योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-2, verse-54

अचिन्मयत्वान्नासि त्वं स्वात्मा किमिव रोदिषि ।
अचिन्मयत्वे जगतामभावे कल्पनं कुतः ॥ ५४ ॥

acinmayatvānnāsi tvaṃ svātmā kimiva rodiṣi ,
acinmayatve jagatāmabhāve kalpanaṃ kutaḥ 54

54. acinmayatvāt na asi tvam sva ātmā kim iva rodiṣi
acinmayatve jagatām abhāve kalpanam kutaḥ

54. tvam acinmayatvāt na asi,
sva ātmā kim iva rodiṣi? acinmayatve jagatām abhāve kutaḥ kalpanam

54. Since you are not insentient, O your true self (ātman), why do you weep? If there were a state of non-consciousness, and thus an absence of worlds, from where could any imagination (kalpanā) arise?

Words meanings summery:

• अचिन्मयत्वात् (acinmayatvāt) - from the state of not being conscious, due to insentience

• न (na) - not, no

• असि (asi) - you are

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• स्व (sva) - own, one's own

• आत्मा (ātmā) - self, soul, spirit (ātman)

• किम् (kim) - why? what?

• इव (iva) - like, as if, indeed

• रोदिषि (rodiṣi) - you weep, you cry

• अचिन्मयत्वे (acinmayatve) - in the state of non-consciousness, when insentient

• जगताम् (jagatām) - of the worlds

• अभावे (abhāve) - in the absence, in the non-existence

• कल्पनम् (kalpanam) - imagination, formation, conceptualization

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where? how?

Words meanings and morphology

अचिन्मयत्वात् (acinmayatvāt) - from the state of not being conscious, due to insentience

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of acinmayatva

acinmayatva - state of not being conscious, insentience

Compound type : tatpurusha (a+cit+maya+tva)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• cit – consciousness, spirit
  noun (feminine)
• maya – consisting of, made of
  suffix
• tva – state of being, -ness
  suffix (neuter)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (lat) of as

Root: as (class 2)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

स्व (sva) - own, one's own

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sva

sva - own, one's own

आत्मा (ātmā) - self, soul, spirit (ātman)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence (ātman)

किम् (kim) - why? what?

(indeclinable)

इव (iva) - like, as if, indeed

(indeclinable)

रोदिषि (rodiṣi) - you weep, you cry

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (lat) of rud

Root: rud (class 2)

अचिन्मयत्वे (acinmayatve) - in the state of non-consciousness, when insentient

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of acinmayatva

acinmayatva - state of not being conscious, insentience

Compound type : tatpurusha (a+cit+maya+tva)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• cit – consciousness, spirit
  noun (feminine)
• maya – consisting of, made of
  suffix
• tva – state of being, -ness
  suffix (neuter)

जगताम् (jagatām) - of the worlds

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of jagat

jagat - world, universe

Present Active Participle

Derived from root gam.

Root: gam (class 1)

अभावे (abhāve) - in the absence, in the non-existence

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of abhāva

abhāva - absence, non-existence

Compound type : tatpurusha (a+bhāva)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• bhāva – existence, state, being
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

कल्पनम् (kalpanam) - imagination, formation, conceptualization

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kalpana

kalpana - imagination, formation, conceptualization (kalpanā)

Root: kḷp (class 1)

कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where? how?

(indeclinable)