योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-1, verse-36

अविच्छिन्नचिदात्मैकः पुमानस्तीह नेतरत् ।
स्वसंकल्पवशाद्बद्धो निःसंकल्पश्च मुच्यते ॥ ३६ ॥

avicchinnacidātmaikaḥ pumānastīha netarat ,
svasaṃkalpavaśādbaddho niḥsaṃkalpaśca mucyate 36

36. avicchinnacitātmaikaḥ pumān asti iha na itarat
sva-saṅkalpa-vaśāt baddhaḥ niḥsaṅkalpaḥ ca mucyate

36. iha avicchinnacitātmaikaḥ pumān asti na itarat
sva-saṅkalpa-vaśāt baddhaḥ ca niḥsaṅkalpaḥ mucyate

36. Here, the one unbroken consciousness (ātman), the supreme cosmic person (puruṣa), exists; nothing else does. This supreme cosmic person (puruṣa) is bound by the power of his own conceptualization and is liberated by becoming free from conceptualization.

Words meanings summery:

• अविच्छिन्नचितात्मैकः (avicchinnacitātmaikaḥ) - the one unbroken consciousness (ātman) (the one unbroken conscious self)

• पुमान् (pumān) - the supreme cosmic person (puruṣa) (a man, a person, the supreme cosmic person)

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this case

• न (na) - not, no

• इतरत् (itarat) - nothing else (other, another)

• स्व-सङ्कल्प-वशात् (sva-saṅkalpa-vaśāt) - by the power/control of one's own conceptualization/volition

• बद्धः (baddhaḥ) - bound, tied, fettered

• निःसङ्कल्पः (niḥsaṅkalpaḥ) - free from conceptualization/volition, without resolve

• च (ca) - and, also

• मुच्यते (mucyate) - is liberated, is released

Words meanings and morphology

अविच्छिन्नचितात्मैकः (avicchinnacitātmaikaḥ) - the one unbroken consciousness (ātman) (the one unbroken conscious self)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avicchinnacitātmaika

avicchinnacitātmaika - the one unbroken conscious self

Compound type : karmadhāraya (avicchinna+cit+ātman+eka)

• avicchinna – unbroken, undivided
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From a-vi-√chid (not-cut apart)
  Prefixes: a+vi
  Root: chid (class 7)
• cit – consciousness, pure intelligence
  noun (feminine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
• eka – one, single, unique
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Agrees with pumān

पुमान् (pumān) - the supreme cosmic person (puruṣa) (a man, a person, the supreme cosmic person)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pums

pums - man, male, spirit, the supreme cosmic person (puruṣa)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present Active

Root as, 2nd conjugation, parasmaipada

Root: as (class 2)

इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this case

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

इतरत् (itarat) - nothing else (other, another)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of itara

itara - other, another

स्व-सङ्कल्प-वशात् (sva-saṅkalpa-vaśāt) - by the power/control of one's own conceptualization/volition

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of sva-saṅkalpa-vaśa

sva-saṅkalpa-vaśa - power/control of one's own conceptualization

Compound type : tatpurusha (sva-saṅkalpa+vaśa)

• sva-saṅkalpa – one's own conceptualization/volition
  noun (masculine)
• vaśa – power, control, sway
  noun (masculine)

बद्धः (baddhaḥ) - bound, tied, fettered

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of baddha

baddha - bound, tied, fettered

Past Passive Participle

From root √bandh (to bind)

Root: bandh (class 9)

Note: Agrees with pumān (implied subject)

निःसङ्कल्पः (niḥsaṅkalpaḥ) - free from conceptualization/volition, without resolve

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niḥsaṅkalpa

niḥsaṅkalpa - free from conceptualization/volition, without resolve

Compound type : bahuvrihi (nis+saṅkalpa)

• nis – without, out
  indeclinable
• saṅkalpa – conceptualization, volition, intention
  noun (masculine)
  From sam-√kḷp
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: Agrees with pumān (implied subject)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

मुच्यते (mucyate) - is liberated, is released

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of muc

Present Passive

Root muc, 6th conjugation, atmanepada, passive voice

Root: muc (class 6)