योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-190, verse-69

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
चेत्यं न संभवत्येव चित्किं चेतयते कुतः ।
चेत्यासंभवतश्चित्तसत्ता नास्ति ततश्चिरम् ॥ ६९ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
cetyaṃ na saṃbhavatyeva citkiṃ cetayate kutaḥ ,
cetyāsaṃbhavataścittasattā nāsti tataściram 69

69. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca | cetyaṃ na
saṃbhavati eva cit kim cetayate
kutaḥ | cetyāsaṃbhavataḥ cittasattā
na asti tataḥ ciram || 69 ||

69. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca cetyaṃ na saṃbhavati eva cit kim kutaḥ
cetayate? cetyāsaṃbhavataḥ tataḥ cittasattā ciram na asti

69. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: An object of thought (cetya) certainly does not exist. What, then, does consciousness (cit) perceive, and from where (would it find such an object)? Because of the non-existence of any object of thought (cetya), the mind's (citta) existence (sattā) does not endure eternally.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• चेत्यं (cetyaṁ) - object of thought, knowable, perceivable

• न (na) - not, no

• संभवति (saṁbhavati) - exists, occurs, is possible

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

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

• किम् (kim) - what (interrogative pronoun) (what, why)

• चेतयते (cetayate) - cognizes, perceives, makes conscious

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where (does it get objects?) (from where, whence, why)

• चेत्यासंभवतः (cetyāsaṁbhavataḥ) - due to the non-existence of an object of thought

• चित्तसत्ता (cittasattā) - existence of the mind

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• ततः (tataḥ) - therefore, thence

• चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time, enduringly (used with negation means 'not enduringly / not eternally') (for a long time, long, eternally)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - the venerable sage Vasiṣṭha

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – revered, splendid
  adjective (feminine)
• vasiṣṭha – Vasiṣṭha (name of a famous Vedic sage)
  proper noun (masculine)
  Root: vas (class 2)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect Active

Perfect 3rd person singular of √vac (class 2)

Root: vac (class 2)

चेत्यं (cetyaṁ) - object of thought, knowable, perceivable

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cetya

cetya - that which is to be thought, an object of thought, the knowable

Gerundive

Gerundive of √cit (to perceive, know), used as a noun

Root: cit (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negative particle

संभवति (saṁbhavati) - exists, occurs, is possible

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of bhū

Present Active

Present 3rd person singular active of √bhū (class 1) with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

(indeclinable)

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

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, pure intelligence, mind

Stem used as nominative singular (feminine or masculine).

Root: cit (class 1)

किम् (kim) - what (interrogative pronoun) (what, why)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

Neuter nominative singular of kim

चेतयते (cetayate) - cognizes, perceives, makes conscious

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of cit

Present Active (causative)

Present 3rd person singular active (Ātmanepada) of the causative stem `cetaya` from √cit (class 1)

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Ātmanepada ending.

कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where (does it get objects?) (from where, whence, why)

(indeclinable)

Interrogative adverb

चेत्यासंभवतः (cetyāsaṁbhavataḥ) - due to the non-existence of an object of thought

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of cetyāsaṃbhava

cetyāsaṁbhava - non-existence of an object of thought

Ablative singular of `cetyāsaṃbhava`. Compound of `cetya` (object of thought) + `asaṃbhava` (non-existence)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (cetya+asaṃbhava)

• cetya – object of thought, knowable
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  Gerundive of √cit
  Root: cit (class 1)
• asaṃbhava – non-existence, impossibility
  noun (masculine)
  From `a` (not) + `saṃbhava` (existence). `saṃbhava` from sam-√bhū.
  Prefixes: a+sam
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Ablative indicates 'because of' or 'from'.

चित्तसत्ता (cittasattā) - existence of the mind

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cittasattā

cittasattā - existence of the mind

Compound of `citta` (mind) + `sattā` (existence)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (citta+sattā)

• citta – mind, thought
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of √cit, used as a noun
  Root: cit (class 1)
• sattā – existence, being
  noun (feminine)
  From √as (to be) + tā (suffix)
  Root: as (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negative particle

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Present Active

Present 3rd person singular active of √as (class 2)

Root: as (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - therefore, thence

(indeclinable)

Indeclinable adverb

चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time, enduringly (used with negation means 'not enduringly / not eternally') (for a long time, long, eternally)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial accusative of `cira` or directly indeclinable