योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-112, verse-7

स्पन्दास्पन्दादृते वायोर्यथा सत्तैव नोह्यते ।
तथा न चित्तसत्तास्ति चञ्चलस्पन्दनादृते ॥ ७ ॥

spandāspandādṛte vāyoryathā sattaiva nohyate ,
tathā na cittasattāsti cañcalaspandanādṛte 7

7. spanda aspandāt ṛte vāyoḥ yathā sattā eva na uhyate
tathā na cittasattā asti cañcalaspandanāt ṛte

7. yathā vāyoḥ spanda aspandāt ṛte sattā eva na uhyate,
tathā cañcalaspandanāt ṛte cittasattā na asti.

7. Just as the existence of air (vāyu) cannot be conceived apart from its vibration and non-vibration, so too the existence of consciousness (citta) does not exist apart from its restless pulsation.

Words meanings summery:

• स्पन्द (spanda) - pulsation, vibration, movement

• अस्पन्दात् (aspandāt) - from non-pulsation, from non-vibration

• ऋते (ṛte) - without, except, apart from

• वायोः (vāyoḥ) - of air (vāyu)

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• सत्ता (sattā) - existence, being

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• न (na) - not

• उह्यते (uhyate) - is conceived, is understood

• तथा (tathā) - so too, in the same way

• न (na) - not

• चित्तसत्ता (cittasattā) - the existence of consciousness (citta)

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• चञ्चलस्पन्दनात् (cañcalaspandanāt) - from restless pulsation

• ऋते (ṛte) - without, except, apart from

Words meanings and morphology

स्पन्द (spanda) - pulsation, vibration, movement

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of spanda

spanda - vibration, pulsation, tremor, movement

Root: spad (class 1)

Note: Part of a dvandva compound `spandāspanda` (pulsation and non-pulsation)

अस्पन्दात् (aspandāt) - from non-pulsation, from non-vibration

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of aspanda

aspanda - non-pulsation, stillness, immobility

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (na+spanda)

• na – not, no
  indeclinable
• spanda – vibration, pulsation
  noun (masculine)
  Root: spad (class 1)

Note: The sandhi undoing `spandāspandād` becomes `spanda aspandāt`, indicating it's a dvandva compound in ablative.

ऋते (ṛte) - without, except, apart from

(indeclinable)

वायोः (vāyoḥ) - of air (vāyu)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vāyu

vāyu - air, wind, breath, the god Vāyu

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

सत्ता (sattā) - existence, being

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sattā

sattā - existence, being, reality, essence

derived from sat (being, existing) + tā (suffix forming abstract nouns)

Root: as (class 2)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

उह्यते (uhyate) - is conceived, is understood

(verb)

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

Root: ūh (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - so too, in the same way

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

चित्तसत्ता (cittasattā) - the existence of consciousness (citta)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cittasattā

cittasattā - existence of the mind/consciousness

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa (citta+sattā)

• citta – consciousness, mind, thought
  noun (neuter)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• sattā – existence, being, reality
  noun (feminine)
  Root: as (class 2)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

चञ्चलस्पन्दनात् (cañcalaspandanāt) - from restless pulsation

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of cañcalaspandana

cañcalaspandana - restless movement/vibration

Compound type : karmadhāraya (cañcala+spandana)

• cañcala – restless, unsteady
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
• spandana – pulsation, vibration, throbbing, movement
  noun (neuter)
  derived from root spad
  Root: spad (class 1)

ऋते (ṛte) - without, except, apart from

(indeclinable)

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