योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-34, verse-4

चिदर्थाकारताभावाद्द्वित्वात्सत्त्वं समुज्झति ।
सुखादिमिलितां धत्ते न सत्यां सदिति क्षणात् ॥ ४ ॥

cidarthākāratābhāvāddvitvātsattvaṃ samujjhati ,
sukhādimilitāṃ dhatte na satyāṃ saditi kṣaṇāt 4

4. cit arthākāratābhāvāt dvitvāt sattvam samujjhati
sukhādimilitām dhatte na satyām sat iti kṣaṇāt

4. cit arthākāratābhāvāt dvitvāt sattvam samujjhati
na satyām sukhādimilitām dhatte kṣaṇāt sat iti

4. Consciousness (cit), due to its nature not being an object (arthākāratābhāvāt) and due to duality (dvitvāt), abandons its intrinsic reality (sattva). It instantly adopts (a state) mixed with pleasure and other sensations, though it is not truly real, proclaiming "this is real (sat)."

Words meanings summery:

• चित् (cit) - Consciousness (citi) (consciousness, spirit, thought, mind)

• अर्थाकारताभावात् (arthākāratābhāvāt) - due to consciousness not being an object with a form (due to the absence of the form of objects, from the lack of object-form)

• द्वित्वात् (dvitvāt) - from duality, due to duality

• सत्त्वम् (sattvam) - intrinsic reality (existence, reality, essential nature, being, goodness)

• समुज्झति (samujjhati) - abandons, gives up, discards, leaves

• सुखादिमिलिताम् (sukhādimilitām) - (a state) joined with pleasure and other (sensations/things), mixed with pleasure etc.

• धत्ते (dhatte) - assumes, holds, maintains, places

• न (na) - not, no

• सत्याम् (satyām) - not truly real (referring to the assumed state) (true, real, existing (feminine))

• सत् (sat) - "real" (in the quote) (existing, real, true; reality, truth, being)

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, denoting quotation

• क्षणात् (kṣaṇāt) - instantly, in a moment, suddenly, due to a moment

Words meanings and morphology

चित् (cit) - Consciousness (citi) (consciousness, spirit, thought, mind)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, pure intelligence, spirit

From root `cit` (to perceive, understand, know)

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Subject of `samujjhati` and `dhatte`.

अर्थाकारताभावात् (arthākāratābhāvāt) - due to consciousness not being an object with a form (due to the absence of the form of objects, from the lack of object-form)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of arthākāratābhāva

arthākāratābhāva - absence of the form of objects

Tatpuruṣa compound: `artha` (object) + `ākāratā` (form-ness) + `abhāva` (absence). `arthasya ākāratā tasyā abhāvaḥ` - absence of the form of an object.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (artha+ākāratā+abhāva)

• artha – object, purpose, meaning, wealth
  noun (masculine)
• ākāratā – form-ness, the state of having a form
  noun (feminine)
  From `ākāra` (form) + suffix `tā`
  Prefix: ā
• abhāva – absence, non-existence, non-being
  noun (masculine)
  Nañ-tatpuruṣa compound of `a` (not) and `bhāva` (being, existence)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

द्वित्वात् (dvitvāt) - from duality, due to duality

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of dvitva

dvitva - duality, the state of being two

From `dvi` (two) + suffix `tva` (abstract noun suffix)

सत्त्वम् (sattvam) - intrinsic reality (existence, reality, essential nature, being, goodness)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sattva

sattva - existence, reality, essence, being, goodness, true nature

From `sat` (being, existing) + suffix `tva` (abstract noun suffix)

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Object of `samujjhati`.

समुज्झति (samujjhati) - abandons, gives up, discards, leaves

(verb)

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

Present tense, active voice

Root `ujjh` with prefix `sam`

Prefix: sam

Root: ujjh (class 6)

Note: Subject is `cit`.

सुखादिमिलिताम् (sukhādimilitām) - (a state) joined with pleasure and other (sensations/things), mixed with pleasure etc.

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sukhādimilita

sukhādimilita - joined or mixed with pleasure etc.

Tatpuruṣa compound: `sukha` (pleasure) + `ādi` (etc.) + `milita` (joined).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sukha-ādi+milita)

• sukha-ādi – pleasure and so on
  noun (masculine)
  Dvanda compound of `sukha` and `ādi`
• milita – joined, met, mingled
  adjective (past passive participle) (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root `mil` (to meet, join)
  Root: mil (class 6)

Note: Object of `dhatte`.

धत्ते (dhatte) - assumes, holds, maintains, places

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of dhā

Present tense, middle voice (ātmanepada)

Root `dhā`

Root: dhā (class 3)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

सत्याम् (satyām) - not truly real (referring to the assumed state) (true, real, existing (feminine))

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of satyā

satyā - true, real, actual

From `sat` (truth) + suffix `ya` (forming adjective).

Root: as (class 2)

सत् (sat) - "real" (in the quote) (existing, real, true; reality, truth, being)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sat

sat - existing, real, true; good, virtuous. As a noun: being, existence, reality, truth.

Present Active Participle (for "existing")

From root `as` (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Used within the quoted phrase `sat iti`.

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, denoting quotation

(indeclinable)

क्षणात् (kṣaṇāt) - instantly, in a moment, suddenly, due to a moment

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kṣaṇa

kṣaṇa - moment, instant, leisure, festival

Root: kṣaṇ (class 1)

Note: Adverbial use of ablative.