योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-157, verse-4

तद्ब्रह्म स्वयमेवाहं चिच्चेतामीति संविदम् ।
जीवतामिव गत्वास्ते चित्तीभूयात्यजद्वपुः ॥ ४ ॥

tadbrahma svayamevāhaṃ ciccetāmīti saṃvidam ,
jīvatāmiva gatvāste cittībhūyātyajadvapuḥ 4

4. tat brahma svayam eva aham cit cetāmi iti saṃvidam
jīvatām iva gatvā āste cittībhūya atyajat vapuḥ

4. tat brahma svayam eva jīvatām iva gatvā cit
cetāmi iti saṃvidam āste cittībhūya vapuḥ atyajat

4. That `brahman` (brahman) itself, having, as it were, become a living being (jīva), abides with the consciousness (saṃvid) 'I am pure consciousness (cit), I am conscious.' Having then transformed into mind (citta), it abandoned (its subtle) form (vapus).

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - that

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - `brahman` (the absolute reality)

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

• एव (eva) - indeed, itself (only, just, indeed, precisely)

• अहम् (aham) - 'I' (the self-identifying principle) (I)

• चित् (cit) - pure consciousness (consciousness, thought, understanding)

• चेतामि (cetāmi) - I am conscious (I think, I am conscious, I perceive)

• इति (iti) - (marks the quoted statement) (thus, so, (quotation marker))

• संविदम् (saṁvidam) - consciousness, knowledge (consciousness, knowledge, understanding, experience)

• जीवताम् (jīvatām) - state of a living being (jīva) (state of a living being, vitality)

• इव (iva) - as it were, as if (as, like, as it were)

• गत्वा (gatvā) - having assumed, having attained (having gone, having attained)

• आस्ते (āste) - abides, resides (remains, stays, exists, sits)

• चित्तीभूय (cittībhūya) - having transformed into mind (citta) (having become mind/thought)

• अत्यजत् (atyajat) - abandoned (abandoned, gave up, left)

• वपुः (vapuḥ) - (subtle) form, body (body, form, figure)

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

Note: Qualifies `brahma`.

ब्रह्म (brahma) - `brahman` (the absolute reality)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - `brahman`, the Absolute, ultimate reality, the universal spirit

Root: bṛh (class 1)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

स्वयम् (svayam) - itself (oneself, by oneself, spontaneously)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, itself (only, just, indeed, precisely)

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - 'I' (the self-identifying principle) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

Note: Part of the quoted statement 'I am consciousness, I am conscious'.

चित् (cit) - pure consciousness (consciousness, thought, understanding)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, pure intelligence, mind, thought

From root cit (to perceive, to understand).

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Part of the quoted statement 'I am consciousness'.

चेतामि (cetāmi) - I am conscious (I think, I am conscious, I perceive)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of cit

Present active

Derived from root cit (10th class, 'to perceive, to be conscious').

Root: cit (class 10)

Note: Part of the quoted statement.

इति (iti) - (marks the quoted statement) (thus, so, (quotation marker))

(indeclinable)

Root: i (class 2)

संविदम् (saṁvidam) - consciousness, knowledge (consciousness, knowledge, understanding, experience)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of saṃvid

saṁvid - knowledge, consciousness, understanding, intellect, agreement

From root vid (to know) with prefix sam-.

Prefix: sam

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: This knowledge/consciousness is what the `brahman` (brahman) experiences when it becomes a `jīva`.

जीवताम् (jīvatām) - state of a living being (jīva) (state of a living being, vitality)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jīvatā

jīvatā - life, vitality, state of a living being (jīva)

From jīva (living being) + suffix -tā (feminine abstract noun).

Root: jīv (class 1)

इव (iva) - as it were, as if (as, like, as it were)

(indeclinable)

गत्वा (gatvā) - having assumed, having attained (having gone, having attained)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Derived from root gam (1st class) with suffix -tvā.

Root: gam (class 1)

आस्ते (āste) - abides, resides (remains, stays, exists, sits)

(verb)

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

Present middle

Derived from root ās (2nd class).

Root: ās (class 2)

Note: Main verb of the first clause.

चित्तीभूय (cittībhūya) - having transformed into mind (citta) (having become mind/thought)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Derived from `citta` (mind) + `bhū` (to become) with suffix -ya (absolutive for verbs with upasargas, or compound verbs like this).

• citta – mind, thought, intellect, heart
  noun (neuter)
  Past passive participle of cit, often used as a noun.
  Root: cit (class 1)
• bhū – to become, to be, to exist
  verb
  Root: bhū (class 1)

अत्यजत् (atyajat) - abandoned (abandoned, gave up, left)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of atyaj

Imperfect active

Derived from root tyaj (1st class) with prefix ati-.

Prefix: ati

Root: tyaj (class 1)

Note: Main verb of the second clause.

वपुः (vapuḥ) - (subtle) form, body (body, form, figure)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vapus

vapus - body, form, figure, nature, essence

s-stem neuter noun.

Root: vap (class 1)

Note: The body/form that `brahman` (brahman) as `jīva` abandons, perhaps its true, unmanifested form, or a subtle body it temporarily assumed.