योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-101, verse-9

संविन्मात्रादृते तस्माद्भूतं किमिव कथ्यताम् ।
कथ्यतां म्रियते तच्चेत्तदद्येमे कुतो वयम् ॥ ९ ॥

saṃvinmātrādṛte tasmādbhūtaṃ kimiva kathyatām ,
kathyatāṃ mriyate taccettadadyeme kuto vayam 9

9. saṃvitmātrāt ṛte tasmāt bhūtam kim iva kathyatām
kathyatām mriyate tat cet tat adya ime kutaḥ vayam

9. saṃvitmātrāt ṛte tasmāt kim iva bhūtam kathyatām.
kathyatām,
tat cet mriyate,
tat kutaḥ adya ime vayam?

9. Apart from pure consciousness (saṃvitmātra), what existent thing, indeed, can be spoken of as originating from that? Let it be said: if that (consciousness) were to die, then from what source would we, who exist today, have come?

Words meanings summery:

• संवित्मात्रात् (saṁvitmātrāt) - from pure consciousness, from the essence of consciousness

• ऋते (ṛte) - without, apart from, except

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that (source, referring to pure consciousness) (from that, therefore, from him/her/it)

• भूतम् (bhūtam) - an existent thing (anything that comes into being) (an existent thing, a being, a creature, an element)

• किम् (kim) - what?, why?, what kind of?

• इव (iva) - indeed (emphatic particle) (like, as, as if, indeed)

• कथ्यताम् (kathyatām) - let it be said, let it be told, let it be spoken of

• कथ्यताम् (kathyatām) - let it be said, let it be told, let it be spoken of

• म्रियते (mriyate) - dies, passes away

• तत् (tat) - that (consciousness) (referring to saṃvitmātra) (that, it)

• चेत् (cet) - if

• तत् (tat) - then (adverbial) (that, then, therefore)

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• इमे (ime) - we, these ones (referring to 'vayam') (these (plural))

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - from what source (from where, from what (source), why)

• वयम् (vayam) - we

Words meanings and morphology

संवित्मात्रात् (saṁvitmātrāt) - from pure consciousness, from the essence of consciousness

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of saṃvitmātra

saṁvitmātra - pure consciousness, essence of consciousness

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃvit+mātra)

• saṃvit – consciousness, knowledge
  noun (feminine)
• mātra – only, merely, measure, essence
  adjective (neuter)

ऋते (ṛte) - without, apart from, except

(indeclinable)

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that (source, referring to pure consciousness) (from that, therefore, from him/her/it)

(pronoun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

भूतम् (bhūtam) - an existent thing (anything that comes into being) (an existent thing, a being, a creature, an element)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhūta

bhūta - existent, past, being, element, ghost

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root bhū- 'to be, to become'

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Used as a noun, 'an existent thing'.

किम् (kim) - what?, why?, what kind of?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what?, why?, what kind of?

इव (iva) - indeed (emphatic particle) (like, as, as if, indeed)

(indeclinable)

कथ्यताम् (kathyatām) - let it be said, let it be told, let it be spoken of

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of kath

Root: kath (class 10)

कथ्यताम् (kathyatām) - let it be said, let it be told, let it be spoken of

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of kath

Root: kath (class 10)

Note: Repeated for emphasis or to introduce a new clause/question.

म्रियते (mriyate) - dies, passes away

(verb)

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

Root: mṛ (class 4)

तत् (tat) - that (consciousness) (referring to saṃvitmātra) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - then (adverbial) (that, then, therefore)

(pronoun)

of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'then'.

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

इमे (ime) - we, these ones (referring to 'vayam') (these (plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

Note: Agrees with 'vayam' (we) implying 'these very selves'.

कुतः (kutaḥ) - from what source (from where, from what (source), why)

(indeclinable)

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we