योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-161, verse-9

चिद्व्योममात्रकचनं संसारे सर्वतः शिवे ।
आस्थानास्थादि किं तज्ज्ञा यथासंस्थानमास्थित ॥ ९ ॥

cidvyomamātrakacanaṃ saṃsāre sarvataḥ śive ,
āsthānāsthādi kiṃ tajjñā yathāsaṃsthānamāsthita 9

9. cit-vyoma-mātraka-canam saṃsāre sarvataḥ śive
āsthā-anāsthā-ādi kim tat-jñāḥ yathā-saṃsthānam āsthita

9. śive saṃsāre sarvataḥ cit-vyoma-mātraka-canam (asti cet),
tat-jñāḥ (puruṣāḥ) āsthā-anāsthā-ādi kim (kurvanti)? yathā-saṃsthānam (eva) āsthita (bhavanti).

9. O Śivā (Goddess), if everything in this cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra) is merely an expanse of consciousness, then what do the knowers of that reality do with notions like attachment and non-attachment? They remain in their natural state.

Words meanings summery:

• चित्-व्योम-मात्रक-चनम् (cit-vyoma-mātraka-canam) - merely an expanse of consciousness (merely a mass/expanse of consciousness-space)

• संसारे (saṁsāre) - in this cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra) (in the cycle of rebirth, in the world)

• सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - everywhere, completely (everywhere, on all sides, completely)

• शिवे (śive) - O Śivā (Goddess) (O auspicious one, O Śivā)

• आस्था-अनास्था-आदि (āsthā-anāsthā-ādi) - notions like attachment and non-attachment (attachment, non-attachment, and so on)

• किम् (kim) - what (is the use of) (what, how, why)

• तत्-ज्ञाः (tat-jñāḥ) - the knowers of that reality (knowers of that)

• यथा-संस्थानम् (yathā-saṁsthānam) - in their natural state (according to its proper state, in its natural condition)

• आस्थित (āsthita) - remain (established) (established, situated, remained)

Words meanings and morphology

चित्-व्योम-मात्रक-चनम् (cit-vyoma-mātraka-canam) - merely an expanse of consciousness (merely a mass/expanse of consciousness-space)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cit-vyoma-mātraka-cana

cit-vyoma-mātraka-cana - merely a mass/expanse of consciousness-space

Compound noun, combining 'consciousness-space-only' with 'mass/collection'.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (cit+vyoma+mātraka+cana)

• cit – consciousness, knowledge, intelligence
  noun (feminine)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• vyoma – sky, ether, space
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vyu
• mātraka – merely, only, consisting only of
  adjective (neuter)
  Derived from mātra (measure, only) with suffix -ka.
• cana – heap, mass, collection, expanse
  noun (neuter)
  From root ci (to pile, gather), with suffix -ana.
  Root: ci (class 5)

संसारे (saṁsāre) - in this cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra) (in the cycle of rebirth, in the world)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃsāra

saṁsāra - transmigration, cycle of rebirth, the world

From root sṛ (to flow, move) with prefix sam (together, completely).

Prefix: sam

Root: sṛ (class 1)

सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - everywhere, completely (everywhere, on all sides, completely)

(indeclinable)

From sarva (all) with suffix -tas (indicating place or manner).

शिवे (śive) - O Śivā (Goddess) (O auspicious one, O Śivā)

(proper noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of śivā

śivā - auspicious, benevolent, consort of Shiva, a goddess

Feminine form of śiva (auspicious).

Root: śī

आस्था-अनास्था-आदि (āsthā-anāsthā-ādi) - notions like attachment and non-attachment (attachment, non-attachment, and so on)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āsthā-anāsthā-ādi

āsthā-anāsthā-ādi - attachment, non-attachment, and so on

Dvandva compound with 'ādi' (etc.).

Compound type : dvandva-tatpurusha (āsthā+anāsthā+ādi)

• āsthā – attachment, devotion, reliance, faith
  noun (feminine)
  From root sthā (to stand) with prefix ā (towards).
  Prefix: ā
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• anāsthā – non-attachment, indifference, lack of faith
  noun (feminine)
  Negative compound of āsthā.
  Prefixes: an+ā
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• ādi – beginning, etcetera, and so on
  indeclinable (masculine)

किम् (kim) - what (is the use of) (what, how, why)

(interrogative pronoun)

तत्-ज्ञाः (tat-jñāḥ) - the knowers of that reality (knowers of that)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tat-jña

tat-jña - knower of that, one who knows the truth

Compound noun, 'that' (tat) + 'knower' (jña).

Compound type : tatpurusha (tat+jña)

• tat – that
  pronoun (neuter)
• jña – knower, understanding
  noun (masculine)
  From root jñā (to know) with suffix -a.
  Root: jñā (class 9)

यथा-संस्थानम् (yathā-saṁsthānam) - in their natural state (according to its proper state, in its natural condition)

(indeclinable)

Avyayībhāva compound or adverbial usage.

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+saṃsthāna)

• yathā – as, according to, just as
  indeclinable
• saṃsthāna – state, condition, form, configuration
  noun (neuter)
  From root sthā (to stand) with prefix sam (together, completely).
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sthā (class 1)

आस्थित (āsthita) - remain (established) (established, situated, remained)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of āsthita

āsthita - established, situated, resorted to, remained

Past Passive Participle

From root sthā (to stand) with prefix ā (near, towards).

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Refers to 'tat-jñāḥ'.