योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-186, verse-35

चित्तमेव विदुर्जीवं तदाद्यन्तविवर्जितम् ।
खं घटेष्विव देहेषु चास्ते नास्ते तदिच्छया ॥ ३५ ॥

cittameva vidurjīvaṃ tadādyantavivarjitam ,
khaṃ ghaṭeṣviva deheṣu cāste nāste tadicchayā 35

35. cittam eva viduḥ jīvam tat ādyantavivarjitam kham
ghaṭeṣu iva deheṣu ca āste na aste tat icchayā

35. viduḥ cittam eva jīvam tat ādyantavivarjitam iva
kham ghaṭeṣu tat icchayā deheṣu ca āste na aste

35. They truly know consciousness (citta) itself as the individual soul (jīva), which is devoid of beginning and end. Like space (ākāśa) in pots, it exists and does not exist in bodies according to its will.

Words meanings summery:

• चित्तम् (cittam) - consciousness (citta) (mind, consciousness, thought)

• एव (eva) - truly, indeed (indeed, only, certainly)

• विदुः (viduḥ) - they know (they know, they understand)

• जीवम् (jīvam) - individual soul (jīva) (living principle, individual soul)

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

• आद्यन्तविवर्जितम् (ādyantavivarjitam) - without beginning or end (devoid of beginning and end, beginningless and endless, eternal)

• खम् (kham) - space (ākāśa) (space, ether, sky)

• घटेषु (ghaṭeṣu) - in pots (e.g., pot-space) (in pots, in jars)

• इव (iva) - like, as (like, as, as if)

• देहेषु (deheṣu) - in physical bodies (in bodies)

• च (ca) - and

• आस्ते (āste) - exists (sits, exists, remains)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अस्ते (aste) - exists (exists, remains)

• तत् (tat) - its (referring to 'cittam'/'jīvam') (that, its)

• इच्छया (icchayā) - by its own will (by desire, by will)

Words meanings and morphology

चित्तम् (cittam) - consciousness (citta) (mind, consciousness, thought)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, thought, intellect, consciousness

Past Passive Participle of √cit (to perceive, think)

Used as a noun.

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Object of 'viduḥ'.

एव (eva) - truly, indeed (indeed, only, certainly)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

विदुः (viduḥ) - they know (they know, they understand)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of √vid

Present tense 3rd plural

Present tense, 2nd class (adādi), Parasmaipada.

Root: vid (class 2)

जीवम् (jīvam) - individual soul (jīva) (living principle, individual soul)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - living, alive; individual soul, life principle

Derived from √jīv (to live).

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Predicate accusative to 'cittam'.

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

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Subject of the descriptive clause.

आद्यन्तविवर्जितम् (ādyantavivarjitam) - without beginning or end (devoid of beginning and end, beginningless and endless, eternal)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ādyantavivarjita

ādyantavivarjita - devoid of beginning and end, eternal

Bahuvrīhi compound.

Compound type : bahuvrihi (ādi-anta+vivarjita)

• ādi – beginning, origin
  noun (masculine)
• anta – end, limit
  noun (masculine)
• vivarjita – devoid of, abandoned, excluded
  participle
  Past Passive Participle of vi- + √vṛj (to avoid, abandon)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: vṛj (class 10)

Note: Agrees with 'tat'.

खम् (kham) - space (ākāśa) (space, ether, sky)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kha

kha - space, ether, sky, empty space

Note: Example for comparison.

घटेषु (ghaṭeṣu) - in pots (e.g., pot-space) (in pots, in jars)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of ghaṭa

ghaṭa - pot, jar, pitcher

Note: Denotes location.

इव (iva) - like, as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison.

देहेषु (deheṣu) - in physical bodies (in bodies)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of deha

deha - body, form

Root: dih (class 2)

Note: Denotes location.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

आस्ते (āste) - exists (sits, exists, remains)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of √ās

Present tense 3rd singular middle

Present tense, 2nd class (adādi), Ātmanepada.

Root: ās (class 2)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

Note: Negates 'aste'.

अस्ते (aste) - exists (exists, remains)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of √ās

Present tense 3rd singular middle

Present tense, 2nd class (adādi), Ātmanepada.

Root: ās (class 2)

तत् (tat) - its (referring to 'cittam'/'jīvam') (that, its)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Qualifies 'icchayā'.

इच्छया (icchayā) - by its own will (by desire, by will)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of icchā

icchā - wish, desire, will

Derived from √iṣ (to wish, desire)

Noun.

Root: iṣ (class 4)

Note: Denotes agency/means.