योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-2, verse-52

चिदन्तरस्ति त्रिजगन्मरिचे तीक्ष्णता यथा ।
नातश्चिज्जगती भिन्ने तस्मात्सदसती मुधा ॥ ५२ ॥

cidantarasti trijaganmarice tīkṣṇatā yathā ,
nātaścijjagatī bhinne tasmātsadasatī mudhā 52

52. cit antaḥ asti trijagat marice tīkṣṇatā yathā
na ataḥ cit jagatī bhinne tasmāt sadasatī mudhā

52. yathā marice tīkṣṇatā trijagat antaḥ cit asti
ataḥ cit jagatī bhinne na tasmāt sadasatī mudhā

52. Consciousness (cit) exists within the entire universe (trijagat), just as pungency resides within a pepper. Therefore, consciousness and the world are not distinct. Consequently, the concepts of 'existence' (sat) and 'non-existence' (asat) are meaningless.

Words meanings summery:

• चित् (cit) - consciousness, pure intelligence

• अन्तः (antaḥ) - within, inside, in the interior

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• त्रिजगत् (trijagat) - the three worlds, the entire universe

• मरिचे (marice) - in a chili pepper (in a pepper)

• तीक्ष्णता (tīkṣṇatā) - pungency, sharpness, keenness

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

• न (na) - not, no

• अतः (ataḥ) - therefore, from this

• चित् (cit) - consciousness, pure intelligence

• जगती (jagatī) - the world (dual form, referring to 'consciousness and the world')

• भिन्ने (bhinne) - distinct, separated, different (dual form)

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

• सदसती (sadasatī) - the duality of 'real' and 'unreal' (existence and non-existence (dual))

• मुधा (mudhā) - in vain, uselessly, falsely

Words meanings and morphology

चित् (cit) - consciousness, pure intelligence

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, pure intelligence, mind

अन्तः (antaḥ) - within, inside, in the interior

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Present active

Root 'as' (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

त्रिजगत् (trijagat) - the three worlds, the entire universe

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of trijagat

trijagat - the three worlds (heaven, earth, underworld), the entire universe

Compound type : dvigu (tri+jagat)

• tri – three
  adjective
• jagat – world, moving
  noun (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  From root 'gam'
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Implied locative due to 'antaḥ'

मरिचे (marice) - in a chili pepper (in a pepper)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of marica

marica - pepper (black pepper, chilli)

तीक्ष्णता (tīkṣṇatā) - pungency, sharpness, keenness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tīkṣṇatā

tīkṣṇatā - pungency, sharpness, keenness, intensity

Formed from 'tīkṣṇa' (sharp) with suffix 'tā'

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अतः (ataḥ) - therefore, from this

(indeclinable)

चित् (cit) - consciousness, pure intelligence

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, pure intelligence, mind

जगती (jagatī) - the world (dual form, referring to 'consciousness and the world')

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of jagat

jagat - the world, universe; moving, living

Present Active Participle

From root 'gam'

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Used here in dual to denote 'consciousness' and 'the world' as a pair.

भिन्ने (bhinne) - distinct, separated, different (dual form)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, dual of bhinna

bhinna - broken, split, separated, distinct, different

Past Passive Participle

From root 'bhid' (to split, break)

Root: bhid (class 7)

Note: Agrees with 'cit jagatī'

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

(indeclinable)

सदसती (sadasatī) - the duality of 'real' and 'unreal' (existence and non-existence (dual))

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of sadasat

sadasat - existence and non-existence, real and unreal

Compound type : dvandva (sat+asat)

• sat – existent, real, being
  adjective (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  From root 'as' (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)
• asat – non-existent, unreal, non-being
  adjective (neuter)
  Negation of 'sat'
  Prefix: na

मुधा (mudhā) - in vain, uselessly, falsely

(indeclinable)