योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-97, verse-17

असंभवाद्भावनस्य नाहंताभावनास्ति ते ।
अहंभावासंभवतश्चित्तमन्यत्किमुच्यते ॥ १७ ॥

asaṃbhavādbhāvanasya nāhaṃtābhāvanāsti te ,
ahaṃbhāvāsaṃbhavataścittamanyatkimucyate 17

17. asaṃbhavāt bhāvanasya na ahaṃtā bhāvanā asti te
ahaṃbhāvāsaṃbhavataḥ cittam anyat kim ucyate

17. na te bhāvanasya asaṃbhavāt ahaṃtā bhāvanā asti
ca ahaṃbhāvāsaṃbhavataḥ anyat cittam kim ucyate

17. Since there is no possibility of you having a conception of 'I-ness' (ahaṃtā), and because the very notion of 'I' (ahaṃbhāva) is impossible, what then is called the mind (citta)?

Words meanings summery:

• असंभवात् (asaṁbhavāt) - from the impossibility, from the non-occurrence

• भावनस्य (bhāvanasya) - of the conception, of the thought, of the imagining

• न (na) - not, no

• अहंता (ahaṁtā) - I-ness, ego-sense, egoism

• भावना (bhāvanā) - conception, idea, thought, contemplation

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• ते (te) - to you, for you, your

• अहंभावासंभवतः (ahaṁbhāvāsaṁbhavataḥ) - from the impossibility of the sense of 'I'

• चित्तम् (cittam) - mind, consciousness, thought

• अन्यत् (anyat) - other, different

• किम् (kim) - what, why

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called

Words meanings and morphology

असंभवात् (asaṁbhavāt) - from the impossibility, from the non-occurrence

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of asaṃbhava

asaṁbhava - impossibility, non-existence, non-occurrence

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+saṃbhava)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
  negation prefix
• saṃbhava – possibility, origin, occurrence, birth
  noun (masculine)
  from sam-bhū
  Prefix: sam
  Root: bhū (class 1)

भावनस्य (bhāvanasya) - of the conception, of the thought, of the imagining

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of bhāvana

bhāvana - conception, thought, bringing into existence, imagination, meditation

from root bhū with causative suffix -ṇic and then suffix -ana

Root: bhū (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अहंता (ahaṁtā) - I-ness, ego-sense, egoism

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ahaṃtā

ahaṁtā - I-ness, ego-sense, egoism, individuality

derived from "aham" (I) with suffix "-tā" (abstract noun suffix)

भावना (bhāvanā) - conception, idea, thought, contemplation

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhāvanā

bhāvanā - conception, idea, thought, contemplation, bringing into existence, imagination

from root bhū with causative suffix -ṇic and feminine suffix -ā

Root: bhū (class 1)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (lat) of as

present active

3rd person singular present indicative active

Root: as (class 2)

ते (te) - to you, for you, your

(pronoun)

singular of tvam

tvam - you (singular)

Note: This is an enclitic form.

अहंभावासंभवतः (ahaṁbhāvāsaṁbhavataḥ) - from the impossibility of the sense of 'I'

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of ahaṃbhāvāsaṃbhava

ahaṁbhāvāsaṁbhava - impossibility of the sense of 'I', non-existence of ego-sense

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (ahaṃbhāva+asaṃbhava)

• ahaṃbhāva – sense of 'I', ego-sense, egoism
  noun (masculine)
  compound of 'aham' and 'bhāva'
• asaṃbhava – impossibility, non-existence, non-occurrence
  noun (masculine)
  from a-sam-bhū
  Prefixes: a+sam
  Root: bhū (class 1)

चित्तम् (cittam) - mind, consciousness, thought

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, consciousness, thought, intellect

from root cit

Root: cit (class 1)

अन्यत् (anyat) - other, different

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, different, another

Note: agrees with 'cittam'

किम् (kim) - what, why

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why, how

interrogative pronoun

उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (lat) of vac

present passive

3rd person singular present indicative passive (from root vac, which undergoes vocalization to uc in passive forms)

Root: vac (class 2)