योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-121, verse-61

यथा दृषदि नास्त्यम्बु यथाम्भस्यनलस्तथा ।
स्वात्मन्येवास्ति नो चित्तं परमात्मनि तत्कुतः ॥ ६१ ॥

yathā dṛṣadi nāstyambu yathāmbhasyanalastathā ,
svātmanyevāsti no cittaṃ paramātmani tatkutaḥ 61

61. yathā dṛṣadi na asti ambu yathā ambhasi analaḥ tathā
sva ātmani eva asti na cittam parama ātmani tat kutaḥ

61. yathā dṛṣadi ambu na asti,
yathā ambhasi analaḥ tathā sva ātmani cittam na eva asti,
parama ātmani tat kutaḥ

61. Just as there is no water in a stone, and no fire in water, similarly, the mind (citta) does not reside in one's own self (ātman); then how could it reside in the Supreme Self (paramātman)?

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

• दृषदि (dṛṣadi) - in a stone, on a rock

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• अम्बु (ambu) - water

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

• अम्भसि (ambhasi) - in water

• अनलः (analaḥ) - fire

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

• स्व (sva) - own, one's own

• आत्मनि (ātmani) - in one's own self (ātman) (in the self, in the soul, in the essence)

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• न (na) - not, no

• चित्तम् (cittam) - mind, thought, consciousness

• परम (parama) - supreme, highest, ultimate

• आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the Supreme Self (paramātman) (in the self, in the soul, in the essence)

• तत् (tat) - that (referring to the mind) (that, it)

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - how (can it be)? (from where, why, how)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

(indeclinable)

दृषदि (dṛṣadi) - in a stone, on a rock

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of dṛṣad

dṛṣad - stone, rock

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

अम्बु (ambu) - water

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ambu

ambu - water

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

(indeclinable)

अम्भसि (ambhasi) - in water

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ambhas

ambhas - water

अनलः (analaḥ) - fire

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anala

anala - fire, Agni (god of fire)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

(indeclinable)

स्व (sva) - own, one's own

(adjective)

singular of sva

sva - own, one's own, self, private

आत्मनि (ātmani) - in one's own self (ātman) (in the self, in the soul, in the essence)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, individual soul, Supreme Soul

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

चित्तम् (cittam) - mind, thought, consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, thought, intellect, consciousness

परम (parama) - supreme, highest, ultimate

(adjective)

singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, ultimate, excellent, most remote

आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the Supreme Self (paramātman) (in the self, in the soul, in the essence)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, individual soul, Supreme Soul

तत् (tat) - that (referring to the mind) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

कुतः (kutaḥ) - how (can it be)? (from where, why, how)

(indeclinable)