योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-67, verse-19

चित्तेति परमात्मा न परमात्मा न वा न किम् ।
जीवदेहादिनाम्नोऽस्य प्रतिबिम्बादिवार्हता ॥ १९ ॥

citteti paramātmā na paramātmā na vā na kim ,
jīvadehādināmno'sya pratibimbādivārhatā 19

19. citta iti paramātman na paramātman na vā na kim
jīva-deha-ādi-nāmnaḥ asya pratibimbāt iva arhatā

19. citta iti paramātman na paramātman na vā na kim
asya jīva-deha-ādi-nāmnaḥ arhatā pratibimbāt iva

19. Is this 'mind' (citta) not the supreme soul (paramātman)? Or is it, perhaps, the supreme soul? Or is it something else entirely? Its appropriateness for names like 'individual soul' (jīva), 'body' (deha), etc., arises as if from a mere reflection.

Words meanings summery:

• चित्त (citta) - referring to the individual mind (mind, consciousness, thought)

• इति (iti) - marks what is being discussed or questioned (thus, so, saying, thinking)

• परमात्मन् (paramātman) - the ultimate, transcendental self, Brahman (brahman) (the supreme soul (paramātman), the ultimate reality)

• न (na) - expresses negation in the question (not, no)

• परमात्मन् (paramātman) - the ultimate, transcendental self, Brahman (brahman) (the supreme soul (paramātman), the ultimate reality)

• न (na) - part of the interrogative structure 'or not?' (not, no)

• वा (vā) - introduces an alternative in the question (or, either)

• न (na) - part of the interrogative 'or what not?' (not, no)

• किम् (kim) - what (else)? part of the interrogative 'or what (else)?' (what, who, which)

• जीव-देह-आदि-नाम्नः (jīva-deha-ādi-nāmnaḥ) - refers to the names given to the empirical existence (of the name (such as) individual soul, body, etc.)

• अस्य (asya) - of this (citta) (of this, his, her, its)

• प्रतिबिम्बात् (pratibimbāt) - as a result of a mere reflection (not inherent nature) (from a reflection, from an image)

• इव (iva) - indicating a similarity, not identity (as if, like, as it were)

• अर्हता (arhatā) - the quality of being suitable for a name/designation (suitability, worthiness, fitness)

Words meanings and morphology

चित्त (citta) - referring to the individual mind (mind, consciousness, thought)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, consciousness, thought

from root cit

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Forms sandhi with iti to become citteti.

इति (iti) - marks what is being discussed or questioned (thus, so, saying, thinking)

(indeclinable)

Note: Forms sandhi with citta to become citteti.

परमात्मन् (paramātman) - the ultimate, transcendental self, Brahman (brahman) (the supreme soul (paramātman), the ultimate reality)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paramātman

paramātman - supreme soul (paramātman), the highest self

compound

Compound type : karmadhāraya (parama+ātman)

• parama – supreme, highest, ultimate, excellent
  adjective (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, individual soul (ātman), essence
  noun (masculine)

Note: This is the form paramātmā as in the verse. paramātman is the base form.

न (na) - expresses negation in the question (not, no)

(indeclinable)

परमात्मन् (paramātman) - the ultimate, transcendental self, Brahman (brahman) (the supreme soul (paramātman), the ultimate reality)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paramātman

paramātman - supreme soul (paramātman), the highest self

compound

Compound type : karmadhāraya (parama+ātman)

• parama – supreme, highest, ultimate, excellent
  adjective (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, individual soul (ātman), essence
  noun (masculine)

Note: This is the form paramātmā as in the verse. paramātman is the base form.

न (na) - part of the interrogative structure 'or not?' (not, no)

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - introduces an alternative in the question (or, either)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - part of the interrogative 'or what not?' (not, no)

(indeclinable)

किम् (kim) - what (else)? part of the interrogative 'or what (else)?' (what, who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which, why

interrogative pronoun

Note: Used idiomatically as 'what else?' or 'is it anything else?'.

जीव-देह-आदि-नाम्नः (jīva-deha-ādi-nāmnaḥ) - refers to the names given to the empirical existence (of the name (such as) individual soul, body, etc.)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of jīva-deha-ādi-nāman

jīva-deha-ādi-nāman - name of individual soul, body, etc.

compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jīva+deha+ādi+nāman)

• jīva – individual soul (jīva), living being
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jīv (class 1)
• deha – body, corporeal frame
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, et cetera, and so forth
  indeclinable
• nāman – name, appellation, noun
  noun (neuter)

Note: Forms sandhi with asya.

अस्य (asya) - of this (citta) (of this, his, her, its)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

demonstrative pronoun

Note: Forms sandhi with nāmnaḥ.

प्रतिबिम्बात् (pratibimbāt) - as a result of a mere reflection (not inherent nature) (from a reflection, from an image)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of pratibimba

pratibimba - reflection, image, shadow

compound of prati + bimba

Compound type : avyayībhāva (prati+bimba)

• prati – against, towards, in return, every
  indeclinable
  prefix
• bimba – disk, sphere, reflection, image
  noun (masculine)

Note: Causes t to become d in sandhi before a vowel/voiced consonant.

इव (iva) - indicating a similarity, not identity (as if, like, as it were)

(indeclinable)

Note: Forms sandhi with arhatā to ivārhatā in the given text.

अर्हता (arhatā) - the quality of being suitable for a name/designation (suitability, worthiness, fitness)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of arhatā

arhatā - suitability, worthiness, fitness, capability

derived from arhat (worthy) + tā (suffix for state/quality)

Root: arh (class 1)