योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-96, verse-36

श्रीराम उवाच ।
मनः किं स्याज्जडं ब्रह्मंस्तथा वापि च चेतनम् ।
इत्येको मम तत्त्वज्ञ निश्चयोऽन्तर्न जायते ॥ ३६ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
manaḥ kiṃ syājjaḍaṃ brahmaṃstathā vāpi ca cetanam ,
ityeko mama tattvajña niścayo'ntarna jāyate 36

36. śrīrāma uvāca manaḥ kim syāt jaḍam brahman tathā vā api ca
cetanam iti ekaḥ mama tattvajña niścayaḥ antar na jāyate

36. brahman tattvajña śrīrāma uvāca manaḥ kim jaḍam syāt tathā
vā api ca cetanam iti ekaḥ niścayaḥ mama antar na jāyate

36. Shri Rama said: "O Brahman, knower of reality (tattvajña), is the mind inert (jaḍa) or conscious? A single definitive understanding (niścaya) on this does not arise within me."

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Shri Rama

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, heart

• किम् (kim) - what?, whether?

• स्यात् (syāt) - may be, should be, is

• जडम् (jaḍam) - inert, unconscious, dull

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahman (addressing Vasistha) (Brahmin, the Absolute Reality (brahman), the creator god (Brahmā))

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly

• वा (vā) - or

• अपि (api) - also, even, indeed

• च (ca) - and

• चेतनम् (cetanam) - conscious, sentient, animate

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner

• एकः (ekaḥ) - one, a single

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• तत्त्वज्ञ (tattvajña) - O knower of reality (vocative, addressing Vasistha) (knower of reality)

• निश्चयः (niścayaḥ) - certainty, decision, definitive understanding

• अन्तर् (antar) - within, inside, in the midst

• न (na) - not, no

• जायते (jāyate) - is born, arises, comes into being

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Shri Rama

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - an epithet of Rama, the seventh avatar of Vishnu

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

perfect active

3rd person singular perfect active of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, heart

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, heart, spirit

Note: Refers to the internal organ of perception and thought.

किम् (kim) - what?, whether?

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as an interrogative particle.

स्यात् (syāt) - may be, should be, is

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

optative

3rd person singular optative active of √as

Root: as (class 2)

जडम् (jaḍam) - inert, unconscious, dull

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jaḍa

jaḍa - inert, unconscious, dull, stupid, cold

Note: Agrees with 'manaḥ'.

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahman (addressing Vasistha) (Brahmin, the Absolute Reality (brahman), the creator god (Brahmā))

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmin, the Absolute Reality (brahman), the creator god (Brahmā)

Note: Addressing Sage Vasistha.

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, indeed

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

चेतनम् (cetanam) - conscious, sentient, animate

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cetana

cetana - conscious, sentient, animate, mind, soul

Note: Agrees with 'manaḥ'.

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner

(indeclinable)

Note: Marks the end of a thought or question.

एकः (ekaḥ) - one, a single

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique

Note: Agrees with 'niścayaḥ'.

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

तत्त्वज्ञ (tattvajña) - O knower of reality (vocative, addressing Vasistha) (knower of reality)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tattvajña

tattvajña - knower of truth, knower of reality, philosopher

Compound type : tatpurusha (tattva+jña)

• tattva – reality, truth, principle, element
  noun (neuter)
• jña – knower, understanding
  adjective
  agent noun
  From √jñā (to know) with the suffix -a
  Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Used as an epithet for Vasistha, parallel to 'brahman'.

निश्चयः (niścayaḥ) - certainty, decision, definitive understanding

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niścaya

niścaya - certainty, decision, conviction, ascertainment

Prefix: nis

Root: ci (class 5)

अन्तर् (antar) - within, inside, in the midst

(indeclinable)

Note: Used in the sense of 'within me'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

जायते (jāyate) - is born, arises, comes into being

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of jan

present middle

3rd person singular present middle of √jan (class 4)

Root: jan (class 4)