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

वेदनामात्रसारत्वाद्यथा चित्सार उच्यते ।
द्रवत्वं सलिलस्येव चिदचित्त्वमकारणम् ॥ ६ ॥

vedanāmātrasāratvādyathā citsāra ucyate ,
dravatvaṃ salilasyeva cidacittvamakāraṇam 6

6. vedanāmātrasāratvāt yathā cit-sāraḥ ucyate
dravatvam salilasya iva cit-acittvam akāraṇam

6. vedanāmātrasāratvāt yathā cit-sāraḥ ucyate,
salilasya dravatvam iva,
cit-acittvam akāraṇam (asti)

6. Because its essential nature is merely sensation (vedanā), it is described as the essence of consciousness (cit-sāra). Similarly, being conscious or non-conscious is without cause, just as liquidity is an inherent property of water.

6. מכיוון שמהותה היא חוויית ההכרה בלבד, היא נקראת מהות התודעה הטהורה. כשם שהנזילות שייכת למים ללא סיבה חיצונית, כך הופעת התודעה והחומר היא ללא סיבה.

Words meanings summery:

• वेदनामात्रसारत्वात् (vedanāmātrasāratvāt) - because its essential nature is merely sensation (because its essence is merely sensation, due to its nature being only feeling)

• यथा (yathā) - just as, in which way, how, like

• चित्-सारः (cit-sāraḥ) - the essence of consciousness (whose essence is consciousness, essence of consciousness)

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is described (is said, is called, is declared)

• द्रवत्वम् (dravatvam) - liquidity, fluidity, the state of being liquid

• सलिलस्य (salilasya) - of water

• इव (iva) - like, as, as it were, seemingly

• चित्-अचित्त्वम् (cit-acittvam) - the state of being conscious or non-conscious (the state of being conscious and non-conscious, consciousness and non-consciousness)

• अकारणम् (akāraṇam) - without cause, causeless, uncaused, groundless

Words meanings and morphology

वेदनामात्रसारत्वात् (vedanāmātrasāratvāt) - because its essential nature is merely sensation (because its essence is merely sensation, due to its nature being only feeling)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of vedanāmātrasāratva

vedanāmātrasāratva - the state of having merely sensation as essence

Compound of 'vedanā' (sensation), 'mātra' (mere), 'sāra' (essence) and 'tva' (abstract noun suffix).

Compound type : tatpurusha (vedanā+mātra+sāra+tva)

• vedanā – sensation, feeling, pain, knowledge
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'vid' (to know, feel) + suffix 'anā'.
  Root: vid (class 4)
• mātra – mere, only, just; measure, amount
  adjective (neuter)
• sāra – essence, core, pith, strength, best part
  noun (masculine)
• tva – suffix forming abstract nouns, 'nature of being'
  suffix (neuter)

Note: Indicates cause or reason.

यथा (yathā) - just as, in which way, how, like

(indeclinable)

चित्-सारः (cit-sāraḥ) - the essence of consciousness (whose essence is consciousness, essence of consciousness)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of citsāra

citsāra - whose essence is consciousness, essence of consciousness

Compound of 'cit' (consciousness) and 'sāra' (essence).

Compound type : tatpurusha (cit+sāra)

• cit – consciousness, thought, intelligence
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'cit' (to perceive, understand).
  Root: cit (class 1)
• sāra – essence, core, pith, strength, best part
  noun (masculine)

Note: Could also be an adjective here, 'having consciousness as its essence'.

उच्यते (ucyate) - is described (is said, is called, is declared)

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

द्रवत्वम् (dravatvam) - liquidity, fluidity, the state of being liquid

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dravatva

dravatva - liquidity, fluidity, state of being liquid

From 'drava' (liquid) + suffix 'tva' (abstract noun).

सलिलस्य (salilasya) - of water

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of salila

salila - water

इव (iva) - like, as, as it were, seemingly

(indeclinable)

चित्-अचित्त्वम् (cit-acittvam) - the state of being conscious or non-conscious (the state of being conscious and non-conscious, consciousness and non-consciousness)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cit-acittva

cit-acittva - the state of being conscious and non-conscious

Compound of 'cit' (conscious) and 'acit' (non-conscious) + 'tva' (abstract noun suffix).

Compound type : dvandva (cit+acit+tva)

• cit – conscious, thinking, intelligent; consciousness
  adjective
  Root: cit (class 1)
• acit – non-conscious, unconscious, inanimate
  adjective
  Negative prefix 'a' + 'cit'.
  Prefix: a
• tva – suffix forming abstract nouns, 'nature of being'
  suffix (neuter)

अकारणम् (akāraṇam) - without cause, causeless, uncaused, groundless

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of akāraṇa

akāraṇa - without cause, uncaused, groundless, causeless

Negative prefix 'a' + 'kāraṇa' (cause).

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+kāraṇa)

• a – not, non-, un-
  prefix
• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)
  From root 'kṛ' (to do) + suffix 'ana'.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with 'cit-acittvam'.

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