योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-122, verse-42

आपतेदर्कमार्गेऽपि न निरुद्धगमागमम् ।
चित्तं नाम स विज्ञेयः पुरुषो न शरीरकम् ॥ ४२ ॥

āpatedarkamārge'pi na niruddhagamāgamam ,
cittaṃ nāma sa vijñeyaḥ puruṣo na śarīrakam 42

42. āpatet arkamārge api na niruddhagamāgamam
cittam nāma saḥ vijñeyaḥ puruṣaḥ na śarīrakam

42. arkamārge api āpatet (gacchet) (tat) gamāgamam na niruddham.
cittam nāma saḥ puruṣaḥ vijñeyaḥ,
na śarīrakam

42. Even if it (the mind) were to travel beyond the path of the sun, its coming and going cannot be obstructed. That which is known as the mind (citta) should be understood as the supreme cosmic person (puruṣa), not the mere body.

Words meanings summery:

• आपतेत् (āpatet) - it might fall, it might happen, it might reach, it would go

• अर्कमार्गे (arkamārge) - on the path of the sun

• अपि (api) - even, also

• न (na) - not

• निरुद्धगमागमम् (niruddhagamāgamam) - whose coming and going is not obstructed, unimpeded movement

• चित्तम् (cittam) - mind, consciousness

• नाम (nāma) - indeed, by name, what is called

• सः (saḥ) - that, he

• विज्ञेयः (vijñeyaḥ) - to be known, should be understood

• पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - the supreme cosmic person, a being, a man (puruṣa)

• न (na) - not

• शरीरकम् (śarīrakam) - the mere body, a small body

Words meanings and morphology

आपतेत् (āpatet) - it might fall, it might happen, it might reach, it would go

(verb)

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

Prefix: ā

Root: pat (class 1)

अर्कमार्गे (arkamārge) - on the path of the sun

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of arkamārga

arkamārga - path of the sun, solar path

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (arka+mārga)

• arka – sun, ray, copper
  noun (masculine)
• mārga – path, road, way
  noun (masculine)
  Root: mṛj (class 2)

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

निरुद्धगमागमम् (niruddhagamāgamam) - whose coming and going is not obstructed, unimpeded movement

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of niruddhagamāgama

niruddhagamāgama - whose coming and going is unobstructed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (niruddha+gama+āgama)

• niruddha – obstructed, stopped, constrained
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root rudh (to obstruct, block) with prefix nir-.
  Prefix: nir
  Root: rudh (class 7)
• gama – going, motion, movement
  noun (masculine)
  verbal noun
  Derived from root gam (to go).
  Root: gam (class 1)
• āgama – coming, approach, arrival
  noun (masculine)
  verbal noun
  Derived from root gam (to go) with prefix ā-.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Here, 'na niruddha gamāgamam' functions as a negative bahuvrīhi compound, meaning 'that whose coming and going is not obstructed'.

चित्तम् (cittam) - mind, consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, thought, consciousness, intellect

Root: cit (class 1)

नाम (nāma) - indeed, by name, what is called

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - that, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

विज्ञेयः (vijñeyaḥ) - to be known, should be understood

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vijñeya

vijñeya - to be known, to be understood, intelligible

Gerundive / Future Passive Participle

Derived from root jñā (to know) with prefix vi-.

Prefix: vi

Root: jñā (class 9)

पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - the supreme cosmic person, a being, a man (puruṣa)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, male, person, spirit, the Supreme Being (puruṣa)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

शरीरकम् (śarīrakam) - the mere body, a small body

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śarīraka

śarīraka - body (often with diminutive or pejorative sense, 'mere body')

Derived from śarīra with the suffix -ka.