योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-173, verse-2

चितः पाषाणकाष्ठत्वं स्वप्नादिषु कथं भवेत् ।
इदं पाषाणकाष्ठादि कथं नास्त्यस्ति वा कथम् ॥ २ ॥

citaḥ pāṣāṇakāṣṭhatvaṃ svapnādiṣu kathaṃ bhavet ,
idaṃ pāṣāṇakāṣṭhādi kathaṃ nāstyasti vā katham 2

2. citaḥ pāṣāṇakāṣṭhatvam svapnādiṣu katham bhavet
idam pāṣāṇakāṣṭhādi katham na asti asti vā katham

2. citaḥ pāṣāṇakāṣṭhatvam svapnādiṣu katham bhavet? idam pāṣāṇakāṣṭhādi katham na asti,
vā katham asti?

2. How can consciousness (cit) manifest as the state of stone or wood, for example, in dreams and similar experiences? Furthermore, regarding this stone, wood, and so on, how can it be considered non-existent, or how can it be considered existent?

Words meanings summery:

• चितः (citaḥ) - of consciousness

• पाषाणकाष्ठत्वम् (pāṣāṇakāṣṭhatvam) - the state of being stone or wood

• स्वप्नादिषु (svapnādiṣu) - in dreams and so on

• कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, might be, should be, could happen

• इदम् (idam) - this (neuter)

• पाषाणकाष्ठादि (pāṣāṇakāṣṭhādi) - stone, wood, and so on

• कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• वा (vā) - or

• कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

Words meanings and morphology

चितः (citaḥ) - of consciousness

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, intelligence, thought

पाषाणकाष्ठत्वम् (pāṣāṇakāṣṭhatvam) - the state of being stone or wood

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pāṣāṇakāṣṭhatva

pāṣāṇakāṣṭhatva - the state of being stone or wood

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (pāṣāṇa+kāṣṭha+tva)

• pāṣāṇa – stone, rock
  noun (masculine)
• kāṣṭha – wood, log, timber
  noun (neuter)
• tva – suffix for 'state of being', '-ness'
  suffix (neuter)

स्वप्नादिषु (svapnādiṣu) - in dreams and so on

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of svapnādi

svapnādi - dreams and so forth

Compound type : dvandva / tatpuruṣa (svapna+ādi)

• svapna – dream, sleep
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, et cetera, and so on
  noun (masculine)

कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

(indeclinable)

भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, might be, should be, could happen

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

इदम् (idam) - this (neuter)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

पाषाणकाष्ठादि (pāṣāṇakāṣṭhādi) - stone, wood, and so on

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pāṣāṇakāṣṭhādi

pāṣāṇakāṣṭhādi - stone, wood, etc.

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (pāṣāṇa+kāṣṭha+ādi)

• pāṣāṇa – stone, rock
  noun (masculine)
• kāṣṭha – wood, log, timber
  noun (neuter)
• ādi – beginning, et cetera, and so on
  noun (masculine)

कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

(indeclinable)

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