योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-101, verse-27

कुम्भ उवाच ।
यथा वदसि तत्त्वज्ञ तत्तथैव हि नान्यथा ।
चित्तं हि जीवन्मुक्तानां नास्त्यङ्कुर इवाश्मनाम् ॥ २७ ॥

kumbha uvāca ,
yathā vadasi tattvajña tattathaiva hi nānyathā ,
cittaṃ hi jīvanmuktānāṃ nāstyaṅkura ivāśmanām 27

27. kumbhaḥ uvāca yathā vadasi tattvajña tat tathā eva hi na
anyathā cittam hi jīvanmuktānām na asti aṅkuraḥ iva aśmanām

27. kumbhaḥ uvāca tattvajña yathā vadasi tat hi tathā eva na
anyathā jīvanmuktānām cittam hi aśmanām aṅkuraḥ iva na asti

27. Kumbha spoke: O knower of truth (tattvajña), what you say is indeed exactly so, and not otherwise. For the mind (citta) of the living liberated ones (jīvanmuktāḥ) does not exist, just as a sprout does not arise from stones.

Words meanings summery:

• कुम्भः (kumbhaḥ) - Kumbha (a proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he spoke, he said

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

• वदसि (vadasi) - you speak, you say

• तत्त्वज्ञ (tattvajña) - O knower of truth (knower of truth)

• तत् (tat) - what you say (that, it)

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

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

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, surely

• न (na) - not

• अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise, differently

• चित्तम् (cittam) - the mind (citta) (mind, consciousness, thought)

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, surely

• जीवन्मुक्तानाम् (jīvanmuktānām) - of the living liberated ones

• न (na) - not

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• अङ्कुरः (aṅkuraḥ) - sprout, shoot

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अश्मनाम् (aśmanām) - of stones

Words meanings and morphology

कुम्भः (kumbhaḥ) - Kumbha (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kumbha

kumbha - pot, pitcher; a proper name

उवाच (uvāca) - he spoke, he said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root: √vac (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

(indeclinable)

वदसि (vadasi) - you speak, you say

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (lat) of vad

Present tense, 2nd person singular

Root: √vad (class 1)

तत्त्वज्ञ (tattvajña) - O knower of truth (knower of truth)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tattvajña

tattvajña - knower of reality or truth

Compound type : tatpurusha (tattva+jña)

• tattva – truth, reality, principle
  noun (neuter)
• jña – knowing, knower
  adjective
  Agent Noun
  Derived from root √jñā
  Root: √jñā (class 9)

तत् (tat) - what you say (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, for, surely

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise, differently

(indeclinable)

चित्तम् (cittam) - the mind (citta) (mind, consciousness, thought)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, consciousness, thought, intellect

Root: √cit (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed, for, surely

(indeclinable)

जीवन्मुक्तानाम् (jīvanmuktānām) - of the living liberated ones

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of jīvanmukta

jīvanmukta - living liberated; one who is liberated while alive

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (jīvat+mukta)

• jīvat – living, alive, existing
  adjective
  Present Active Participle
  Derived from root √jīv with present participle suffix -at
  Root: √jīv (class 1)
• mukta – liberated, released, free
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √muc with past passive participle suffix -ta
  Root: √muc (class 6)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of as

Present tense, 3rd person singular

Root: √as (class 2)

अङ्कुरः (aṅkuraḥ) - sprout, shoot

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṅkura

aṅkura - sprout, shoot, germ

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अश्मनाम् (aśmanām) - of stones

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of aśman

aśman - stone, rock