योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-96, verse-49

अकचित्वैव तन्नाम कचितं सर्गवेदनम् ।
अहं चिता चिदेवादौ भवतीव स्वयं ततः ॥ ४९ ॥

akacitvaiva tannāma kacitaṃ sargavedanam ,
ahaṃ citā cidevādau bhavatīva svayaṃ tataḥ 49

49. akacitvā eva tat nāma kacitam sargavedanam aham
citā cit eva ādau bhavati iva svayam tataḥ

49. तत् नाम अकचित्वा एव सर्गवेदनम् कचितम् ततः
आदौ अहम् चिता स्वयम् चित् एव इव भवति ॥

49. Indeed, even without specifically conceiving a name for it, the experience of creation is conceived. Then, I, as pure consciousness (cit), in the beginning, spontaneously manifest as if consciousness itself.

Words meanings summery:

• अकचित्वा (akacitvā) - without having conceived, without having thought

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just, certainly)

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• नाम (nāma) - name, appellation

• कचितम् (kacitam) - conceived, thought of, arranged

• सर्गवेदनम् (sargavedanam) - knowledge of creation, experience of creation

• अहम् (aham) - the ultimate Self or pure consciousness (I, myself)

• चिता (citā) - by means of pure consciousness (cit) (by consciousness (cit))

• चित् (cit) - pure consciousness (cit) (consciousness, pure intelligence)

• एव (eva) - only, itself (indeed, only, just, certainly)

• आदौ (ādau) - in the beginning, at first

• भवति (bhavati) - manifests, becomes manifest (becomes, happens, exists)

• इव (iva) - as if (as if, like, as, in a manner)

• स्वयम् (svayam) - spontaneously (spontaneously, by itself, oneself)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, from that initial manifestation (then, from that, therefore)

Words meanings and morphology

अकचित्वा (akacitvā) - without having conceived, without having thought

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

formed from 'a' (negation) + root 'kac' (to bind, to appear, to shine, to speak, to think) + 'tvā' suffix

Compound type : negation (a+kacitvā)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• kacitvā – having conceived, having thought
  indeclinable
  absolutive/gerund
  root 'kac' + 'tvā' suffix
  Root: kac (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just, certainly)

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

Note: modifies 'nāma'

नाम (nāma) - name, appellation

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nāman

nāman - name, appellation, noun

कचितम् (kacitam) - conceived, thought of, arranged

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kacita

kacita - conceived, thought of, arranged, bound

Past Passive Participle

root 'kac' + 'kta' (ta) suffix

Root: kac (class 1)

Note: modifies 'sargavedanam'

सर्गवेदनम् (sargavedanam) - knowledge of creation, experience of creation

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sargavedana

sargavedana - knowledge/experience of creation

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarga+vedana)

• sarga – creation, emission, discharge
  noun (masculine)
  from root 'sṛj' (to create, emit)
  Root: sṛj (class 6)
• vedana – knowledge, perception, feeling, experience
  noun (neuter)
  from root 'vid' (to know)
  Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Subject of 'kacitam' implicitly.

अहम् (aham) - the ultimate Self or pure consciousness (I, myself)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Subject of 'bhavati' (philosophically, not strictly grammatically).

चिता (citā) - by means of pure consciousness (cit) (by consciousness (cit))

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, intelligence, thought

चित् (cit) - pure consciousness (cit) (consciousness, pure intelligence)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, intelligence, thought

Note: The state 'aham' becomes.

एव (eva) - only, itself (indeed, only, just, certainly)

(indeclinable)

आदौ (ādau) - in the beginning, at first

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ādi

ādi - beginning, origin, first

भवति (bhavati) - manifests, becomes manifest (becomes, happens, exists)

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Philosophical usage, where 'aham' (1st person) is spoken of impersonally as 'it' (3rd person).

इव (iva) - as if (as if, like, as, in a manner)

(indeclinable)

स्वयम् (svayam) - spontaneously (spontaneously, by itself, oneself)

(indeclinable)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, from that initial manifestation (then, from that, therefore)

(indeclinable)

ablative of 'tad' (that)