योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-91, verse-39

यदा न भाव्यते भावः क्वचिज्जगति वस्तुनि ।
तदा हृदम्बरे शून्ये कथं चित्तं प्रजायते ॥ ३९ ॥

yadā na bhāvyate bhāvaḥ kvacijjagati vastuni ,
tadā hṛdambare śūnye kathaṃ cittaṃ prajāyate 39

39. yadā na bhāvyate bhāvaḥ kvacit jagati vastuni
tadā hṛdambare śūnye katham cittam prajāyate

39. yadā kvacit jagati vastuni bhāvaḥ na bhāvyate
tadā śūnye hṛdambare cittam katham prajāyate

39. When no entity or object is perceived anywhere in the world, then how can the mind (citta) arise in the empty expanse of the heart?

Words meanings summery:

• यदा (yadā) - when, at which time

• न (na) - not, no

• भाव्यते (bhāvyate) - is perceived, is conceived, is thought of, is imagined

• भावः (bhāvaḥ) - an object of perception, an existing entity (being, existence, state, condition, idea, feeling, entity)

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - anywhere, somewhere, in some place

• जगति (jagati) - in the world, in the universe

• वस्तुनि (vastuni) - in an object, in a thing, in a substance

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• हृदम्बरे (hṛdambare) - in the inner expanse of one's being (in the heart-sky, in the space of the heart)

• शून्ये (śūnye) - in the empty (heart-sky) (in the empty, in the void)

• कथम् (katham) - how?, in what manner?

• चित्तम् (cittam) - the mental faculty; thought process (mind, consciousness, thought)

• प्रजायते (prajāyate) - arises, is born, comes forth

Words meanings and morphology

यदा (yadā) - when, at which time

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

भाव्यते (bhāvyate) - is perceived, is conceived, is thought of, is imagined

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of bhāv

Causative-passive form of root bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: causative passive of root bhū

भावः (bhāvaḥ) - an object of perception, an existing entity (being, existence, state, condition, idea, feeling, entity)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhāva

bhāva - being, existence, state, condition, idea, feeling, entity, nature

Derived from root bhū 'to be'

Root: bhū (class 1)

क्वचित् (kvacit) - anywhere, somewhere, in some place

(indeclinable)

Interrogative + cit for indefiniteness

जगति (jagati) - in the world, in the universe

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, living

Derived from root gam 'to go'

Root: gam (class 1)

वस्तुनि (vastuni) - in an object, in a thing, in a substance

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vastu

vastu - object, thing, substance, reality

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

हृदम्बरे (hṛdambare) - in the inner expanse of one's being (in the heart-sky, in the space of the heart)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of hṛdambara

hṛdambara - heart-sky, space of the heart

Compound noun

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hṛd+ambara)

• hṛd – heart, mind
  noun (neuter)
• ambara – sky, atmosphere, space
  noun (neuter)

शून्ये (śūnye) - in the empty (heart-sky) (in the empty, in the void)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of śūnya

śūnya - empty, void, null

Note: Adjective agreeing with hṛdambare

कथम् (katham) - how?, in what manner?

(indeclinable)

चित्तम् (cittam) - the mental faculty; thought process (mind, consciousness, thought)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, consciousness, thought, intellect

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root cit 'to perceive, be conscious'

Root: cit (class 1)

प्रजायते (prajāyate) - arises, is born, comes forth

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of jan

Passive formation of root jan with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: root jan with prefix pra, class 4, passive form