योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-36, verse-11

चिच्चिनोति चितं चेत्यं तेनेदं स्थितमात्मनि ।
अज्ञेऽज्ञे त्वन्यदायातमन्यदस्तीति कल्पना ॥ ११ ॥

ciccinoti citaṃ cetyaṃ tenedaṃ sthitamātmani ,
ajñe'jñe tvanyadāyātamanyadastīti kalpanā 11

11. cit cinoti citam cetyam tena idam sthitam ātmani
ajñe ajñe tu anyat āyātam anyat asti iti kalpanā

11. cit citam cetyam cinoti tena idam ātmani sthitam
ajñe ajñe tu anyat āyātam anyat asti iti kalpanā

11. Consciousness (cit) cognizes both the cognized and that which is to be cognized; therefore, this (entire reality) is established within the Self (ātman). However, for every ignorant person (ajña), the imagination (kalpanā) arises that 'something else has come, something else exists'.

Words meanings summery:

• चित् (cit) - consciousness, pure intelligence

• चिनोति (cinoti) - cognizes (gathers, collects, cognizes, perceives)

• चितम् (citam) - the cognized (cognized, known, gathered)

• चेत्यम् (cetyam) - that which is to be cognized (to be cognized, cognizable, worthy of being known)

• तेन (tena) - therefore (by that, therefore, with that)

• इदम् (idam) - this (entire reality) (this, this one)

• स्थितम् (sthitam) - is established (placed, standing, established, existing)

• आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the Self (ātman) (in the Self, in the soul, in oneself)

• अज्ञे (ajñe) - for every ignorant person (in the ignorant one, for the ignorant one)

• अज्ञे (ajñe) - for every ignorant person (in the ignorant one, for the ignorant one)

• तु (tu) - but, however, on the other hand

• अन्यत् (anyat) - something else (another, other, something else)

• आयातम् (āyātam) - has come (come, arrived, obtained)

• अन्यत् (anyat) - something else (another, other, something else)

• अस्ति (asti) - exists (is, exists)

• इति (iti) - (marks end of quoted thought) (thus, so, in this way, (marks end of quotation))

• कल्पना (kalpanā) - imagination, mental construction, fiction

Words meanings and morphology

चित् (cit) - consciousness, pure intelligence

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, pure intelligence (cit)

Root: cit (class 1)

चिनोति (cinoti) - cognizes (gathers, collects, cognizes, perceives)

(verb)

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

present tense, active voice

verb from root ci, class 5

Root: ci (class 5)

चितम् (citam) - the cognized (cognized, known, gathered)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of cita

cita - cognized, known, gathered, collected

Past Passive Participle

from root ci (to gather, cognize)

Root: ci (class 5)

Note: Used as a noun meaning 'that which is cognized'.

चेत्यम् (cetyam) - that which is to be cognized (to be cognized, cognizable, worthy of being known)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of cetya

cetya - to be cognized, cognizable, worthy of being known

Gerundive

from root ci (to gather, cognize)

Root: ci (class 5)

Note: Used as a noun meaning 'that which is to be cognized'.

तेन (tena) - therefore (by that, therefore, with that)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Refers to the preceding statement.

इदम् (idam) - this (entire reality) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

स्थितम् (sthitam) - is established (placed, standing, established, existing)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sthita

sthita - placed, standing, established, existing

Past Passive Participle

from root sthā (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Used here predicatively.

आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the Self (ātman) (in the Self, in the soul, in oneself)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - Self, soul, essence, individual soul (ātman)

Root: an (class 2)

अज्ञे (ajñe) - for every ignorant person (in the ignorant one, for the ignorant one)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of ajña

ajña - ignorant, unknowing, fool

negation of jña (knower), from a- (not) + jñā (to know)

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+jña)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• jña – knower, understanding
  adjective (masculine)
  from root jñā (to know)
  Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Repetition 'ajñe ajñe' implies 'in every ignorant person'.

अज्ञे (ajñe) - for every ignorant person (in the ignorant one, for the ignorant one)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of ajña

ajña - ignorant, unknowing, fool

negation of jña (knower), from a- (not) + jñā (to know)

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+jña)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• jña – knower, understanding
  adjective (masculine)
  from root jñā (to know)
  Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Repetition 'ajñe ajñe' implies 'in every ignorant person'.

तु (tu) - but, however, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

अन्यत् (anyat) - something else (another, other, something else)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - another, other, different

आयातम् (āyātam) - has come (come, arrived, obtained)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āyāta

āyāta - come, arrived, obtained

Past Passive Participle

from ā + yā (to go)

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Used predicatively.

अन्यत् (anyat) - something else (another, other, something else)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - another, other, different

अस्ति (asti) - exists (is, exists)

(verb)

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

present tense, active voice

verb from root as, class 2

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - (marks end of quoted thought) (thus, so, in this way, (marks end of quotation))

(indeclinable)

कल्पना (kalpanā) - imagination, mental construction, fiction

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kalpanā

kalpanā - imagination, mental construction, fiction

from root kḷp (to form, to arrange)

Root: kḷp (class 10)