योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-101, verse-21

चिन्मात्रमेव पुरुषः खवत्स च न नश्यति ।
कदाचनापि तद्व्यर्थं यन्नश्यामीति शोकिता ॥ २१ ॥

cinmātrameva puruṣaḥ khavatsa ca na naśyati ,
kadācanāpi tadvyarthaṃ yannaśyāmīti śokitā 21

21. cit-mātram eva puruṣaḥ khavat saḥ ca na naśyati
kadācana api tat vyartham yat naśyāmi iti śokitā

21. puruṣaḥ cit-mātram eva khavat saḥ ca na naśyati.
yat naśyāmi iti śokitā tat kadācana api vyartham.

21. The supreme cosmic person (puruṣa) is pure consciousness (cit) alone, like space, and never perishes. Therefore, the sorrow of thinking "I will perish" is always in vain.

Words meanings summery:

• चित्-मात्रम् (cit-mātram) - merely consciousness, pure consciousness

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, certainly

• पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - supreme cosmic person (puruṣa) (person, man, supreme cosmic person)

• खवत् (khavat) - like space, like the ether

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• च (ca) - and, also

• न (na) - not

• नश्यति (naśyati) - perishes, is destroyed

• कदाचन (kadācana) - ever, at any time

• अपि (api) - also, even, if

• तत् (tat) - that, therefore

• व्यर्थम् (vyartham) - futile, useless, in vain

• यत् (yat) - which, that (conjunction)

• नश्यामि (naśyāmi) - I perish, I am destroyed

• इति (iti) - thus, so, (marks a quotation)

• शोकिता (śokitā) - sorrow, grief, sadness

Words meanings and morphology

चित्-मात्रम् (cit-mātram) - merely consciousness, pure consciousness

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cit-mātra

cit-mātra - consisting merely of consciousness, pure consciousness

Compound type : karmadhāraya (cit+mātra)

• cit – consciousness, thought, understanding
  noun (feminine)
• mātra – only, merely, measuring
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Used nominally as a predicate adjective

एव (eva) - only, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - supreme cosmic person (puruṣa) (person, man, supreme cosmic person)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, human being, spirit, soul, the Supreme Being

खवत् (khavat) - like space, like the ether

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kha-vat

kha-vat - like space, ethereal

Compound type : suffixal adjective (kha+vat)

• kha – sky, space, ether
  noun (neuter)
• vat – like, possessing
  suffix
  Suffix forming adjectives meaning 'like' or 'having'

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

नश्यति (naśyati) - perishes, is destroyed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of naś

Root: naś (class 4)

कदाचन (kadācana) - ever, at any time

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, if

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that, therefore

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, therefore, it

व्यर्थम् (vyartham) - futile, useless, in vain

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vyartha

vyartha - useless, vain, unsuccessful

Compound type : pradi-tatpuruṣa (vi+artha)

• vi – without, separation, negation
  upasarga
• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth
  noun (masculine)

यत् (yat) - which, that (conjunction)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, that, who

Note: Introduces a dependent clause

नश्यामि (naśyāmi) - I perish, I am destroyed

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of naś

Root: naś (class 4)

इति (iti) - thus, so, (marks a quotation)

(indeclinable)

शोकिता (śokitā) - sorrow, grief, sadness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śokitā

śokitā - state of being sorrowful, grief, sadness

Derived from past participle śokita + feminine suffix tā