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5,14

योगवासिष्ठः       yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-14, verse-13

किं नाम जीव इत्युक्तं येनेहान्धीकृतं जगत् ।
चित्तं चैवासदेव त्वं विद्धि का तस्य शक्तता ॥ १३ ॥
kiṃ nāma jīva ityuktaṃ yenehāndhīkṛtaṃ jagat ,
cittaṃ caivāsadeva tvaṃ viddhi kā tasya śaktatā 13
13. kim nāma jīvaḥ iti uktam yena iha andhīkṛtam jagat
cittam ca eva asat eva tvam viddhi kā tasya śaktatā
13. yena iha jagat andhīkṛtam kim nāma jīvaḥ iti uktam
tvam cittam ca asat eva viddhi tasya kā śaktatā
13. What, indeed, is this "individual soul" (jīva) by which the world here has been obscured? Know that the mind (citta) is indeed non-existent (asat)! What power (śakti) could it possibly possess?

Words meanings summery:

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  • किम् (kim) - asking about the nature of 'jīva' (what? why?)
  • नाम (nāma) - emphasizing the question, 'what indeed' (indeed, by name, for instance)
  • जीवः (jīvaḥ) - the empirical ego or individual consciousness (individual soul, living being)
  • इति (iti) - indicating the preceding word as a concept or designation (thus, so, often marks a quotation)
  • उक्तम् (uktam) - referred to, designated (said, spoken)
  • येन (yena) - by this 'jīva' (by which, by whom)
  • इह (iha) - in this mundane existence (here, in this world)
  • अन्धीकृतम् (andhīkṛtam) - rendered ignorant, deluded (made blind, obscured, darkened)
  • जगत् (jagat) - the entire phenomenal world (world, universe, moving)
  • चित्तम् (cittam) - the faculty of thought and emotion (mind, consciousness, thought)
  • (ca) - connecting the statement about mind (and, also)
  • एव (eva) - emphasizing the non-existence (indeed, only, certainly)
  • असत् (asat) - not real, illusory (non-existent, unreal, false)
  • एव (eva) - further emphasizing the non-existence (indeed, only, certainly)
  • त्वम् (tvam) - the listener being addressed (you)
  • विद्धि (viddhi) - be aware, recognize (know, understand)
  • का (kā) - rhetorical question, 'what sort of' (what? which?)
  • तस्य (tasya) - referring to the mind (citta) (of that, of it)
  • शक्तता (śaktatā) - inherent strength or influence (power, capability, ability)

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - asking about the nature of 'jīva' (what? why?)
(indeclinable)
Can also be an interrogative pronoun. Here, functions as an interrogative adverb/particle.
नाम (nāma) - emphasizing the question, 'what indeed' (indeed, by name, for instance)
(indeclinable)
जीवः (jīvaḥ) - the empirical ego or individual consciousness (individual soul, living being)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of jīva
jīva - living, alive, individual soul, living being, life principle
from root jīv (to live)
Root: jīv (class 1)
इति (iti) - indicating the preceding word as a concept or designation (thus, so, often marks a quotation)
(indeclinable)
Root: i (class 2)
उक्तम् (uktam) - referred to, designated (said, spoken)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of ukta
ukta - said, spoken, mentioned, called
Past Passive Participle
From root vac (to speak), takes replacement uc.
Root: vac (class 2)
येन (yena) - by this 'jīva' (by which, by whom)
(pronoun)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad
yad - which, who, what
Relative pronoun.
इह (iha) - in this mundane existence (here, in this world)
(indeclinable)
अन्धीकृतम् (andhīkṛtam) - rendered ignorant, deluded (made blind, obscured, darkened)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of andhīkṛta
andhīkṛta - made blind, darkened, obscured, deluded
Past Passive Participle
From root kṛ (to do, make) with prefix andhī- (making blind).
Root: kṛ (class 8)
Note: Compound verbal adjective.
जगत् (jagat) - the entire phenomenal world (world, universe, moving)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat
jagat - world, universe, all that moves, moving
Present Active Participle (originally)
From root gam (to go) with reduplication and suffix -at.
Root: gam (class 1)
चित्तम् (cittam) - the faculty of thought and emotion (mind, consciousness, thought)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of citta
citta - mind, thought, consciousness, intelligence
From root cit (to perceive, think).
Root: cit (class 1)
(ca) - connecting the statement about mind (and, also)
(indeclinable)
Conjunction.
एव (eva) - emphasizing the non-existence (indeed, only, certainly)
(indeclinable)
असत् (asat) - not real, illusory (non-existent, unreal, false)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of asat
asat - non-existent, unreal, false, evil
Present Active Participle (negative)
Negative prefix 'a' + root as (to be).
Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sat)
  • a – not, non-
    indeclinable
    Negative prefix.
  • sat – existent, real, true, good
    adjective (neuter)
    Present Active Participle
    From root as (to be).
    Root: as (class 2)
Note: Functions predicatively here.
एव (eva) - further emphasizing the non-existence (indeed, only, certainly)
(indeclinable)
त्वम् (tvam) - the listener being addressed (you)
(pronoun)
Nominative, singular of yuṣmad
yuṣmad - you
Second person pronoun.
विद्धि (viddhi) - be aware, recognize (know, understand)
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vid
imperative
Root class 2, imperative active 2nd person singular.
Root: vid (class 2)
का (kā) - rhetorical question, 'what sort of' (what? which?)
(pronoun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of kim
kim - what, which, who
Interrogative pronoun.
तस्य (tasya) - referring to the mind (citta) (of that, of it)
(pronoun)
Genitive, neuter, singular of tad
tad - that, this, he, she, it
Demonstrative pronoun.
Note: Refers to the 'mind' (cittam).
शक्तता (śaktatā) - inherent strength or influence (power, capability, ability)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of śaktatā
śaktatā - power, capability, ability, strength
From śakta (able) + suffix -tā.
Root: śak (class 5)
Note: A derivative of śakti, meaning its power.