योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-164, verse-8

चिन्नभः काचकच्यं च स्वात्मन्येवावतिष्ठते ।
जगदित्येव तत्तत्र तज्ज्ञानेनैव चेत्यते ॥ ८ ॥

cinnabhaḥ kācakacyaṃ ca svātmanyevāvatiṣṭhate ,
jagadityeva tattatra tajjñānenaiva cetyate 8

8. cit nabhaḥ kācakacyam ca svātmani eva avatiṣṭhate |
jagat iti eva tat tatra tat jñānena eva cetyate ||

8. cit nabhaḥ ca kācakacyam (sat) svātmani eva avatiṣṭhate
tat jagat iti eva tatra tat jñānena eva cetyate

8. Consciousness (cit), like the ether (nabhaḥ), and being crystal-clear, resides in its own Self (ātman). That which is called the world (jagat) is perceived there, in the Self, only through the knowledge (jñāna) of that (consciousness) itself.

Words meanings summery:

• चित् (cit) - pure consciousness (consciousness, pure intelligence, mind)

• नभः (nabhaḥ) - ether (as a symbol for vastness and purity) (sky, ether, atmosphere)

• काचकच्यम् (kācakacyam) - crystal-clear, transparent like glass

• च (ca) - and, also

• स्वात्मनि (svātmani) - in its own Self (ātman) (in one's own self, in the individual soul)

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• अवतिष्ठते (avatiṣṭhate) - it resides, it remains, it stands

• जगत् (jagat) - that which is perceived as the world (world, universe)

• इति (iti) - thus, in this way, (introducing a quote)

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• तत्र (tatra) - in the Self (ātman) (there, in that place)

• तत् (tat) - that (consciousness) (that, it)

• ज्ञानेन (jñānena) - by knowledge, through understanding

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• चेत्यते (cetyate) - it is perceived, it is known, it is cognized

Words meanings and morphology

चित् (cit) - pure consciousness (consciousness, pure intelligence, mind)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, intelligence, thought, understanding

नभः (nabhaḥ) - ether (as a symbol for vastness and purity) (sky, ether, atmosphere)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nabhas

nabhas - sky, atmosphere, ether, cloud

काचकच्यम् (kācakacyam) - crystal-clear, transparent like glass

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kācakacya

kācakacya - transparent like glass, crystal-clear

From kāca (glass/crystal)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

स्वात्मनि (svātmani) - in its own Self (ātman) (in one's own self, in the individual soul)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svātman

svātman - one's own self, individual soul

Compound of sva (own) and ātman (self)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (sva+ātman)

• sva – own, one's own
  pronoun (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit
  noun (masculine)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

अवतिष्ठते (avatiṣṭhate) - it resides, it remains, it stands

(verb)

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

Root sthā with prefix ava

Prefix: ava

Root: sthā (class 1)

जगत् (jagat) - that which is perceived as the world (world, universe)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, living being

Present Active Participle

From root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus, in this way, (introducing a quote)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तत्र (tatra) - in the Self (ātman) (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that (consciousness) (that, it)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Here used adjectivally to modify 'jñānena'.

ज्ञानेन (jñānena) - by knowledge, through understanding

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of jñāna

jñāna - knowledge, wisdom, understanding, perception

From root jñā (to know)

Root: jñā (class 9)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

चेत्यते (cetyate) - it is perceived, it is known, it is cognized

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of cit

Passive voice of root cit

Root: cit (class 1)