योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-13, verse-55

चित्तमित्येव रूढेयं यदैव कलनोदिता ।
तदैव चित्त्वं विस्मृत्य सा जडेव व्यवस्थिता ॥ ५५ ॥

cittamityeva rūḍheyaṃ yadaiva kalanoditā ,
tadaiva cittvaṃ vismṛtya sā jaḍeva vyavasthitā 55

55. cittam iti eva rūḍhā iyam yadā eva kalanā uditā
tadā eva cittvam vismṛtya sā jaḍā iva vyavasthitā

55. yadā eva kalanā uditā,
tadā eva iyam cittam iti eva rūḍhā (bhavati); sā [ca] cittvam vismṛtya jaḍā iva vyavasthitā (bhavati).

55. As soon as the faculty of cognition (kalana) arises, this very consciousness (cit) becomes established as the mind (citta). At that precise moment, forgetting its intrinsic nature as pure consciousness, it becomes fixed as if inert.

Words meanings summery:

• चित्तम् (cittam) - the mind, as a faculty of cognition (mind, thought)

• इति (iti) - as such, thus it is called (thus, in this manner, 'quote')

• एव (eva) - indeed, exactly (indeed, only, just)

• रूढा (rūḍhā) - becomes established or known (as) (established, known, fixed)

• इयम् (iyam) - this (referring to the underlying consciousness) (this (feminine))

• यदा (yadā) - as soon as (when)

• एव (eva) - exactly, precisely (indeed, only, just)

• कलना (kalanā) - the faculty or act of cognition (cognition, mentation, calculation)

• उदिता (uditā) - arises, comes into being (arisen, appeared, manifested)

• तदा (tadā) - at that precise moment (then, at that time)

• एव (eva) - exactly, precisely (indeed, only, just)

• चित्त्वम् (cittvam) - its nature as pure consciousness (the state of being conscious, consciousness, intellect)

• विस्मृत्य (vismṛtya) - forgetting (its own nature) (having forgotten, forgetting)

• सा (sā) - it (referring to the consciousness described by 'iyam') (she, it (feminine))

• जडा (jaḍā) - as if inert, lifeless (inert, unconscious, dull)

• इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

• व्यवस्थिता (vyavasthitā) - becomes established or fixed (in that state) (established, situated, fixed)

Words meanings and morphology

चित्तम् (cittam) - the mind, as a faculty of cognition (mind, thought)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, thought, intellect

from cit 'to perceive, understand'

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Here, it is the predicate nominative, describing 'iyam'.

इति (iti) - as such, thus it is called (thus, in this manner, 'quote')

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, exactly (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

रूढा (rūḍhā) - becomes established or known (as) (established, known, fixed)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of rūḍha

rūḍha - established, grown, famous, conventional

Past Passive Participle

from root ruh 'to grow, ascend'

Root: ruh (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'iyam' (this - feminine).

इयम् (iyam) - this (referring to the underlying consciousness) (this (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, here

Note: Subject of the clause 'iyam cittam rūḍhā'.

यदा (yadā) - as soon as (when)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - exactly, precisely (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

कलना (kalanā) - the faculty or act of cognition (cognition, mentation, calculation)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kalanā

kalanā - computation, enumeration, knowing, cognizing

from root kal 'to count, calculate, know'

Root: kal (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'uditā'.

उदिता (uditā) - arises, comes into being (arisen, appeared, manifested)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of udita

udita - risen, appeared, said, spoken

Past Passive Participle

from root i 'to go' with prefix ud 'to rise'

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'kalanā', implying a state of having arisen.

तदा (tadā) - at that precise moment (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - exactly, precisely (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

चित्त्वम् (cittvam) - its nature as pure consciousness (the state of being conscious, consciousness, intellect)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of cittva

cittva - consciousness, intelligence, intellect, state of being conscious

from citta + tva (abstract noun suffix)

Root: cit

Note: Object of 'vismṛtya'.

विस्मृत्य (vismṛtya) - forgetting (its own nature) (having forgotten, forgetting)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

from root smṛ 'to remember' with prefix vi 'away, apart'

Prefix: vi

Root: smṛ (class 1)

सा (sā) - it (referring to the consciousness described by 'iyam') (she, it (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Note: Refers back to 'iyam' (this consciousness).

जडा (jaḍā) - as if inert, lifeless (inert, unconscious, dull)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jaḍa

jaḍa - inert, inanimate, dull, senseless

Note: Predicative adjective.

इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

व्यवस्थिता (vyavasthitā) - becomes established or fixed (in that state) (established, situated, fixed)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vyavasthita

vyavasthita - established, situated, fixed, arranged

Past Passive Participle

from root sthā 'to stand' with prefixes vi and ava

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Predicative adjective, implying a state of being.