योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-78, verse-29

जडं शून्यमसत्कल्पं चैतन्येन प्रबोध्यते ।
इति संचिन्त्य चूडाला केनैषा चित्प्रचेतनी ॥ २९ ॥

jaḍaṃ śūnyamasatkalpaṃ caitanyena prabodhyate ,
iti saṃcintya cūḍālā kenaiṣā citpracetanī 29

29. jaḍam śūnyam asatkalpam caitanyena prabodhyate
iti saṃcintya cūḍālā kena eṣā citpracetanī

29. cūḍālā iti saṃcintya jaḍam śūnyam asatkalpam
caitanyena prabodhyate eṣā citpracetanī kena

29. Chūḍālā pondered, 'How is it that this inert, empty, and seemingly non-existent [world] is awakened by consciousness? By whom is this consciousness truly awakened?'

Words meanings summery:

• जडम् (jaḍam) - inert, dull, insentient, cold, foolish

• शून्यम् (śūnyam) - empty, void, vacant, non-existent, null

• असत्कल्पम् (asatkalpam) - as if non-existent (unreal-like, as if non-existent, illusory)

• चैतन्येन (caitanyena) - by consciousness, by intelligence, by spirit

• प्रबोध्यते (prabodhyate) - is awakened, is enlightened, is aroused

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

• संचिन्त्य (saṁcintya) - having reflected, having pondered, having considered

• चूडाला (cūḍālā) - Chūḍālā (a proper name, usually a queen or female sage)

• केन (kena) - by whom, by what

• एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

• चित्प्रचेतनी (citpracetanī) - consciousness-inspirer, awakener of consciousness

Words meanings and morphology

जडम् (jaḍam) - inert, dull, insentient, cold, foolish

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jaḍa

jaḍa - inert, dull, insentient, foolish

शून्यम् (śūnyam) - empty, void, vacant, non-existent, null

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śūnya

śūnya - empty, void, vacant, non-existent

असत्कल्पम् (asatkalpam) - as if non-existent (unreal-like, as if non-existent, illusory)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asatkalpa

asatkalpa - unreal-like, as if non-existent

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (asat+kalpa)

• asat – non-existent, unreal, false, bad
  adjective
  Prefix: a
  Root: as (class 2)
• kalpa – like, resembling, similar to, period of time
  adjective (masculine)

चैतन्येन (caitanyena) - by consciousness, by intelligence, by spirit

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of caitanya

caitanya - consciousness, intelligence, spirit, soul

derived from cetana (conscious)

Root: cit (class 1)

प्रबोध्यते (prabodhyate) - is awakened, is enlightened, is aroused

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of prabudh

Present Passive

root budh (class 1 or 4), causative form bodhayati, passive prabodhyate

Prefix: pra

Root: budh (class 1)

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

(indeclinable)

संचिन्त्य (saṁcintya) - having reflected, having pondered, having considered

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Absolutive form from root cint (class 10) with prefix sam-

Prefix: sam

Root: cit (class 1)

चूडाला (cūḍālā) - Chūḍālā (a proper name, usually a queen or female sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cūḍālā

cūḍālā - Chūḍālā (name of a queen in Yoga Vasiṣṭha)

केन (kena) - by whom, by what

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Can also be neuter instrumental singular.

एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Note: Refers to citpracetanī.

चित्प्रचेतनी (citpracetanī) - consciousness-inspirer, awakener of consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of citpracetanī

citpracetanī - consciousness-inspirer, awakener of consciousness

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cit+pracetanī)

• cit – consciousness, thought, understanding, spirit
  noun (feminine)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• pracetanī – awakener, inspirer, making aware
  adjective (feminine)
  Feminine form of pracetana
  Derived from root cet (to be conscious, to perceive) with prefix pra- and suffix -anī
  Prefix: pra
  Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Refers to consciousness itself as the active principle.