योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-101, verse-13

चिन्मात्रमेवमप्युक्तं याति न क्वचिदन्यताम् ।
यस्मात्स्वयं तदेवैवमात्मानं वेत्ति नेतरत् ॥ १३ ॥

cinmātramevamapyuktaṃ yāti na kvacidanyatām ,
yasmātsvayaṃ tadevaivamātmānaṃ vetti netarat 13

13. cinmātram evam api uktam yāti na kvacit anyatām
yasmāt svayam tat eva evam ātmānam vetti na itarat

13. evam api uktam cinmātram kvacit anyatām na yāti yasmāt tat eva svayam evam ātmānam vetti,
itarat na

13. Even though it is declared thus, pure consciousness never attains otherness anywhere. This is because that very [consciousness] itself thus knows its own self (ātman), and not anything else.

Words meanings summery:

• चिन्मात्रम् (cinmātram) - pure consciousness, consciousness alone

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way, in this manner

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• उक्तम् (uktam) - said, declared, spoken

• याति (yāti) - goes, moves, attains, becomes

• न (na) - not, no

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - anywhere, at any time, sometimes

• अन्यताम् (anyatām) - otherness, difference, distinctness

• यस्मात् (yasmāt) - because of which, since

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

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way, in this manner

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - the self, the soul, the essence

• वेत्ति (vetti) - knows, understands

• न (na) - not, no

• इतरत् (itarat) - another, other, different

Words meanings and morphology

चिन्मात्रम् (cinmātram) - pure consciousness, consciousness alone

(noun)

neuter, singular of cinmātra

cinmātra - pure consciousness, consciousness alone, consisting only of consciousness

Compound type : tatpurusha (cit+mātra)

• cit – consciousness, pure intelligence
  noun (feminine)
• mātra – only, merely, solely, measure
  adjective/indeclinable (neuter)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way, in this manner

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

उक्तम् (uktam) - said, declared, spoken

(adjective)

neuter, singular of ukta

ukta - said, spoken, declared

Past Passive Participle

Root: vac (class 2)

याति (yāti) - goes, moves, attains, becomes

(verb)

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

Root: yā (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

क्वचित् (kvacit) - anywhere, at any time, sometimes

(indeclinable)

अन्यताम् (anyatām) - otherness, difference, distinctness

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of anyatā

anyatā - otherness, difference, distinctness

यस्मात् (yasmāt) - because of which, since

(pronoun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what (relative pronoun)

स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by itself, personally

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it (demonstrative pronoun)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way, in this manner

(indeclinable)

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - the self, the soul, the essence

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essential nature

वेत्ति (vetti) - knows, understands

(verb)

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

Root: vid (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

इतरत् (itarat) - another, other, different

(pronoun/adjective)

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