योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-46, verse-33

चिदचिन्न कदाचिच्च द्वयमन्तर्मिथोऽद्वयम् ।
महाशिलान्तरे भेदो लेखात्मास्ति यथा बहुः ।
तदन्यानन्यमज्जादि चिद्धने त्रिजगत्तथा ॥ ३३ ॥

cidacinna kadācicca dvayamantarmitho'dvayam ,
mahāśilāntare bhedo lekhātmāsti yathā bahuḥ ,
tadanyānanyamajjādi ciddhane trijagattathā 33

33. cit acit na kadācit ca dvayam antar
mithaḥ advayam mahā-śilā-antare bhedaḥ
lekhā-ātmā asti yathā bahuḥ tat
anya-ananaya-majjā-ādi cit-ghane tri-jagat tathā

33. cit acit ca kadācit dvayam na antar
mithaḥ advayam yathā mahā-śilā-antare
lekhā-ātmā bahuḥ bhedaḥ asti tathā cit-ghane
tri-jagat tat anya-ananaya-majjā-ādi

33. Consciousness (cit) and non-consciousness (acit) are never truly two; internally, they are mutually non-dual (advayam). Just as within a great rock there are many distinctions appearing as lines or fissures, similarly, within pure consciousness (brahman) exist the three worlds, imbued with both difference and non-difference, and so forth.

Words meanings summery:

• चित् (cit) - the principle of pure consciousness (consciousness, thought)

• अचित् (acit) - the principle of unconscious matter (prakṛti) (non-consciousness, insentient matter)

• न (na) - not, no

• कदाचित् (kadācit) - never (with 'na') (ever, at any time)

• च (ca) - and, implying both 'cit' and 'acit' (and, also)

• द्वयम् (dvayam) - a truly separate duality (duality, a pair, two)

• अन्तर् (antar) - intrinsically, internally (within, inside, intermediate)

• मिथः (mithaḥ) - in relation to each other (mutually, reciprocally)

• अद्वयम् (advayam) - inherently undifferentiated (non-dual, without a second)

• महा-शिला-अन्तरे (mahā-śilā-antare) - within a great stone/rock

• भेदः (bhedaḥ) - apparent distinctions or divisions (distinction, difference, division)

• लेखा-आत्मा (lekhā-ātmā) - appearing as lines, veins, or fissures (having the nature of a line, consisting of lines)

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• बहुः (bahuḥ) - numerous (many, much)

• तत् (tat) - in that manner, so (that)

• अन्य-अननय-मज्जा-आदि (anya-ananaya-majjā-ādi) - composed of or infused with both difference and non-difference (soaked in difference and non-difference etc.)

• चित्-घने (cit-ghane) - within the ultimate reality (brahman) (in the mass of consciousness, in pure consciousness)

• त्रि-जगत् (tri-jagat) - the entire phenomenal universe (bhūr, bhuvaḥ, svaḥ lokas) (the three worlds)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

Words meanings and morphology

चित् (cit) - the principle of pure consciousness (consciousness, thought)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, thought

Root: cit (class 10)

Note: Subject.

अचित् (acit) - the principle of unconscious matter (prakṛti) (non-consciousness, insentient matter)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of acit

acit - non-consciousness, insentient, inert matter

Negation of cit (consciousness)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+cit)

• a – not, non-
  prefix
• cit – consciousness
  noun (feminine)
  Root: cit (class 10)

Note: Subject.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

कदाचित् (kadācit) - never (with 'na') (ever, at any time)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, implying both 'cit' and 'acit' (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

Note: Conjunction.

द्वयम् (dvayam) - a truly separate duality (duality, a pair, two)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dvaya

dvaya - pair, duality

From 'dvi' (two)

Note: Predicate nominative for 'cit acit'.

अन्तर् (antar) - intrinsically, internally (within, inside, intermediate)

(indeclinable)

Preposition/adverb

Note: Adverbial modifier.

मिथः (mithaḥ) - in relation to each other (mutually, reciprocally)

(indeclinable)

Adverb

Note: Adverbial modifier.

अद्वयम् (advayam) - inherently undifferentiated (non-dual, without a second)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of advaya

advaya - non-dual, without a second

Negation of dvaya (duality)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+dvaya)

• a – not, non-
  prefix
• dvaya – duality, a pair
  noun (neuter)

Note: Predicate adjective.

महा-शिला-अन्तरे (mahā-śilā-antare) - within a great stone/rock

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mahā-śilā-antara

mahā-śilā-antara - interior of a great rock

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahā-śilā+antara)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective (feminine)
  feminine form of 'mahat'
• śilā – stone, rock
  noun (feminine)
• antara – interior, middle
  noun (neuter)

Note: Part of the analogy.

भेदः (bhedaḥ) - apparent distinctions or divisions (distinction, difference, division)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bheda

bheda - distinction, difference, division

Derived from root 'bhid' (to cleave, break)

Root: bhid (class 7)

Note: Subject in the 'yathā' clause.

लेखा-आत्मा (lekhā-ātmā) - appearing as lines, veins, or fissures (having the nature of a line, consisting of lines)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lekhā-ātman

lekhā-ātman - having the nature of a line/mark

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (lekhā+ātman)

• lekhā – line, streak, mark
  noun (feminine)
  Root: likh (class 6)
• ātman – self, essence, nature
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'bhedaḥ'.

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

present indicative 3rd person singular

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Verb for the 'yathā' clause.

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

Correlative adverb

बहुः (bahuḥ) - numerous (many, much)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bahu

bahu - much, many, numerous

Note: Qualifies 'bhedaḥ'.

तत् (tat) - in that manner, so (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

Note: Connects the simile.

अन्य-अननय-मज्जा-आदि (anya-ananaya-majjā-ādi) - composed of or infused with both difference and non-difference (soaked in difference and non-difference etc.)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya-ananaya-majjā-ādi

anya-ananaya-majjā-ādi - soaked in difference and non-difference etc.

Compound formed with 'ādi' (etc.)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (anya+ananaya+majjā+ādi)

• anya – other, different
  pronoun
• ananaya – not other, non-different
  adjective
  Negation of anya
  Prefix: an
• majjā – marrow, essence, soaked in
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'majj' (to sink, immerse)
  Root: majj (class 6)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etc.
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'tri-jagat'.

चित्-घने (cit-ghane) - within the ultimate reality (brahman) (in the mass of consciousness, in pure consciousness)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of cit-ghana

cit-ghana - mass of consciousness, pure consciousness

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cit+ghana)

• cit – consciousness
  noun (feminine)
  Root: cit (class 10)
• ghana – dense, mass
  adjective/noun (masculine)
  Root: han

Note: Locative case, 'in consciousness'.

त्रि-जगत् (tri-jagat) - the entire phenomenal universe (bhūr, bhuvaḥ, svaḥ lokas) (the three worlds)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tri-jagat

tri-jagat - the three worlds

Compound type : dvigu (tri+jagat)

• tri – three
  numeral
• jagat – world, moving
  noun (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  From root 'gam' (to go) + śatṛ suffix
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Subject of the 'tathā' clause.

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

(indeclinable)

Correlative adverb to 'yathā'

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