योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-131, verse-21

चिन्मात्रं यद्यदाभातं जलवाहविवर्तवत् ।
तत्तादृक्कथमन्याभमन्यस्यासंभवाद्भवेत् ॥ २१ ॥

cinmātraṃ yadyadābhātaṃ jalavāhavivartavat ,
tattādṛkkathamanyābhamanyasyāsaṃbhavādbhavet 21

21. cit-mātram yat yat ābhātam jala-vāha-vivarta-vat tat
tādṛk katham anya-ābham anyasya asambhavāt bhavet

21. yat yat ābhātam cit-mātram jala-vāha-vivarta-vat (asti).
anyasya asambhavāt tat katham anya-ābham bhavet?

21. Whatever manifests is purely consciousness (cit-mātram), just like the various transformations of water. How could that (manifestation) be of a different nature or appear as something other, given the impossibility of anything existing apart from it?

Words meanings summery:

• चित्-मात्रम् (cit-mātram) - consciousness alone, nothing but consciousness

• यत् (yat) - which, whatever

• यत् (yat) - which, whatever (for emphasis)

• आभातम् (ābhātam) - appeared, manifested, shining forth

• जल-वाह-विवर्त-वत् (jala-vāha-vivarta-vat) - like the modifications of water (e.g., waves, ripples)

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• तादृक् (tādṛk) - of that kind, such, of that nature

• कथम् (katham) - how?

• अन्य-आभम् (anya-ābham) - appearing as other, distinct, having a different appearance

• अन्यस्य (anyasya) - of another, of something else

• असम्भवात् (asambhavāt) - due to the impossibility, from non-existence, from non-occurrence

• भवेत् (bhavet) - it would be, it should be, it might be

Words meanings and morphology

चित्-मात्रम् (cit-mātram) - consciousness alone, nothing but consciousness

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cit-mātra

cit-mātra - consisting of consciousness only, purely conscious

Compound type : karmadhāraya (cit+mātra)

• cit – consciousness, intelligence
  noun (feminine)
• mātra – only, merely, solely, consisting only of
  adjective (neuter)

यत् (yat) - which, whatever

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whoever, whatever

यत् (yat) - which, whatever (for emphasis)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whoever, whatever

Note: Repetition emphasizes 'whatever'.

आभातम् (ābhātam) - appeared, manifested, shining forth

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ābhāta

ābhāta - appeared, manifested, shining, illumined

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root bhā with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: bhā (class 2)

जल-वाह-विवर्त-वत् (jala-vāha-vivarta-vat) - like the modifications of water (e.g., waves, ripples)

(indeclinable)

Suffix -vat (as if, like) appended to jala-vāha-vivarta

Compound type : tatpurusha (jala+vāha+vivarta)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• vāha – carrying, flow, current, stream
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vah (class 1)
• vivarta – turning, rolling, change, transformation, modification, illusion
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

तादृक् (tādṛk) - of that kind, such, of that nature

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tādṛś

tādṛś - such, of that kind, like that

कथम् (katham) - how?

(indeclinable)

अन्य-आभम् (anya-ābham) - appearing as other, distinct, having a different appearance

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya-ābha

anya-ābha - having another appearance, appearing different

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (anya+ābha)

• anya – other, another
  pronoun (neuter)
• ābha – appearance, semblance, lustre
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: bhā (class 2)

अन्यस्य (anyasya) - of another, of something else

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

असम्भवात् (asambhavāt) - due to the impossibility, from non-existence, from non-occurrence

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of asambhava

asambhava - impossibility, non-existence, non-occurrence

Compound type : tatpurusha (a+sambhava)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• sambhava – possibility, existence, origin, occurrence
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: bhū (class 1)

भवेत् (bhavet) - it would be, it should be, it might be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)