योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-9, verse-28

प्राज्ञश्चेतनमात्रस्त्वं न देहस्त्वं जडात्मकः ।
अन्येन चेतसा तत्ते चेत्यत्वं क्वेव विद्यते ॥ २८ ॥

prājñaścetanamātrastvaṃ na dehastvaṃ jaḍātmakaḥ ,
anyena cetasā tatte cetyatvaṃ kveva vidyate 28

28. prājñaḥ cetanāmātraḥ tvam na dehaḥ tvam jaḍātmakaḥ
anyena cetasā tat te cetyatvam kva iva vidyate

28. tvam prājñaḥ cetanāmātraḥ na tvam jaḍātmakaḥ dehaḥ
te cetyatvam anyena cetasā tat kva iva vidyate

28. You are intelligent and merely consciousness (cetanāmātraḥ); you are not an inert body (jaḍātmakaḥ). If your knowability (cetyatvam) were dependent on another consciousness, then where indeed would that knowability truly reside in you?

Words meanings summery:

• प्राज्ञः (prājñaḥ) - intelligent, wise, discerning

• चेतनामात्रः (cetanāmātraḥ) - merely consciousness, pure consciousness

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• न (na) - not, no

• देहः (dehaḥ) - body

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• जडात्मकः (jaḍātmakaḥ) - of inert nature, inert self

• अन्येन (anyena) - by another

• चेतसा (cetasā) - by consciousness, by mind

• तत् (tat) - then, therefore, that

• ते (te) - your, to you

• चेत्यत्वम् (cetyatvam) - knowability, perceptibility, the state of being an object of knowledge

• क्व (kva) - where?

• इव (iva) - indeed, as if, like

• विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found

Words meanings and morphology

प्राज्ञः (prājñaḥ) - intelligent, wise, discerning

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prājña

prājña - wise, intelligent, discerning, knowing

Derived with pra- from root jñā, can also refer to the intellect.

Prefix: pra

Root: jñā (class 9)

चेतनामात्रः (cetanāmātraḥ) - merely consciousness, pure consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cetanāmātra

cetanāmātra - consciousness alone, merely conscious, consisting solely of consciousness

Compound type : tatpurusha (cetanā+mātra)

• cetanā – consciousness, intelligence, mind
  noun (feminine)
  Root: cit (class 10)
• mātra – only, mere, just
  adjective (masculine)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

देहः (dehaḥ) - body

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form, person

Root: dih (class 1)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

जडात्मकः (jaḍātmakaḥ) - of inert nature, inert self

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jaḍātmaka

jaḍātmaka - having an inert nature, consisting of inertness, inanimate

Compound formed from jaḍa and ātman, with -ka suffix signifying 'related to'.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (jaḍa+ātman)

• jaḍa – inert, dull, senseless, inanimate, cold
  adjective (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence, (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: at (class 1)

अन्येन (anyena) - by another

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

चेतसा (cetasā) - by consciousness, by mind

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of cetas

cetas - consciousness, mind, intellect

Root: cit (class 10)

तत् (tat) - then, therefore, that

(indeclinable)

Often used as a conjunction or adverb.

ते (te) - your, to you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you, your

चेत्यत्वम् (cetyatvam) - knowability, perceptibility, the state of being an object of knowledge

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cetyatva

cetyatva - knowability, perceptibility, the state of being an object of knowledge

Derived from *cet-ya* (perceivable/knowable) with suffix *-tva* to form an abstract noun.

Root: cit (class 10)

क्व (kva) - where?

(indeclinable)

इव (iva) - indeed, as if, like

(indeclinable)

Used for comparison or emphasis.

विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of vid

Root: vid (class 4)