योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-80, verse-54

माययांशुकणाङ्के खे यथा कचति काञ्चनम् ।
तथा जगदिदं भाति चिच्चेत्यकलने कुतः ॥ ५४ ॥

māyayāṃśukaṇāṅke khe yathā kacati kāñcanam ,
tathā jagadidaṃ bhāti ciccetyakalane kutaḥ 54

54. māyayā aṃśukaṇāṅke khe yathā kacati kāñcanam
tathā jagat idam bhāti cit cetyakalane kutaḥ

54. yathā māyayā aṃśukaṇāṅke khe kāñcanam kacati,
tathā idam jagat bhāti.
[kimtu] cit cetyakalane kutaḥ [bhavati]?

54. Just as gold appears to shimmer in the sky, marked by particles of illusion (māyā), so too does this world (jagat) manifest. How can it truly shine or exist when it is merely a cognition (kalane) of consciousness (cit) and the cognized (cetya)?

Words meanings summery:

• मायया (māyayā) - by illusion (māyā), by magic

• अंशुकणाङ्के (aṁśukaṇāṅke) - in the sky, marked by particles of (illusory) light (in the one marked by particles of light/illusion)

• खे (khe) - in the sky, in space

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in the manner that

• कचति (kacati) - glitters, shines, appears, becomes visible

• काञ्चनम् (kāñcanam) - gold, golden

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

• जगत् (jagat) - this world (world, universe)

• इदम् (idam) - this (world) (this, this one)

• भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears, manifests

• चित् (cit) - consciousness (cit) (consciousness, mind, understanding)

• चेत्यकलने (cetyakalane) - in the cognition of the conscious (cit) and the cognized (cetya) (in the cognition/apprehension of the cognized)

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - how, from where (implying 'how can it be real?') (whence, from where, why, how)

Words meanings and morphology

मायया (māyayā) - by illusion (māyā), by magic

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of māyā

māyā - illusion, magic, divine power of illusion, unreality (māyā)

Root: mā (class 2)

अंशुकणाङ्के (aṁśukaṇāṅke) - in the sky, marked by particles of (illusory) light (in the one marked by particles of light/illusion)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of aṃśukaṇāṅka

aṁśukaṇāṅka - marked by particles of rays/light/illusion

Compound type : bahuvrihi (aṃśukaṇa+aṅka)

• aṃśukaṇa – particle of a ray, fine particle
  noun (masculine)
  aṃśu (ray) + kaṇa (particle)
• aṅka – mark, sign, number, side, lap
  noun (masculine)
  Root: aṅk (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'khe'.

खे (khe) - in the sky, in space

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kha

kha - sky, space, ether, heaven, zero

Note: Refers to the sky.

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in the manner that

(indeclinable)

Note: Corresponds to 'tathā'.

कचति (kacati) - glitters, shines, appears, becomes visible

(verb)

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

Root: kac (class 1)

काञ्चनम् (kāñcanam) - gold, golden

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāñcana

kāñcana - gold, golden

Note: Subject of 'kacati'.

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

(indeclinable)

Note: Corresponds to 'yathā'.

जगत् (jagat) - this world (world, universe)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, living beings

Present Active Participle

from √gam, moving

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'bhāti'.

इदम् (idam) - this (world) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

pronominal stem 'id'

Note: Agrees with 'jagat'.

भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears, manifests

(verb)

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

Root: bhā (class 2)

चित् (cit) - consciousness (cit) (consciousness, mind, understanding)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, mind, understanding, pure intelligence (cit)

Root: cit (class 1)

चेत्यकलने (cetyakalane) - in the cognition of the conscious (cit) and the cognized (cetya) (in the cognition/apprehension of the cognized)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of cetyakalana

cetyakalana - cognition of the cognized

Compound type : tatpurusha (cetya+kalana)

• cetya – to be thought, to be perceived, the cognized (cetya)
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  from √cit (to perceive, know) + -ya
  Root: cit (class 1)
• kalana – cognition, apprehension, understanding
  noun (neuter)
  from √kal (to know, perceive) or √kal (to calculate)
  Root: kal (class 1)

Note: The verse uses 'cit-cetya-kalana' in a dvandva-like sense within a compound, meaning the cognition of both 'cit' and 'cetya' or where 'cit' and 'cetya' are involved in the cognition.

कुतः (kutaḥ) - how, from where (implying 'how can it be real?') (whence, from where, why, how)

(indeclinable)

from kim + -tas (ablative suffix)