योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-62, verse-18

गतिं कालकला यद्वच्चिन्वाना समवस्थिता ।
चिच्चितिश्चेत्यरहिता चिन्वाना गतयस्तथा ॥ १८ ॥

gatiṃ kālakalā yadvaccinvānā samavasthitā ,
ciccitiścetyarahitā cinvānā gatayastathā 18

18. gatim kālakalā yadvat cinvānā samavasthitā
cit citiḥ cetyarahitā cinvānā gatayaḥ tathā

18. yadvat kālakalā gatim cinvānā samavasthitā,
tathā cetyarahitā cit citiḥ cinvānā gatayaḥ

18. Just as the fractions of time (kālakalā), contemplating their movement, remain established, similarly, pure consciousness (cit-citi), being devoid of perceivable objects, is itself contemplating, and thus also are the movements.

Words meanings summery:

• गतिम् (gatim) - movement, course, progress

• कालकला (kālakalā) - fractions of time, divisions of time

• यद्वत् (yadvat) - just as, in what manner

• चिन्वाना (cinvānā) - contemplating, perceiving, reflecting

• समवस्थिता (samavasthitā) - situated, established, well-placed

• चित् (cit) - consciousness, mind

• चितिः (citiḥ) - consciousness, understanding

• चेत्यरहिता (cetyarahitā) - devoid of objects of thought/perception, free from the perceivable

• चिन्वाना (cinvānā) - contemplating, perceiving, reflecting

• गतयः (gatayaḥ) - movements, courses

• तथा (tathā) - so too, similarly, thus

Words meanings and morphology

गतिम् (gatim) - movement, course, progress

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - movement, course, going, progress, destiny, state

Root: gam (class 1)

कालकला (kālakalā) - fractions of time, divisions of time

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kālakalā

kālakalā - parts of time, divisions of time

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāla+kalā)

• kāla – time, season, death
  noun (masculine)
• kalā – part, fraction, digit of the moon, art
  noun (feminine)

यद्वत् (yadvat) - just as, in what manner

(indeclinable)

चिन्वाना (cinvānā) - contemplating, perceiving, reflecting

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cinvāna

cinvāna - contemplating, perceiving, reflecting, observing

Present Active Participle (Ātmanepada)

From root 'ci' (to gather, observe, perceive) + śānac (Pāṇini 3.2.124)

Root: ci (class 5)

Note: Modifies 'kālakalā' in the first clause and 'ciccitiḥ' in the second.

समवस्थिता (samavasthitā) - situated, established, well-placed

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of samavasthita

samavasthita - established, situated, standing firm, composed

Past Passive Participle

From root 'sthā' (to stand) with prefixes 'sam' and 'ava'.

Prefixes: sam+ava

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Predicate adjective for 'kālakalā'.

चित् (cit) - consciousness, mind

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, thought, pure intelligence

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: First part of the compound 'ciccitiḥ'.

चितिः (citiḥ) - consciousness, understanding

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of citi

citi - consciousness, understanding, comprehension, intelligence

Compound type : karmadhāraya (cit+citi)

• cit – consciousness, thought, pure intelligence
  noun (feminine)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• citi – consciousness, understanding, comprehension
  noun (feminine)
  Root: cit (class 1)

चेत्यरहिता (cetyarahitā) - devoid of objects of thought/perception, free from the perceivable

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cetyarahita

cetyarahita - devoid of objects of thought, free from the perceivable

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cetya+rahita)

• cetya – to be thought, perceivable, object of thought
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive (Potential Passive Participle)
  From root 'cit' (to perceive, know).
  Root: cit (class 1)
• rahita – deprived of, devoid of, without
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'rah' (to abandon).
  Root: rah (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'ciccitiḥ'.

चिन्वाना (cinvānā) - contemplating, perceiving, reflecting

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cinvāna

cinvāna - contemplating, perceiving, reflecting, observing

Present Active Participle (Ātmanepada)

From root 'ci' (to gather, observe, perceive) + śānac (Pāṇini 3.2.124)

Root: ci (class 5)

Note: Modifies 'kālakalā' in the first clause and 'ciccitiḥ' in the second.

गतयः (gatayaḥ) - movements, courses

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of gati

gati - movement, course, going, progress, destiny, state

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Subject of an implied verb 'are' or 'are established' in the second clause.

तथा (tathā) - so too, similarly, thus

(indeclinable)

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