योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
-
book-6, chapter-29, verse-144
यथा स्वप्नपुरे चित्खं वर्जयित्वेतरत्क्वचित् ।
न किंचित्संभवत्येवं जाग्रत्येवं महाचितः ॥ १४४ ॥
न किंचित्संभवत्येवं जाग्रत्येवं महाचितः ॥ १४४ ॥
yathā svapnapure citkhaṃ varjayitvetaratkvacit ,
na kiṃcitsaṃbhavatyevaṃ jāgratyevaṃ mahācitaḥ 144
na kiṃcitsaṃbhavatyevaṃ jāgratyevaṃ mahācitaḥ 144
144.
yathā svapnapure cit kham varjayitvā itarat kvacit
na kiñcit saṃbhavati evam jāgrati evam mahācitaḥ
na kiñcit saṃbhavati evam jāgrati evam mahācitaḥ
144.
yathā svapnapure cit kham varjayitvā itarat kvacit
na kiñcit saṃbhavati evam jāgrati evam mahācitaḥ
na kiñcit saṃbhavati evam jāgrati evam mahācitaḥ
144.
Just as in a dream-city nothing whatsoever exists anywhere apart from the space of consciousness (citkha), so too in the waking state is it for the Great Consciousness (mahācit).
Words meanings summery:
(Scroll down for elaborated words morphology)
- यथा (yathā) - just as, as
- स्वप्नपुरे (svapnapure) - in a dream-city
- चित् (cit) - consciousness, pure consciousness
- खम् (kham) - space, ether, sky, void
- वर्जयित्वा (varjayitvā) - having excluded, apart from, without
- इतरत् (itarat) - other, another
- क्वचित् (kvacit) - anywhere, somewhere, something
- न (na) - not, no
- किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - together with 'na', means 'nothing' (anything, something)
- संभवति (saṁbhavati) - exists, happens, is possible
- एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, similarly
- जाग्रति (jāgrati) - in the waking state
- एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, similarly
- महाचितः (mahācitaḥ) - of the Great Consciousness (mahācit)
Words meanings and morphology
यथा (yathā) - just as, as
(indeclinable)
स्वप्नपुरे (svapnapure) - in a dream-city
(noun)
Locative, neuter, singular of svapnapura
svapnapura - dream-city
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svapna+pura)
- svapna – dream, sleep
noun (masculine)
Root: svap (class 2) - pura – city, town
noun (neuter)
चित् (cit) - consciousness, pure consciousness
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of cit
cit - consciousness, pure consciousness, intellect
Root: cit (class 1)
खम् (kham) - space, ether, sky, void
(noun)
neuter, singular of kha
kha - space, ether, sky, void
Note: Forms a compound 'citkha' with 'cit', meaning 'space of consciousness'.
वर्जयित्वा (varjayitvā) - having excluded, apart from, without
(indeclinable)
absolutive (indeclinable participle)
Root 'vṛj' with causal stem 'varj' + absolutive suffix '-itvā'
Root: vṛj (class 1)
इतरत् (itarat) - other, another
(pronoun)
neuter, singular of itara
itara - other, another
क्वचित् (kvacit) - anywhere, somewhere, something
(indeclinable)
न (na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - together with 'na', means 'nothing' (anything, something)
(pronoun)
neuter, singular of kiñcid
kiñcid - anything, something, some
संभवति (saṁbhavati) - exists, happens, is possible
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of saṃbhū
Prefix: sam
Root: bhū (class 1)
एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, similarly
(indeclinable)
जाग्रति (jāgrati) - in the waking state
(noun)
Locative, neuter, singular of jāgrat
jāgrat - waking, awake (present active participle)
present active participle
Root: jāgṛ (class 2)
एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, similarly
(indeclinable)
महाचितः (mahācitaḥ) - of the Great Consciousness (mahācit)
(noun)
Genitive, feminine, singular of mahācit
mahācit - Great Consciousness (mahācit), the Supreme Intelligence
Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+cit)
- mahā – great, large, supreme
adjective - cit – consciousness, intellect
noun (feminine)
Root: cit (class 1)