योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-98, verse-18

अप्रबुद्धैरवगतं चित्तं दृश्यमिदं जगत् ।
असच्चित्तं निराकारं पूर्वमुत्पन्नमेव नो ॥ १८ ॥

aprabuddhairavagataṃ cittaṃ dṛśyamidaṃ jagat ,
asaccittaṃ nirākāraṃ pūrvamutpannameva no 18

18. aprabuddhaiḥ avagatam cittam dṛśyam idam jagat |
asat cittam nirākāram pūrvam utpannam eva no ||

18. aprabuddhaiḥ idam dṛśyam jagat cittam avagatam.
asat nirākāram cittam pūrvam eva no utpannam.

18. This perceived world is understood as the mind (citta) by the unenlightened. However, the mind (citta) is truly non-existent and formless, and it was never even created in the first place.

Words meanings summery:

• अप्रबुद्धैः (aprabuddhaiḥ) - by the unenlightened, by the ignorant

• अवगतम् (avagatam) - understood, comprehended, perceived

• चित्तम् (cittam) - mind, consciousness, thought

• दृश्यम् (dṛśyam) - visible, perceptible, to be seen

• इदम् (idam) - this

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

• असत् (asat) - non-existent, unreal, false

• चित्तम् (cittam) - mind, consciousness, thought

• निराकारम् (nirākāram) - formless, bodiless, shapeless

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - before, previously, formerly

• उत्पन्नम् (utpannam) - created, produced, arisen

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• नो (no) - not, indeed not

Words meanings and morphology

अप्रबुद्धैः (aprabuddhaiḥ) - by the unenlightened, by the ignorant

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of aprabuddha

aprabuddha - unenlightened, ignorant, not awakened

past passive participle

Derived from 'a-' (negation) + 'prabuddha' (awakened, knowing), which itself is a past passive participle of pra-√budh (to awaken, perceive).

Prefix: pra

Root: budh (class 1)

अवगतम् (avagatam) - understood, comprehended, perceived

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of avagata

avagata - understood, comprehended, known, perceived

past passive participle

Derived from the prefix 'ava-' and the root √gam (to go, understand) with the kta (past passive participle) suffix.

Prefix: ava

Root: gam (class 1)

चित्तम् (cittam) - mind, consciousness, thought

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, consciousness, thought, intellect

past passive participle (nominalized)

Derived from the root √cit (to perceive, think) with the kta (past passive participle) suffix, used as a noun.

Root: cit (class 10)

दृश्यम् (dṛśyam) - visible, perceptible, to be seen

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dṛśya

dṛśya - visible, perceptible, to be seen, an object of sight

gerundive/potential passive participle

Derived from the root √dṛś (to see) with the suffix -ya.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving

असत् (asat) - non-existent, unreal, false

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, false, evil

present active participle

Derived from 'a-' (negation) + 'sat' (existent), which is the present active participle of the root √as (to be, exist).

Root: as (class 2)

चित्तम् (cittam) - mind, consciousness, thought

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, consciousness, thought, intellect

past passive participle (nominalized)

Derived from the root √cit (to perceive, think) with the kta (past passive participle) suffix, used as a noun.

Root: cit (class 10)

निराकारम् (nirākāram) - formless, bodiless, shapeless

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nirākāra

nirākāra - formless, bodiless, shapeless, without particular attributes

Derived from 'nis-' (without, free from) + 'ākāra' (form, shape)

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - before, previously, formerly

(indeclinable)

उत्पन्नम् (utpannam) - created, produced, arisen

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of utpanna

utpanna - born, produced, created, arisen

past passive participle

Derived from the prefix 'ut-' and the root √pad (to go, arise, happen) with the kta (past passive participle) suffix.

Prefix: ut

Root: pad (class 4)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

नो (no) - not, indeed not

(indeclinable)

Combination of 'na' (not) and 'u' (emphatic particle).