योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-67, verse-16

चित्सत्तामात्रमासाद्य प्रतीतिच्युतमात्रतः ।
जरामरणदुःखानां क्वचिद्भाजनतां गतः ॥ १६ ॥

citsattāmātramāsādya pratīticyutamātrataḥ ,
jarāmaraṇaduḥkhānāṃ kvacidbhājanatāṃ gataḥ 16

16. cit-sattā-mātram āsādya pratīti-cyuta-mātrataḥ
jarā-maraṇa-duḥkhānām kvacit bhājanatām gataḥ

16. cit-sattā-mātram āsādya pratīti-cyuta-mātrataḥ
jarā-maraṇa-duḥkhānām bhājanatām kvacit gataḥ

16. Merely by attaining the pure existence of consciousness (cit) and merely by a lapse in proper understanding, one sometimes becomes a recipient of the sorrows of old age and death.

16. אף על פי שההכרה נשענת על קיומה של התודעה בלבד, ברגע שהיא מאבדת את התפיסה הטהורה, היא הופכת לכלי המחזיק את צער הזקנה והמוות.

Words meanings summery:

• चित्-सत्ता-मात्रम् (cit-sattā-mātram) - the state of being mere consciousness (cit) (merely the existence of consciousness, pure consciousness)

• आसाद्य (āsādya) - having attained (the state of pure consciousness) (having attained, having reached, having approached)

• प्रतीति-च्युत-मात्रतः (pratīti-cyuta-mātrataḥ) - merely due to the absence or loss of true perception/understanding (merely from the lapse of perception/understanding)

• जरा-मरण-दुःखानाम् (jarā-maraṇa-duḥkhānām) - of the sorrows related to old age and death (of old age, death, and sufferings)

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes (referring to time) (sometimes, somewhere, in some place)

• भाजनताम् (bhājanatām) - becoming a recipient (to the state of being a recipient/object, suitability)

• गतः (gataḥ) - becomes (a recipient) (gone, attained, become)

Words meanings and morphology

चित्-सत्ता-मात्रम् (cit-sattā-mātram) - the state of being mere consciousness (cit) (merely the existence of consciousness, pure consciousness)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of cit-sattā-mātra

cit-sattā-mātra - mere existence of consciousness, pure consciousness

compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cit+sattā+mātra)

• cit – consciousness, spirit, knowledge
  noun (feminine)
• sattā – existence, being, reality
  noun (feminine)
  Root: as (class 2)
• mātra – only, merely, solely
  adjective (neuter)

आसाद्य (āsādya) - having attained (the state of pure consciousness) (having attained, having reached, having approached)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

from root sad with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: sad (class 1)

प्रतीति-च्युत-मात्रतः (pratīti-cyuta-mātrataḥ) - merely due to the absence or loss of true perception/understanding (merely from the lapse of perception/understanding)

(indeclinable)

compound, formed with tas suffix

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pratīti+cyuta+mātra)

• pratīti – perception, understanding, conviction, knowledge
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: prati
  Root: i (class 2)
• cyuta – fallen, lapsed, deviated, devoid of
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root cyu
  Root: cyu (class 1)
• mātra – only, merely, solely
  adjective (neuter)

Note: tas suffix indicates ablative sense 'from/due to'

जरा-मरण-दुःखानाम् (jarā-maraṇa-duḥkhānām) - of the sorrows related to old age and death (of old age, death, and sufferings)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of jarā-maraṇa-duḥkha

jarā-maraṇa-duḥkha - old age, death, and suffering

dvandva compound of jarā and maraṇa, then tatpuruṣa with duḥkha

Compound type : itaretara-dvandva (jarā+maraṇa+duḥkha)

• jarā – old age, decrepitude
  noun (feminine)
  Root: jṛ (class 9)
• maraṇa – death, dying
  noun (neuter)
  noun from root mṛ
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• duḥkha – suffering, pain, sorrow, misery
  noun (neuter)

क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes (referring to time) (sometimes, somewhere, in some place)

(indeclinable)

भाजनताम् (bhājanatām) - becoming a recipient (to the state of being a recipient/object, suitability)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhājanatā

bhājanatā - state of being a recipient, fitness, suitability

derived from bhājana (recipient) + tā (suffix for state/quality)

गतः (gataḥ) - becomes (a recipient) (gone, attained, become)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, reached, attained, become

Past Passive Participle

from root gam

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with an implied subject (e.g. jīva or puruṣa).

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