योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-54, verse-68

पुरुषश्चेतनामात्रं स कदा क्वेव नश्यति ।
चेतनव्यतिरिक्तत्वे वदान्यत्किं पुमान्भवेत् ॥ ६८ ॥

puruṣaścetanāmātraṃ sa kadā kveva naśyati ,
cetanavyatiriktatve vadānyatkiṃ pumānbhavet 68

68. puruṣaḥ cetanā-mātram sa kadā kva iva naśyati
cetana-vyatirikta-tve vada anyat kim pumān bhavet

68. puruṣaḥ cetanā-mātram sa kadā kva iva naśyati
cetana-vyatirikta-tve vada anyat kim pumān bhavet

68. The cosmic person (puruṣa) is nothing but consciousness (cetanā-mātra). When and where would such a being perish? If there were a state of being distinct from consciousness (cetana), then tell me, what other kind of person (pumān) could that be?

Words meanings summery:

• पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - person, cosmic person

• चेतना-मात्रम् (cetanā-mātram) - merely consciousness, only consciousness

• स (sa) - that (being, i.e., puruṣa) (he, that (one))

• कदा (kadā) - when?

• क्व (kva) - where?

• इव (iva) - as if, like, as it were

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

• चेतन-व्यतिरिक्त-त्वे (cetana-vyatirikta-tve) - in the state of being distinct from consciousness

• वद (vada) - tell, speak

• अन्यत् (anyat) - other, another, different

• किम् (kim) - what? why?

• पुमान् (pumān) - a male, a person, a man

• भवेत् (bhavet) - would be, might be, should be

Words meanings and morphology

पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - person, cosmic person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - a man, male, person, spirit, soul, the supreme being

चेतना-मात्रम् (cetanā-mātram) - merely consciousness, only consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cetanā-mātra

cetanā-mātra - merely consciousness, only consciousness

Compound type : bahuvrihi (cetanā+mātra)

• cetanā – consciousness, intelligence, sensation
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'cit'
  Root: cit (class 1)
• mātra – only, merely, sole
  adjective (neuter)
  Suffix indicating 'only' or 'just'

Note: Used as a predicate noun.

स (sa) - that (being, i.e., puruṣa) (he, that (one))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

कदा (kadā) - when?

(indeclinable)

क्व (kva) - where?

(indeclinable)

इव (iva) - as if, like, as it were

(indeclinable)

नश्यति (naśyati) - perishes, is destroyed, disappears

(verb)

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

Root: naś (class 4)

चेतन-व्यतिरिक्त-त्वे (cetana-vyatirikta-tve) - in the state of being distinct from consciousness

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of cetana-vyatirikta-tva

cetana-vyatirikta-tva - the state of being separate from consciousness

Compound type : tatpurusha (cetana+vyatirikta+tva)

• cetana – consciousness, sentient
  noun (neuter)
  From root 'cit'
  Root: cit (class 1)
• vyatirikta – separate, distinct, excluded
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'ric' with prefixes 'vi-ati'
  Prefixes: vi+ati
  Root: ric (class 7)
• tva – state of being, -ness
  suffix (neuter)
  Suffix forming abstract nouns

वद (vada) - tell, speak

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vad

Root: vad (class 1)

अन्यत् (anyat) - other, another, different

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

किम् (kim) - what? why?

(interrogative pronoun)

पुमान् (pumān) - a male, a person, a man

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pumān

pumān - a man, a male, a human being, a person

भवेत् (bhavet) - would be, might be, should be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)