Shloka 71
Adhyaya 8: Yogasthanas, Ashtanga Yoga, Pranayama-Siddhi, and Shiva-Dhyana leading to Samadhi
Devanagari script
यत्प्रमाणगुहा प्रज्ञा मनस्तु मनुते यतः बृहत्त्वाद् बृंहणत्वाच्च ब्रह्मा ब्रह्मविदांवराः
Transliteration
yatpramāṇaguhā prajñā manastu manute yataḥ bṛhattvād bṛṃhaṇatvācca brahmā brahmavidāṃvarāḥ
Translation
यत्प्रमाणगुहा प्रज्ञा मनस्तु मनुते यतः। बृहत्त्वाद् बृंहणत्वाच्च ब्रह्मा ब्रह्मविदांवराः॥
Word by Word
yatbecause/that which
yat:
pramāṇameasure, means of valid knowledge
pramāṇa:
guhācave, hidden locus
guhā:
prajñāhigher intelligence, awakened cognition
prajñā:
manasmind
manas:
tuindeed
tu:
manutethinks, conceives
manute:
yataḥfrom whom/because of whom
yataḥ:
bṛhattvātdue to vastness
bṛhattvāt:
bṛṃhaṇatvātdue to the power of expansion/nourishing increase
bṛṃhaṇatvāt:
caand
ca:
brahmāBrahmā / the Brahman-designate “Brahmā”
brahmā:
brahmavidāmof the knowers of Brahman
brahmavidām:
varāḥthe best, foremost.
varāḥ:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating traditional nirukti taught in the Purva-Bhaga context)