योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-100, verse-49

यद्यथा वेत्ति यत्तत्सत्तथैवानुभवत्यलम् ।
यस्मात्समस्तं चिन्मात्रं किमिवात्र न विद्यते ॥ ४९ ॥

yadyathā vetti yattatsattathaivānubhavatyalam ,
yasmātsamastaṃ cinmātraṃ kimivātra na vidyate 49

49. yat yathā vetti yat tat sat tathā eva anubhavati alam
yasmāt samastam cinmātram kim iva atra na vidyate

49. yat yathā vetti,
yat tat sat tathā eva alam anubhavati.
yasmāt samastam cinmātram,
atra kim iva na vidyate?

49. Whatever one truly knows (sat), one experiences it fully in exactly that manner. Because everything is nothing but consciousness (cinmātram), what, then, is there in this (atra) that does not exist?

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - whatever (thing) (which, what, whatever)

• यथा (yathā) - in whatever manner (as, just as, in what manner)

• वेत्ति (vetti) - perceives or understands (knows, understands)

• यत् (yat) - whatever (it is that) (which, what, whatever)

• तत् (tat) - that (very) (that, it)

• सत् (sat) - truly existent, real (existent, real, good, true)

• तथा (tathā) - in exactly that manner (thus, so, in that manner)

• एव (eva) - very, precisely (indeed, only, just, exactly)

• अनुभवति (anubhavati) - fully experiences (experiences, feels, perceives)

• अलम् (alam) - fully, completely, truly (enough, sufficient, truly, indeed)

• यस्मात् (yasmāt) - because (from which, because)

• समस्तम् (samastam) - everything, the totality (all, entire, whole)

• चिन्मात्रम् (cinmātram) - nothing but consciousness (merely consciousness, consciousness alone)

• किम् (kim) - what? (what?, why?, whether)

• इव (iva) - indeed, then (like, as, as it were, indeed)

• अत्र (atra) - in this context, in this existence (here, in this place, in this matter)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• विद्यते (vidyate) - exists (is found, exists, is present)

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - whatever (thing) (which, what, whatever)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whoever, whatever

Note: Subject of vetti, here meaning 'whatever [thing]'.

यथा (yathā) - in whatever manner (as, just as, in what manner)

(indeclinable)

वेत्ति (vetti) - perceives or understands (knows, understands)

(verb)

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

present active indicative

3rd person singular present active indicative of root vid (to know)

Root: vid (class 2)

यत् (yat) - whatever (it is that) (which, what, whatever)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whoever, whatever

Note: Acts as the subject of the implied verb 'is' for 'tat sat'.

तत् (tat) - that (very) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, this

सत् (sat) - truly existent, real (existent, real, good, true)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sat

sat - existent, real, good, true, being

present active participle

Present active participle of root as (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'yat tat'.

तथा (tathā) - in exactly that manner (thus, so, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - very, precisely (indeed, only, just, exactly)

(indeclinable)

अनुभवति (anubhavati) - fully experiences (experiences, feels, perceives)

(verb)

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

present active indicative

3rd person singular present active indicative of root bhū (to be) with prefix anu

Prefix: anu

Root: bhū (class 1)

अलम् (alam) - fully, completely, truly (enough, sufficient, truly, indeed)

(indeclinable)

यस्मात् (yasmāt) - because (from which, because)

(pronoun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whoever, whatever

Note: Functions as 'because'.

समस्तम् (samastam) - everything, the totality (all, entire, whole)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of samasta

samasta - all, entire, whole, combined

Past Passive Participle of sam-as (to throw together)

Prefix: sam

Root: as (class 4)

चिन्मात्रम् (cinmātram) - nothing but consciousness (merely consciousness, consciousness alone)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cinmātra

cinmātra - merely consciousness, consciousness alone

Derived from cit (consciousness) + mātra (mere, only)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cit+mātra)

• cit – consciousness, pure thought
  noun (feminine)
• mātra – mere, only, measure
  adjective (neuter)
  Root: mā (class 3)

Note: Predicate nominative to 'samastam'.

किम् (kim) - what? (what?, why?, whether)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what?, which?, who?

Note: Used with iva to form an interrogative phrase.

इव (iva) - indeed, then (like, as, as it were, indeed)

(indeclinable)

अत्र (atra) - in this context, in this existence (here, in this place, in this matter)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

विद्यते (vidyate) - exists (is found, exists, is present)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vidyate

present middle indicative

3rd person singular present middle (ātmanepada) indicative of root vid (to be)

Root: vid (class 4)