योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-159, verse-51

कस्मिंश्चिन्मात्रकचने द्वयं वाप्यस्ति नैव वा ।
चेतितं द्वयमप्यस्ति नास्ति द्वयमचेतितम् ॥ ५१ ॥

kasmiṃścinmātrakacane dvayaṃ vāpyasti naiva vā ,
cetitaṃ dvayamapyasti nāsti dvayamacetitam 51

51. kasmin cit mātraka vane dvayam vā api asti na eva vā
| cetitam dvayam api asti na asti dvayam acetitam

51. kasmin cit mātraka vane dvayam vā api asti eva na
vā cetitam dvayam api asti acetitam dvayam na asti

51. In some realm of mere consciousness (cit), either duality exists or it does not. When duality is cognized (cetita), it exists; when it is not cognized, it does not exist.

Words meanings summery:

• कस्मिन् (kasmin) - in some (unspecified) (in which, in some)

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

• मात्रक (mātraka) - mere, consisting only of (mere, only, consisting only of)

• वने (vane) - in a realm/expanse (in a forest, in an expanse, in a collection)

• द्वयम् (dvayam) - duality (duality, a pair, two)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either...or)

• अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

• अस्ति (asti) - exists (is, exists)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

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

• वा (vā) - or (or, either...or)

• चेतितम् (cetitam) - cognized, made conscious (cognized, conscious, perceived, known)

• द्वयम् (dvayam) - duality (duality, a pair, two)

• अपि (api) - also, even (also, even, too)

• अस्ति (asti) - exists (is, exists)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अस्ति (asti) - exists (is, exists)

• द्वयम् (dvayam) - duality (duality, a pair, two)

• अचेतितम् (acetitam) - not cognized, unconscious (unconscious, unknown, not perceived)

Words meanings and morphology

कस्मिन् (kasmin) - in some (unspecified) (in which, in some)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Here used in indefinite sense 'in some'.

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

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, thought, understanding, pure awareness

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Often used in compounds to refer to 'pure consciousness'.

मात्रक (mātraka) - mere, consisting only of (mere, only, consisting only of)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of mātraka

mātraka - mere, only, consisting only of, small, a little

Derived from 'mātra' + suffix '-ka'

Note: Forms part of a compound 'cinmātraka' referring to the nature of consciousness. In the compound 'mātrakavane', it means 'consisting merely of'.

वने (vane) - in a realm/expanse (in a forest, in an expanse, in a collection)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, thicket; abode, assemblage, collection, expanse

Note: Used here metaphorically for 'realm' or 'expanse'.

द्वयम् (dvayam) - duality (duality, a pair, two)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dvaya

dvaya - a pair, a couple, duality, both

वा (vā) - or (or, either...or)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - exists (is, exists)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of as

Root: as (class 2)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or (or, either...or)

(indeclinable)

चेतितम् (cetitam) - cognized, made conscious (cognized, conscious, perceived, known)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cetita

cetita - made conscious, perceived, cognized, understood

Past Passive Participle

Derived from causative of root 'cit' (to perceive, know)

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Used here substantively as 'that which is cognized'.

द्वयम् (dvayam) - duality (duality, a pair, two)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dvaya

dvaya - a pair, a couple, duality, both

अपि (api) - also, even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - exists (is, exists)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of as

Root: as (class 2)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - exists (is, exists)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of as

Root: as (class 2)

द्वयम् (dvayam) - duality (duality, a pair, two)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dvaya

dvaya - a pair, a couple, duality, both

अचेतितम् (acetitam) - not cognized, unconscious (unconscious, unknown, not perceived)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of acetita

acetita - unconscious, unknown, unperceived, unintelligent

Past Passive Participle (negated)

Derived from 'a' (negation) + causative of root 'cit' (to perceive, know)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+cetita)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• cetita – made conscious, perceived, cognized, understood
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from causative of root 'cit' (to perceive, know)
  Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Used here substantively as 'that which is not cognized'.