योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-171, verse-34

चिन्मात्राकाशरत्नस्य सृष्टयोऽर्कादिसंयुताः ।
या भासस्ताः कथं तस्माद्व्यतिरिक्ताः स्युरुच्यताम् ॥ ३४ ॥

cinmātrākāśaratnasya sṛṣṭayo'rkādisaṃyutāḥ ,
yā bhāsastāḥ kathaṃ tasmādvyatiriktāḥ syurucyatām 34

34. cinmātrākāśaratnasya sṛṣṭayaḥ arkādisaṃyutāḥ yāḥ
bhāsaḥ tāḥ kathaṃ tasmāt vyatiriktāḥ syuḥ ucyatām

34. arkādisaṃyutāḥ sṛṣṭayaḥ yāḥ cinmātrākāśaratnasya bhāsaḥ (santi),
tāḥ tasmāt kathaṃ vyatiriktāḥ syuḥ? ucyatām

34. The creations, adorned with suns and others, are but the radiances of the jewel-like space of pure consciousness. How can those radiances be distinct from that (consciousness)? Please explain.

Words meanings summery:

• चिन्मात्राकाशरत्नस्य (cinmātrākāśaratnasya) - of the gem (ratna) that is the sky (ākāśa) of pure consciousness (cinmātra)

• सृष्टयः (sṛṣṭayaḥ) - creations, emanations, manifestations

• अर्कादिसंयुताः (arkādisaṁyutāḥ) - endowed with suns and others, connected with suns etc.

• याः (yāḥ) - which (feminine plural)

• भासः (bhāsaḥ) - radiances, lights, splendors

• ताः (tāḥ) - those (feminine plural)

• कथं (kathaṁ) - how, in what manner

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that (pure consciousness) (from that, thence)

• व्यतिरिक्ताः (vyatiriktāḥ) - separate, distinct, excluded

• स्युः (syuḥ) - may they be, they would be

• उच्यताम् (ucyatām) - let it be said, please explain

Words meanings and morphology

चिन्मात्राकाशरत्नस्य (cinmātrākāśaratnasya) - of the gem (ratna) that is the sky (ākāśa) of pure consciousness (cinmātra)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of cinmātrākāśaratna

cinmātrākāśaratna - the gem-like sky of pure consciousness; the jewel that is the space of mere consciousness

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (cit+mātra+ākāśa+ratna)

• cit – consciousness, intelligence, thought
  noun (feminine)
• mātra – only, mere, pure
  adjective (neuter)
• ākāśa – space, ether, sky
  noun (masculine)
• ratna – gem, jewel, treasure
  noun (neuter)

सृष्टयः (sṛṣṭayaḥ) - creations, emanations, manifestations

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sṛṣṭi

sṛṣṭi - creation, production, nature, world

Derived from root 'sṛj' (to emit, create) with suffix '-ti'.

Root: sṛj (class 6)

अर्कादिसंयुताः (arkādisaṁyutāḥ) - endowed with suns and others, connected with suns etc.

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of arkādisaṃyuta

arkādisaṁyuta - endowed with suns and others, joined with suns etc.

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (arka+ādi+saṃyuta)

• arka – sun, ray
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etc.
  noun (masculine)
• saṃyuta – joined, united, endowed with, possessed of
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'yuj' (to join) with prefix 'sam-'.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with 'sṛṣṭayaḥ'.

याः (yāḥ) - which (feminine plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of yad

yad - which, what

भासः (bhāsaḥ) - radiances, lights, splendors

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of bhās

bhās - light, luster, radiance, splendor

ताः (tāḥ) - those (feminine plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

कथं (kathaṁ) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that (pure consciousness) (from that, thence)

(pronoun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

व्यतिरिक्ताः (vyatiriktāḥ) - separate, distinct, excluded

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vyatirikta

vyatirikta - separate, distinct, different, excluded

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'ric' (to leave, abandon) with prefixes 'vi-ati-'.

Prefixes: vi+ati

Root: ric (class 7)

Note: Agrees with 'sṛṣṭayaḥ' and 'tāḥ'.

स्युः (syuḥ) - may they be, they would be

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

उच्यताम् (ucyatām) - let it be said, please explain

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (lot) of vac

Root verb, passive imperative.

Root: vac (class 2)