योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-37, verse-11

संविद्वादो न तस्यान्तरबोध्यत विचेतसः ।
भुवश्चेष्टाक्रम इव पौरुषो गतभास्वतः ॥ ११ ॥

saṃvidvādo na tasyāntarabodhyata vicetasaḥ ,
bhuvaśceṣṭākrama iva pauruṣo gatabhāsvataḥ 11

11. saṃvid-vādaḥ na tasya antar abudhyata vicetasaḥ
bhuvaḥ ceṣṭā-kramaḥ iva pauruṣaḥ gata-bhāsvataḥ

11. vicetasaḥ tasya saṃvid-vādaḥ na antar abudhyata
gata-bhāsvataḥ pauruṣaḥ bhuvaḥ ceṣṭā-kramaḥ iva

11. A discussion about awareness (saṃvidvāda) was not perceived internally by him, whose mind was unconscious (vicetas), just as the operations of the earth are not perceived by a person (puruṣa) whose light (life-force) has departed.

Words meanings summery:

• संविद्-वादः (saṁvid-vādaḥ) - a discussion about awareness, discourse on consciousness

• न (na) - not

• तस्य (tasya) - of him, his

• अन्तर् (antar) - internally, within, inside

• अबुध्यत (abudhyata) - was understood, was perceived, was awakened

• विचेतसः (vicetasaḥ) - of the unconscious one, of the bewildered one, of him whose mind is gone

• भुवः (bhuvaḥ) - of the earth, of the world

• चेष्टा-क्रमः (ceṣṭā-kramaḥ) - the course of action, the sequence of movements/activities

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• पौरुषः (pauruṣaḥ) - a person (puruṣa) (a person, a human being, human capacity/valor, intrinsic nature of puruṣa)

• गत-भास्वतः (gata-bhāsvataḥ) - of the one whose light has departed, of the one whose radiance is gone, dead

Words meanings and morphology

संविद्-वादः (saṁvid-vādaḥ) - a discussion about awareness, discourse on consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃvid-vāda

saṁvid-vāda - discussion of knowledge/consciousness, debate about understanding

Compound of saṃvid (consciousness/knowledge) and vāda (discussion/discourse).

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (saṃvid+vāda)

• saṃvid – consciousness, knowledge, awareness
  noun (feminine)
  From sam-vid.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: vid (class 2)
• vāda – speech, discourse, discussion, theory
  noun (masculine)
  From √vad.
  Root: vad (class 1)

Note: The subject that was not understood.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

तस्य (tasya) - of him, his

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Prahlada.

अन्तर् (antar) - internally, within, inside

(indeclinable)

अबुध्यत (abudhyata) - was understood, was perceived, was awakened

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, past imperfect (laṅ) of budh

Imperfect Passive

Imperfect (laṅ), 3rd person singular, middle voice (ātmanepada) of √budh (class 4). The 'a' prefix is part of the imperfect tense formation.

Root: budh (class 4)

Note: Negated by 'na'.

विचेतसः (vicetasaḥ) - of the unconscious one, of the bewildered one, of him whose mind is gone

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vicetas

vicetas - unconscious, bewildered, distracted, out of one's senses

Compound of vi (apart, without) and cetas (mind, consciousness).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vi+cetas)

• vi – apart, without, dis-
  indeclinable
• cetas – mind, consciousness, intellect
  noun (neuter)
  From √cit.
  Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'tasya' (him, Prahlada).

भुवः (bhuvaḥ) - of the earth, of the world

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of bhū

bhū - earth, ground, world, place

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Possessive, describes 'ceṣṭā-kramaḥ'.

चेष्टा-क्रमः (ceṣṭā-kramaḥ) - the course of action, the sequence of movements/activities

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ceṣṭā-krama

ceṣṭā-krama - a sequence of actions, activities, movements, functions

Compound of ceṣṭā (action, effort, activity) and krama (order, sequence).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ceṣṭā+krama)

• ceṣṭā – action, activity, effort, movement
  noun (feminine)
  From √ceṣṭ.
  Root: ceṣṭ (class 1)
• krama – order, sequence, course, step
  noun (masculine)
  From √kram.
  Root: kram (class 1)

Note: Subject in the simile.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

पौरुषः (pauruṣaḥ) - a person (puruṣa) (a person, a human being, human capacity/valor, intrinsic nature of puruṣa)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pauruṣa

pauruṣa - human, manly, virile, relating to a man/person; sometimes refers to the spirit or the supreme cosmic person (puruṣa)

Derived from puruṣa.

Note: Subject in the simile.

गत-भास्वतः (gata-bhāsvataḥ) - of the one whose light has departed, of the one whose radiance is gone, dead

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of gata-bhāsvat

gata-bhāsvat - one from whom light/radiance has departed, metaphorically 'dead' or 'unconscious'

Bahuvrīhi compound: gata (gone) + bhāsvat (shining, radiant, sun).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (gata+bhāsvat)

• gata – gone, departed, reached
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past passive participle of √gam.
  Root: gam (class 1)
• bhāsvat – shining, brilliant, radiant, the sun, light
  noun (masculine)
  From √bhās.
  Root: bhās (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'pauruṣaḥ'.