā jagat 3

3. ūrdhvam ucchūnaḥ eva antaḥsekāt bīje yathā aṅkuraḥ
| ākāravati anākāre cittvācittve tathā jagat || 3 ||

3. yathā aṅkuraḥ bīje antaḥsekāt eva ūrdhvam ucchūnaḥ (bhavati),
tathā jagat ākāravati anākāre cittvācittve (asti)

3. Just as a sprout within a seed swells upwards solely by internal moisture, so also does the world (jagat) exist in that which has form and that which is formless, in both consciousness (cit) and non-consciousness.

Words meanings summery:

• ऊर्ध्वम् (ūrdhvam) - upwards, above

• उच्छूनः (ucchūnaḥ) - swollen, expanded, puffed up

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

• अन्तःसेकात् (antaḥsekāt) - from internal irrigation/moisture

• बीजे (bīje) - in the seed

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• अङ्कुरः (aṅkuraḥ) - sprout, shoot

• आकारवति (ākāravati) - in that which has form, in the formed

• अनाकारे (anākāre) - in that which is formless, in the unformed

• चित्त्वाचित्त्वे (cittvācittve) - in consciousness and non-consciousness

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so too

• जगत् (jagat) - the world, the universe

Words meanings and morphology

ऊर्ध्वम् (ūrdhvam) - upwards, above

(indeclinable)

उच्छूनः (ucchūnaḥ) - swollen, expanded, puffed up

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ucchūna

ucchūna - swollen, bloated, expanded, great, eminent

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root 'śvi' with prefix 'ut'

Prefix: ut

Root: śvi (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

(indeclinable)

अन्तःसेकात् (antaḥsekāt) - from internal irrigation/moisture

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of antaḥseka

antaḥseka - internal sprinkling/watering, internal moisture

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (antar+seka)

• antar – inside, within
  indeclinable
• seka – sprinkling, watering, pouring
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sic (class 6)

बीजे (bīje) - in the seed

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of bīja

bīja - seed, origin, germ, cause

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

अङ्कुरः (aṅkuraḥ) - sprout, shoot

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṅkura

aṅkura - sprout, shoot, germ, bud

Root: aṅkur (class 1)

आकारवति (ākāravati) - in that which has form, in the formed

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of ākāravat

ākāravat - having form, possessing shape, beautiful

Derived with the possessive suffix '-vat'

अनाकारे (anākāre) - in that which is formless, in the unformed

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of anākāra

anākāra - formless, shapeless, bodiless

चित्त्वाचित्त्वे (cittvācittve) - in consciousness and non-consciousness

(noun)

Locative, neuter, dual of cittvācittva

cittvācittva - consciousness and non-consciousness

Compound type : Dvandva (cittva+acittva)

• cittva – state of being conscious, consciousness
  noun (neuter)
  Abstract noun derived from 'cit' (consciousness)
• acittva – state of being unconscious, non-consciousness
  noun (neuter)
  Abstract noun derived from 'acit' (non-consciousness)
  Prefix: a

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so too

(indeclinable)

जगत् (jagat) - the world, the universe

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, living beings

Root: gam (class 1)