योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-113, verse-66

न यस्याश्चेतनैवास्ति याप्यनष्टैव नश्यति ।
तया स्त्रिया परुषया चित्रमन्धीकृतः पुमान् ॥ ६६ ॥

na yasyāścetanaivāsti yāpyanaṣṭaiva naśyati ,
tayā striyā paruṣayā citramandhīkṛtaḥ pumān 66

66. na yasyāḥ cetanā eva asti yā api anaṣṭā eva naśyati
tayā striyā paruṣayā citram andhīkṛtaḥ pumān

66. yasyāḥ cetanā eva na asti,
yā api anaṣṭā eva naśyati,
tayā paruṣayā striyā pumān citram andhīkṛtaḥ

66. It is astonishing how the supreme cosmic person (puruṣa) has been blinded by that harsh feminine principle (strī), which possesses no consciousness (cetanā) whatsoever, and which, though seemingly indestructible, constantly dissolves and perishes.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not (not, no, nor)

• यस्याः (yasyāḥ) - of which (referring to 'stri') (of whom, of which (feminine))

• चेतना (cetanā) - consciousness (consciousness, intelligence, mind, sensation)

• एव (eva) - indeed, at all (for emphasis) (indeed, only, just, quite, even)

• अस्ति (asti) - is (is, exists, there is)

• या (yā) - who (referring to 'stri') (who, which, what)

• अपि (api) - even (even, also, too, moreover)

• अनष्टा (anaṣṭā) - though seemingly indestructible, not truly destroyed (undestroyed, unlost, unruined)

• एव (eva) - indeed, emphasizing the state (indeed, only, just, quite, even)

• नश्यति (naśyati) - perishes, dissolves (perishes, is destroyed, disappears, is lost)

• तया (tayā) - by that (prakṛti/stri) (by that (feminine))

• स्त्रिया (striyā) - by the feminine principle (material nature, prakṛti) (by the woman, by the female, by the feminine principle)

• परुषया (paruṣayā) - by that harsh [feminine principle] (by the harsh, by the rough, by the cruel, by the stern)

• चित्रम् (citram) - wonderfully, astonishingly (wonderful, strange, surprising, diverse)

• अन्धीकृतः (andhīkṛtaḥ) - has been blinded (blinded, made blind)

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

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not (not, no, nor)

(indeclinable)

यस्याः (yasyāḥ) - of which (referring to 'stri') (of whom, of which (feminine))

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, that

चेतना (cetanā) - consciousness (consciousness, intelligence, mind, sensation)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cetanā

cetanā - consciousness, intelligence, animation

From root √cit (to perceive, observe)

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Subject of the clause 'cetanā asti'.

एव (eva) - indeed, at all (for emphasis) (indeed, only, just, quite, even)

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is (is, exists, there is)

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

या (yā) - who (referring to 'stri') (who, which, what)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, that

Note: Subject of the clause 'naśyati'.

अपि (api) - even (even, also, too, moreover)

(indeclinable)

अनष्टा (anaṣṭā) - though seemingly indestructible, not truly destroyed (undestroyed, unlost, unruined)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anaṣṭa

anaṣṭa - undestroyed, unlost, not perished

Past Passive Participle

Negative prefix 'a-' + 'naṣṭa' (PPP of √naś, to perish)

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Used in a concessive sense: 'even though undestroyed'.

एव (eva) - indeed, emphasizing the state (indeed, only, just, quite, even)

(indeclinable)

नश्यति (naśyati) - perishes, dissolves (perishes, is destroyed, disappears, is lost)

(verb)

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

Root: naś (class 4)

तया (tayā) - by that (prakṛti/stri) (by that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, that one

स्त्रिया (striyā) - by the feminine principle (material nature, prakṛti) (by the woman, by the female, by the feminine principle)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of strī

strī - woman, female, feminine principle, prakṛti

Note: The agent of blinding, here personified as a woman.

परुषया (paruṣayā) - by that harsh [feminine principle] (by the harsh, by the rough, by the cruel, by the stern)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of paruṣa

paruṣa - harsh, rough, hard, cruel, stern, unpleasant

चित्रम् (citram) - wonderfully, astonishingly (wonderful, strange, surprising, diverse)

(indeclinable)

Note: Often behaves as an adverb when ending in -am.

अन्धीकृतः (andhīkṛtaḥ) - has been blinded (blinded, made blind)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of andhīkṛta

andhīkṛta - made blind, blinded

Past Passive Participle

Derived from 'andha' (blind) + kṛ 'to make'

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with 'pumān'.

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

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puman

puman - man, male, person, spirit, puruṣa