योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-10, verse-34

चिद्रूपमेव नो यत्र लभ्यते यत्र जीवता ।
कथं स्याच्चित्तताकारा वासना नित्यरूपिणी ॥ ३४ ॥

cidrūpameva no yatra labhyate yatra jīvatā ,
kathaṃ syāccittatākārā vāsanā nityarūpiṇī 34

34. cit-rūpam eva naḥ yatra labhyate yatra jīvatā
katham syāt cittatā-ākārā vāsanā nitya-rūpiṇī

34. yatra cit-rūpam eva naḥ labhyate,
yatra jīvatā katham cittatā-ākārā nitya-rūpiṇī vāsanā syāt

34. Where even the very nature of consciousness (cit) is not apprehended, and where there is no living entity (jīva), how could there be an eternal latent impression (vāsanā) taking the form of mentality (citta)?

Words meanings summery:

• चिद्रूपम् (cidrūpam) - the nature of consciousness, pure consciousness

• एव (eva) - very, even (only, just, indeed, very)

• नः (naḥ) - by us (implying 'for us', 'to be apprehended by us') (to us, by us)

• यत्र (yatra) - where (in that state/reality) (where, in which, in which case)

• लभ्यते (labhyate) - is apprehended (is obtained, is found, is apprehended)

• यत्र (yatra) - where (in that state/reality) (where, in which, in which case)

• जीवता (jīvatā) - state of being a living entity (jīva) (life, vitality, state of being alive, living entity)

• कथम् (katham) - how could there be? (how? in what manner?)

• स्यात् (syāt) - could there be (may be, should be, would be (optative))

• चित्तता-आकारा (cittatā-ākārā) - having the form of mentality, taking the shape of mind-ness

• वासना (vāsanā) - latent impression (vāsanā) (latent impression, mental trace, habit, desire (vāsanā))

• नित्य-रूपिणी (nitya-rūpiṇī) - eternal (having an eternal form, ever-present, constant)

Words meanings and morphology

चिद्रूपम् (cidrūpam) - the nature of consciousness, pure consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cidrūpa

cidrūpa - the nature of consciousness, consciousness as form

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cit+rūpa)

• cit – consciousness, intelligence
  noun (feminine)
• rūpa – form, nature, aspect
  noun (neuter)

एव (eva) - very, even (only, just, indeed, very)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

नः (naḥ) - by us (implying 'for us', 'to be apprehended by us') (to us, by us)

(pronoun)

plural of asmad

asmad - we, us

Note: Enclitic form of asmad. In passive construction, it can imply 'by us'.

यत्र (yatra) - where (in that state/reality) (where, in which, in which case)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of place or condition.

लभ्यते (labhyate) - is apprehended (is obtained, is found, is apprehended)

(verb)

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

Present Middle Voice

root √labh, 1st class (divādi), passive form

Root: labh (class 1)

Note: The subject is 'cit-rūpam' or 'jīvatā'.

यत्र (yatra) - where (in that state/reality) (where, in which, in which case)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of place or condition.

जीवता (jīvatā) - state of being a living entity (jīva) (life, vitality, state of being alive, living entity)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jīvatā

jīvatā - life, vitality, the state of being a living entity

jīva + tā (abstract suffix)

Note: Could be seen as an abstract noun for 'jīva'.

कथम् (katham) - how could there be? (how? in what manner?)

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative adverb.

स्यात् (syāt) - could there be (may be, should be, would be (optative))

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Optative mood

root √as, 2nd class, optative 3rd person singular

Root: as (class 2)

Note: The subject is 'vāsanā'.

चित्तता-आकारा (cittatā-ākārā) - having the form of mentality, taking the shape of mind-ness

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cittatā-ākāra

cittatā-ākāra - having the form of mentality

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cittatā+ākāra)

• cittatā – mentality, the state of being mind (citta)
  noun (feminine)
  citta + tā (abstract suffix)
• ākāra – form, shape, appearance
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'vāsanā'.

वासना (vāsanā) - latent impression (vāsanā) (latent impression, mental trace, habit, desire (vāsanā))

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vāsanā

vāsanā - latent impression, mental trace, habit, desire

from √vas (to dwell, perfume)

Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'syāt'.

नित्य-रूपिणी (nitya-rūpiṇī) - eternal (having an eternal form, ever-present, constant)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nityarūpiṇī

nityarūpiṇī - having an eternal form, constant, perpetual

nitya (eternal) + rūpin (having form)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nitya+rūpin)

• nitya – eternal, constant, perpetual
  adjective
• rūpin – having a form, endowed with a form
  adjective
  rūpa + ini (suffix)

Note: Qualifies 'vāsanā'.