योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-36, verse-14

नास्तमेति न चोदेति नोत्तिष्ठति न तिष्ठति ।
न चायाति न वा याति न चेह नच नेह चित् ॥ १४ ॥

nāstameti na codeti nottiṣṭhati na tiṣṭhati ,
na cāyāti na vā yāti na ceha naca neha cit 14

14. na astam eti na ca ud eti na uttiṣṭhati na tiṣṭhati
na ca āyāti na vā yāti na ca iha na ca na iha cit

14. cit na astam eti na ca ud eti na uttiṣṭhati na
tiṣṭhati na ca āyāti na vā yāti na ca iha na ca na iha

14. Consciousness (cit) neither sets nor rises; it neither stands up nor remains still. It neither comes nor goes; it is neither here nor not here.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• अस्तम् (astam) - 'to set' (referring to the sun, or disappearance) (setting, disappearance)

• एति (eti) - goes, comes

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• च (ca) - nor, and not (used with 'na') (and, also, but, moreover)

• उद् (ud) - up, out, forth

• एति (eti) - rises (when combined with 'ud') (goes, comes)

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• उत्तिष्ठति (uttiṣṭhati) - stands up, rises, emerges

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - remains still, stands still (stands, stays, remains, exists)

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• च (ca) - nor, and not (used with 'na') (and, also, but, moreover)

• आयाति (āyāti) - comes, approaches

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• वा (vā) - nor (used with 'na') (or, either...or)

• याति (yāti) - goes, moves

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• च (ca) - nor, and not (used with 'na') (and, also, but, moreover)

• इह (iha) - here, in this place (here, in this world, in this case)

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• च (ca) - nor, and not (used with 'na') (and, also, but, moreover)

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• इह (iha) - here, in this place (here, in this world, in this case)

• चित् (cit) - Pure consciousness, the ultimate reality (consciousness, knowledge, pure intelligence)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

अस्तम् (astam) - 'to set' (referring to the sun, or disappearance) (setting, disappearance)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of asta

asta - setting, disappearance, end, home

एति (eti) - goes, comes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of i

Present Active Indicative, 3rd Person Singular

Root: i (class 2)

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - nor, and not (used with 'na') (and, also, but, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with 'na' to mean 'nor'

उद् (ud) - up, out, forth

(indeclinable)

preverb for verbs

एति (eti) - rises (when combined with 'ud') (goes, comes)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of i

Present Active Indicative, 3rd Person Singular

Root: i (class 2)

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

उत्तिष्ठति (uttiṣṭhati) - stands up, rises, emerges

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of sthā

Present Active Indicative, 3rd Person Singular

Prefix: ud

Root: sthā (class 1)

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - remains still, stands still (stands, stays, remains, exists)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of sthā

Present Active Indicative, 3rd Person Singular

Root: sthā (class 1)

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - nor, and not (used with 'na') (and, also, but, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with 'na' to mean 'nor'

आयाति (āyāti) - comes, approaches

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of i

Present Active Indicative, 3rd Person Singular

Prefix: ā

Root: i (class 2)

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - nor (used with 'na') (or, either...or)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with 'na' to mean 'nor'

याति (yāti) - goes, moves

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of yā

Present Active Indicative, 3rd Person Singular

Root: yā (class 2)

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - nor, and not (used with 'na') (and, also, but, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with 'na' to mean 'nor'

इह (iha) - here, in this place (here, in this world, in this case)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - nor, and not (used with 'na') (and, also, but, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with 'na' to mean 'nor'

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

इह (iha) - here, in this place (here, in this world, in this case)

(indeclinable)

चित् (cit) - Pure consciousness, the ultimate reality (consciousness, knowledge, pure intelligence)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, intelligence, thought, pure awareness, spirit

Root: cit (class 1)