योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-55, verse-57

न तु जाड्यं पृथक्किंचिदस्ति नापि च चेतनम् ।
नात्र भेदोऽस्ति सर्गादौ सत्तासामान्यकेन च ॥ ५७ ॥

na tu jāḍyaṃ pṛthakkiṃcidasti nāpi ca cetanam ,
nātra bhedo'sti sargādau sattāsāmānyakena ca 57

57. na tu jāḍyaṃ pṛthak kiñcit asti na api ca cetanam
na atra bhedaḥ asti sargādau sattāsāmānyakena ca

57. sargādau na tu pṛthak kiñcit jāḍyam asti,
na api ca cetanam asti.
atra sattāsāmānyakena ca bhedaḥ na asti.

57. At the beginning of creation, there is no separate insentience, nor is there separate sentience. In this context, no distinction exists, even within the universal principle of being.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• जाड्यम् (jāḍyam) - insentience, inertia, stupidity, dullness

• पृथक् (pṛthak) - separately, apart, distinct

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything, something, a little

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• न (na) - not, no

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• च (ca) - and, also

• चेतनम् (cetanam) - consciousness, sentience, animate being

• न (na) - not, no

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this, in this case

• भेदः (bhedaḥ) - distinction, difference, division

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• सर्गादौ (sargādau) - at the beginning of creation

• सत्तासामान्यकेन (sattāsāmānyakena) - by the universal principle of being (by the universal principle of being, by universal existence)

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle or adversative.

जाड्यम् (jāḍyam) - insentience, inertia, stupidity, dullness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jāḍya

jāḍya - insentience, inertia, dullness

Derived from jaḍa (inert) + ṣyañ (abstract noun suffix)

पृथक् (pṛthak) - separately, apart, distinct

(indeclinable)

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything, something, a little

(indeclinable)

Note: Functions as an indefinite pronoun/adjective. In this context, it modifies 'jāḍyam' and functions somewhat adverbially as 'something (separate)'.

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

चेतनम् (cetanam) - consciousness, sentience, animate being

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cetana

cetana - consciousness, sentience, animate

Derived from cit (to perceive, to be conscious) + an

Root: cit (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this, in this case

(indeclinable)

From pronoun idam + tral suffix

भेदः (bhedaḥ) - distinction, difference, division

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bheda

bheda - distinction, difference, division

From root bhid (to split, to break) + ghañ suffix

Root: bhid (class 7)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

सर्गादौ (sargādau) - at the beginning of creation

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of sargādi

sargādi - beginning of creation

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarga+ādi)

• sarga – creation, emission, discharge
  noun (masculine)
  From root sṛj (to create, emit) + ghañ
  Root: sṛj (class 6)
• ādi – beginning, initial, etc.
  noun (masculine)

सत्तासामान्यकेन (sattāsāmānyakena) - by the universal principle of being (by the universal principle of being, by universal existence)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of sattāsāmānyaka

sattāsāmānyaka - universal principle of being, generic existence

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sattā+sāmānyaka)

• sattā – existence, being, reality
  noun (feminine)
  From root as (to be) + tal (abstract noun suffix)
  Root: as (class 2)
• sāmānyaka – general, common, universal principle
  adjective (neuter)
  From sāmānya (common, general) + ka (suffix)

Note: The compound functions as an adjective modifying a suppressed noun or as a noun itself. Here used as a noun in the instrumental.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)