योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-186, verse-17

चिच्चिनोति तथा जाड्यं नरो निद्रास्थितिर्यथा ।
चिनोति जडतां चित्त्वं न नाम जडतावशात् ॥ १७ ॥

ciccinoti tathā jāḍyaṃ naro nidrāsthitiryathā ,
cinoti jaḍatāṃ cittvaṃ na nāma jaḍatāvaśāt 17

17. cit cinoti tathā jāḍyam naraḥ nidrā sthitiḥ yathā
cinoti jaḍatām cit tvam na nāma jaḍatā vaśāt

17. yathā naraḥ nidrā sthitiḥ,
tathā cit jāḍyam cinoti.
cit tvam jaḍatām cinoti,
na nāma jaḍatā vaśāt.

17. Just as a person (nara) experiences the state of sleep, so too consciousness (cit) acquires inertness (jāḍya). Consciousness (cittva) accumulates dullness, yet not, indeed, due to the sway of dullness (jāḍya) itself.

Words meanings summery:

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

• चिनोति (cinoti) - gathers, accumulates, collects, acquires

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly, in that way

• जाड्यम् (jāḍyam) - inertness (jāḍya) (dullness, inertness, insentience, stupidity)

• नरः (naraḥ) - a person (nara) (man, person)

• निद्रा (nidrā) - sleep, slumber

• स्थितिः (sthitiḥ) - state, condition, existence

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way

• चिनोति (cinoti) - gathers, accumulates, collects, acquires

• जडताम् (jaḍatām) - dullness (jāḍya) (dullness, inertness, insentience)

• चित् (cit) - consciousness

• त्वम् (tvam) - the state of being consciousness (cittva) (-ness, -hood, state of being)

• न (na) - not, no

• नाम (nāma) - indeed, by name, truly

• जडता (jaḍatā) - dullness, inertness

• वशात् (vaśāt) - due to the sway (by the power, by the control, due to)

Words meanings and morphology

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

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, mind, understanding, perceiving

Root: cit (class 1)

चिनोति (cinoti) - gathers, accumulates, collects, acquires

(verb)

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

Root: ci (class 5)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly, in that way

(indeclinable)

जाड्यम् (jāḍyam) - inertness (jāḍya) (dullness, inertness, insentience, stupidity)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jāḍya

jāḍya - dullness, inertness, insentience, stupidity

Derived from 'jaḍa'

Note: Object of 'cinoti'

नरः (naraḥ) - a person (nara) (man, person)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, person, human being

Note: Subject of implied verb (experiences)

निद्रा (nidrā) - sleep, slumber

(noun)

feminine, singular of nidrā

nidrā - sleep, slumber

Note: First part of the compound 'nidrā-sthitiḥ'

स्थितिः (sthitiḥ) - state, condition, existence

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sthiti

sthiti - standing, state, condition, stability, existence

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Second part of the compound 'nidrā-sthitiḥ'. Here, meaning 'state of sleep'.

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way

(indeclinable)

चिनोति (cinoti) - gathers, accumulates, collects, acquires

(verb)

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

Root: ci (class 5)

जडताम् (jaḍatām) - dullness (jāḍya) (dullness, inertness, insentience)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jaḍatā

jaḍatā - dullness, inertness, stupidity, insentience

Derived from 'jaḍa'

Note: Object of 'cinoti'

चित् (cit) - consciousness

(noun)

feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, mind, understanding

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: First part of the compound 'cit-tvam'

त्वम् (tvam) - the state of being consciousness (cittva) (-ness, -hood, state of being)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tva

tva - suffix forming abstract nouns, state of being

Suffix for forming abstract nouns

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation for the subsequent phrase

नाम (nāma) - indeed, by name, truly

(indeclinable)

जडता (jaḍatā) - dullness, inertness

(noun)

feminine, singular of jaḍatā

jaḍatā - dullness, inertness, stupidity

Derived from 'jaḍa'

Note: First part of the compound 'jaḍatā-vaśāt'

वशात् (vaśāt) - due to the sway (by the power, by the control, due to)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of vaśa

vaśa - will, power, control, influence

Root: vaś (class 1)

Note: Second part of the compound 'jaḍatā-vaśāt'. Signifies 'due to' or 'by the sway of'.