योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-9, verse-29

अन्यस्त्वां चेतयति चेत्तं चेतयति कोऽपरः ।
क इमं चेतयेत्तस्मादनवस्था न वास्तवी ॥ २९ ॥

anyastvāṃ cetayati cettaṃ cetayati ko'paraḥ ,
ka imaṃ cetayettasmādanavasthā na vāstavī 29

29. anyaḥ tvām cetayati cet tam cetayati kaḥ aparaḥ
kaḥ imam cetayet tasmāt anavasthā na vāstavī

29. cet anyaḥ tvām cetayati,
kaḥ aparaḥ tam cetayati? kaḥ imam cetayet? tasmāt anavasthā na vāstavī

29. If another entity were to enlighten you, then who would enlighten that other? And who would enlighten this (subsequent) one? Therefore, an infinite regress (anavastā) is not real.

Words meanings summery:

• अन्यः (anyaḥ) - another, other

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you

• चेतयति (cetayati) - causes to know, makes conscious, perceives

• चेत् (cet) - if

• तम् (tam) - him, that one

• चेतयति (cetayati) - causes to know, makes conscious, perceives

• कः (kaḥ) - who?

• अपरः (aparaḥ) - another, other

• कः (kaḥ) - who?

• इमम् (imam) - this one

• चेतयेत् (cetayet) - should cause to know, should make conscious, should perceive

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

• अनवस्ता (anavastā) - infinite regress, lack of stability

• न (na) - not, no

• वास्तवी (vāstavī) - real, actual, substantial

Words meanings and morphology

अन्यः (anyaḥ) - another, other

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

त्वाम् (tvām) - you

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

चेतयति (cetayati) - causes to know, makes conscious, perceives

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of cetay

Causative

Formed from root *cit* with causative suffix *-ay- (class 10 P/U)*.

Root: cit (class 10)

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

तम् (tam) - him, that one

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, him, it

चेतयति (cetayati) - causes to know, makes conscious, perceives

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of cetay

Causative

Formed from root *cit* with causative suffix *-ay- (class 10 P/U)*.

Root: cit (class 10)

कः (kaḥ) - who?

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who?, what?, which?

अपरः (aparaḥ) - another, other

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of apara

apara - other, another, subsequent, inferior

कः (kaḥ) - who?

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who?, what?, which?

इमम् (imam) - this one

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

चेतयेत् (cetayet) - should cause to know, should make conscious, should perceive

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of cetay

Causative

Formed from root *cit* with causative suffix *-ay-*, in optative mood.

Root: cit (class 10)

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

(indeclinable)

अनवस्ता (anavastā) - infinite regress, lack of stability

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anavastā

anavastā - infinite regress, lack of stability, unsettled state

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+avasthā)

• a – not, non, un-
  indeclinable
• avasthā – state, condition, position, stability
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: ava
  Root: sthā (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

वास्तवी (vāstavī) - real, actual, substantial

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vāstavī

vāstavī - real, actual, true, substantial, relating to reality

Feminine form of vāstava (derived from vastu 'thing, reality').