योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-192, verse-6

सर्गादौ परलोकादौ स्वप्नादौ कल्पनादिके ।
चिदेव चेत्यवद्भाति कुतोऽन्या किल दृश्यधीः ॥ ६ ॥

sargādau paralokādau svapnādau kalpanādike ,
cideva cetyavadbhāti kuto'nyā kila dṛśyadhīḥ 6

6. sargādau paralokādau svapnādau kalpanādike cit
eva cetyavat bhāti kutaḥ anyā kila dṛśyadhīḥ

6. sargādau paralokādau svapnādau kalpanādike cit
eva cetyavat bhāti anyā kila dṛśyadhīḥ kutaḥ

6. At the beginning of creation, in other realms, in dreams, and in the realm of imagination (kalpanā), it is pure consciousness (cit) alone that appears as the object of perception. From where, then, could there truly be any other intellect or awareness of what is seen?

Words meanings summery:

• सर्गादौ (sargādau) - in creation and similar contexts (at the beginning of creation, in creation etc.)

• परलोकादौ (paralokādau) - in other worlds etc.

• स्वप्नादौ (svapnādau) - in dreams etc.

• कल्पनादिके (kalpanādike) - in the realm of imagination and similar instances (in imagination etc.)

• चित् (cit) - pure consciousness, awareness

• एव (eva) - only, indeed

• चेत्यवत् (cetyavat) - appearing as an object of perception (like an object of consciousness, perceivable, knowable)

• भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears, manifests

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where? how? why?

• अन्या (anyā) - other, different

• किल (kila) - indeed, certainly, as it were

• दृश्यधीः (dṛśyadhīḥ) - perception of the visible, intellect for what is seen

Words meanings and morphology

सर्गादौ (sargādau) - in creation and similar contexts (at the beginning of creation, in creation etc.)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of sargādi

sargādi - creation etc., beginning of creation

Compound type : dvandva / tatpuruṣa (sarga+ādi)

• sarga – creation, emission
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root √sṛj (to create, emit) + ghañ suffix.
  Root: sṛj (class 6)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etc.
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used here in locative singular, referring to 'at the beginning of creation, etc.'.

परलोकादौ (paralokādau) - in other worlds etc.

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of paralokādi

paralokādi - other worlds etc.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (para+loka+ādi)

• para – other, supreme, next
  adjective
• loka – world, realm
  noun (masculine)
  Root: lok (class 10)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etc.
  noun (masculine)

स्वप्नादौ (svapnādau) - in dreams etc.

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svapnādi

svapnādi - dreams etc.

Compound type : dvandva / tatpuruṣa (svapna+ādi)

• svapna – dream, sleep
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root √svap (to sleep).
  Root: svap (class 2)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etc.
  noun (masculine)

कल्पनादिके (kalpanādike) - in the realm of imagination and similar instances (in imagination etc.)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kalpanādika

kalpanādika - imagination etc.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kalpanā+ādi+ka)

• kalpanā – imagination, mental creation
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root √kḷp (to be able, to arrange, to imagine).
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etc.
  noun (masculine)
• ka – suffix indicating 'group' or 'pertaining to'
  suffix

Note: Refers to 'in the imagination and similar instances'.

चित् (cit) - pure consciousness, awareness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, pure awareness, intellect

From root √cit (to perceive, know, understand).

Root: cit (class 1)

एव (eva) - only, indeed

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes 'cit' alone.

चेत्यवत् (cetyavat) - appearing as an object of perception (like an object of consciousness, perceivable, knowable)

(adjective)

Nominative, singular of cetyavat

cetyavat - like an object of thought/consciousness, perceivable, knowable

Derived from 'cetya' (object of thought) + 'vat' (like, possessed of). 'Cetya' is a gerundive from √cit.

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Adverbial in function, qualifying 'bhāti'.

भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears, manifests

(verb)

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

Root: bhā (class 2)

कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where? how? why?

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative adverb.

अन्या (anyā) - other, different

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anya

anya - other, different, another

Note: Agrees with 'dṛśyadhīḥ'.

किल (kila) - indeed, certainly, as it were

(indeclinable)

दृश्यधीः (dṛśyadhīḥ) - perception of the visible, intellect for what is seen

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dṛśyadhī

dṛśyadhī - intellect related to the seen, awareness of objects

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (dṛśya+dhī)

• dṛśya – visible, perceivable, object of sight
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive
  Derived from root √dṛś (to see) + ṇyat (gerundive suffix).
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• dhī – intellect, thought, understanding, wisdom
  noun (feminine)
  Root: dhyai (class 1)