योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-14, verse-48

चिता यथादौ कलिता स्वसत्ता सा तथोदिता ।
अभिन्ना दृश्यते व्योम्नः सत्तासत्ते न विद्महे ॥ ४८ ॥

citā yathādau kalitā svasattā sā tathoditā ,
abhinnā dṛśyate vyomnaḥ sattāsatte na vidmahe 48

48. citā yathā ādau kalitā sva-sattā sā tathā uditā
abhinnā dṛśyate vyomnaḥ sattā-asatte na vidmahe

48. yathā ādau citā sva-sattā kalitā tathā sā uditā
vyomnaḥ abhinnā dṛśyate sattā-asatte na vidmahe

48. Just as consciousness (cit) initially recognizes its own being, so too it manifests. It appears to be non-different from space (vyoman). We cannot distinguish between existence and non-existence.

Words meanings summery:

• चिता (citā) - pure consciousness (consciousness, mind, intellect)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, according to)

• आदौ (ādau) - initially (in the beginning, at first, initially)

• कलिता (kalitā) - recognized, apprehended (comprehended, understood, reckoned, known)

• स्व-सत्ता (sva-sattā) - its own being (one's own existence, its own being)

• सा (sā) - that (consciousness) (she, that (feminine))

• तथा (tathā) - so too, similarly (so, similarly, in that way)

• उदिता (uditā) - manifests (arisen, manifested, appeared)

• अभिन्ना (abhinnā) - non-different, inseparable (non-different, undivided, inseparable)

• दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen, appears (is seen, appears, is perceived)

• व्योम्नः (vyomnaḥ) - from space (vyoman) (of space, from space, from the sky)

• सत्ता-असत्ते (sattā-asatte) - existence and non-existence (existence and non-existence, being and non-being)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• विद्महे (vidmahe) - we know (we know, we understand)

Words meanings and morphology

चिता (citā) - pure consciousness (consciousness, mind, intellect)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of citā

citā - consciousness, intellect, mind

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, according to)

(indeclinable)

आदौ (ādau) - initially (in the beginning, at first, initially)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ādi

ādi - beginning, origin, first

कलिता (kalitā) - recognized, apprehended (comprehended, understood, reckoned, known)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kalita

kalita - known, reckoned, grasped, understood, conceived

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root kal (to reckon, compute, know) with past passive participle suffix -ta.

Root: kal (class 1)

Note: Past Passive Participle, agreeing with 'citā'.

स्व-सत्ता (sva-sattā) - its own being (one's own existence, its own being)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sva-sattā

sva-sattā - own existence, self-existence

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sva+sattā)

• sva – own, one's self
  pronoun
• sattā – existence, being, reality
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root as (to be).
  Root: as (class 2)

सा (sā) - that (consciousness) (she, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

तथा (tathā) - so too, similarly (so, similarly, in that way)

(indeclinable)

उदिता (uditā) - manifests (arisen, manifested, appeared)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of udita

udita - arisen, manifested, appeared, said

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vad (to speak) or i (to go) with prefix ud-.

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Past Passive Participle. In this context, it functions as a verb, 'appears' or 'manifests'.

अभिन्ना (abhinnā) - non-different, inseparable (non-different, undivided, inseparable)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of abhinna

abhinna - non-different, undivided, whole

Derived from 'bhinna' (divided) with negative prefix 'a-'.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+bhinna)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• bhinna – divided, split, broken
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root bhid (to break, divide) with past passive participle suffix -na.
  Root: bhid (class 7)

दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen, appears (is seen, appears, is perceived)

(verb)

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

Present Tense, Passive Voice

Root dṛś, class 1 (or 1 in passive). Present tense, 3rd person singular, middle voice ending.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Passive construction.

व्योम्नः (vyomnaḥ) - from space (vyoman) (of space, from space, from the sky)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of vyoman

vyoman - sky, ether, space

Note: Also ablative singular.

सत्ता-असत्ते (sattā-asatte) - existence and non-existence (existence and non-existence, being and non-being)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, dual of sattā-asattā

sattā-asattā - existence and non-existence

Compound type : dvandva (sattā+asattā)

• sattā – existence, being, reality
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root as (to be).
  Root: as (class 2)
• asattā – non-existence, unreality
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from 'sattā' with negative prefix 'a-'.
  Root: as (class 2)

Note: This is a Dvandva compound in dual number.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

विद्महे (vidmahe) - we know (we know, we understand)

(verb)

1st person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of vid

Present Tense, Middle Voice

Root vid, class 2 (adā-gana). Present tense, 1st person plural, middle voice (ātmanepada) ending.

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Root vid belongs to adādi-gaṇa (class 2).