योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-70, verse-1

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
जीवोऽजीवो भवत्याशु याति चित्तमचित्तताम् ।
विचारादित्यविद्यान्तो मोक्ष इत्यभिधीयते ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
jīvo'jīvo bhavatyāśu yāti cittamacittatām ,
vicārādityavidyānto mokṣa ityabhidhīyate 1

1. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca jīvaḥ ajīvaḥ bhavati āśu yāti cittam
acittatām vicārāt iti avidyā antaḥ mokṣaḥ iti abhidhīyate

1. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca.
vicārāt jīvaḥ āśu ajīvaḥ bhavati.
cittam acittatām yāti.
iti avidyā antaḥ mokṣaḥ iti abhidhīyate.

1. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: The individual soul (jīva) quickly becomes non-existent, and the mind (citta) attains mindlessness. This, the end of ignorance (avidyā) achieved through (self-)inquiry (vicāra), is called final liberation (mokṣa).

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha (a revered sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• जीवः (jīvaḥ) - individual soul, living being

• अजीवः (ajīvaḥ) - non-existent, non-living, lifeless

• भवति (bhavati) - becomes, happens, is, exists

• आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly

• याति (yāti) - goes, attains, reaches

• चित्तम् (cittam) - mind, consciousness, thought

• अचित्तताम् (acittatām) - the state of mindlessness, non-mind

• विचारात् (vicārāt) - through (self-)inquiry (by inquiry, through discrimination, from consideration)

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner

• अविद्या (avidyā) - ignorance, nescience

• अन्तः (antaḥ) - end, termination, limit

• मोक्षः (mokṣaḥ) - final liberation (liberation, release)

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner

• अभिधीयते (abhidhīyate) - is called, is named, is declared

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha (a revered sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - Revered Vasiṣṭha (a proper name of a sage, one of the Saptarishis)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect active 3rd singular form of root 'vac'.

Root: vac (class 2)

जीवः (jīvaḥ) - individual soul, living being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - life, living, soul, individual soul

अजीवः (ajīvaḥ) - non-existent, non-living, lifeless

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ajīva

ajīva - non-living, lifeless, inanimate, non-existent

Compound type : Nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+jīva)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• jīva – living, alive, existing; life, soul
  adjective

भवति (bhavati) - becomes, happens, is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of bhū

Present active 3rd singular form of root 'bhū'.

Root: bhū (class 1)

आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly

(indeclinable)

याति (yāti) - goes, attains, reaches

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of yā

Present active 3rd singular form of root 'yā'.

Root: yā (class 2)

चित्तम् (cittam) - mind, consciousness, thought

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, consciousness, thought, intellect

अचित्तताम् (acittatām) - the state of mindlessness, non-mind

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of acittatā

acittatā - state of mindlessness, absence of mind

Derived from 'acitta' (mindless) with suffix '-tā' for abstract noun.

Compound type : Nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+cittatā)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• cittatā – the state of having a mind, mentality
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from 'citta' (mind) with suffix '-tā'.

विचारात् (vicārāt) - through (self-)inquiry (by inquiry, through discrimination, from consideration)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of vicāra

vicāra - inquiry, investigation, discrimination, reflection, consideration

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner

(indeclinable)

अविद्या (avidyā) - ignorance, nescience

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of avidyā

avidyā - ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance, false knowledge

अन्तः (antaḥ) - end, termination, limit

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anta

anta - end, limit, conclusion, death, proximity

मोक्षः (mokṣaḥ) - final liberation (liberation, release)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mokṣa

mokṣa - liberation, release, freedom, emancipation from saṃsāra

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner

(indeclinable)

अभिधीयते (abhidhīyate) - is called, is named, is declared

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of dhā

Passive form (adhyate) of root 'dhā' with prefix 'abhi-'.

Prefix: abhi

Root: dhā (class 3)