योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-2, verse-3

शिवपङ्कमया एव रूपालोकमनःक्रमाः ।
तन्मयत्वादनन्तत्वादतः किं केन चेत्यते ॥ ३ ॥

śivapaṅkamayā eva rūpālokamanaḥkramāḥ ,
tanmayatvādanantatvādataḥ kiṃ kena cetyate 3

3. śivapaṅkamayāḥ eva rūpālokamanaḥkramāḥ
tanmayatvāt anantatvāt ataḥ kim kena cetyate

3. rūpālokamanaḥkramāḥ eva śivapaṅkamayāḥ (santi)
tanmayatvāt anantatvāt ca ataḥ kim kena cetyate

3. Indeed, the processes of form, perception, and mental activity are all composed of the mud of Śiva. Because of this identity with Śiva and its infinite nature, how then can anything be perceived by any means?

Words meanings summery:

• शिवपङ्कमयाः (śivapaṅkamayāḥ) - composed of the mud of Śiva, consisting of Śiva-mud

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• रूपालोकमनःक्रमाः (rūpālokamanaḥkramāḥ) - sequences of form, perception, and mind; processes of form, perception, and mental activity

• तन्मयत्वात् (tanmayatvāt) - due to being composed of that (Śiva), due to its identity with that

• अनन्तत्वात् (anantatvāt) - due to being infinite, due to infinitude

• अतः (ataḥ) - therefore, hence, from this

• किम् (kim) - what? how?

• केन (kena) - by whom? by what?

• चेत्यते (cetyate) - is perceived, is cognized, is known

Words meanings and morphology

शिवपङ्कमयाः (śivapaṅkamayāḥ) - composed of the mud of Śiva, consisting of Śiva-mud

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śivapaṅkamaya

śivapaṅkamaya - consisting of the mud of Śiva

Compound: śiva (Śiva) + paṅka (mud) + maya (made of)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (śiva+paṅka+maya)

• śiva – auspicious, benevolent; the deity Śiva
  proper noun (masculine)
• paṅka – mud, mire, dirt
  noun (masculine)
• maya – made of, consisting of
  adjective (masculine)
  Suffix -maya denoting material or essence

Note: Agrees with rūpālokamanaḥkramāḥ.

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

रूपालोकमनःक्रमाः (rūpālokamanaḥkramāḥ) - sequences of form, perception, and mind; processes of form, perception, and mental activity

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rūpālokamanaskrama

rūpālokamanaskrama - sequence/process of form, perception, and mind

Compound type : dvandva (rūpa+āloka+manas+krama)

• rūpa – form, shape, appearance, beauty
  noun (neuter)
• āloka – sight, perception, light, seeing
  noun (masculine)
  From root lok (to see) with prefix ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: lok (class 1)
• manas – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (neuter)
• krama – step, order, sequence, method, process
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kram (class 1)

Note: The compound ending in nominative plural.

तन्मयत्वात् (tanmayatvāt) - due to being composed of that (Śiva), due to its identity with that

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of tanmayatva

tanmayatva - the state of being composed of that, identity with that

Derived from tanmaya (composed of that) + tva (suffix for abstract noun)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tanmaya+tva)

• tanmaya – consisting of that, identical with that, absorbed in that
  adjective (neuter)
  Compound 'tat' (that) + 'maya' (made of)
• tva – suffix forming abstract nouns, -ness, -hood
  suffix (neuter)

Note: Denotes cause.

अनन्तत्वात् (anantatvāt) - due to being infinite, due to infinitude

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of anantatva

anantatva - infinitude, endlessness, boundlessness

Derived from ananta (infinite) + tva (suffix for abstract noun)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ananta+tva)

• ananta – infinite, endless, boundless
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix 'a' (not) + 'anta' (end)
  Prefix: a
• tva – suffix forming abstract nouns, -ness, -hood
  suffix (neuter)

Note: Denotes cause.

अतः (ataḥ) - therefore, hence, from this

(indeclinable)

Note: Causative adverb.

किम् (kim) - what? how?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what? which? how?

Note: Acts as the object of cetyate (what is perceived?).

केन (kena) - by whom? by what?

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kim

kim - what? which? who?

Note: Agent in a passive construction (by whom/what is it perceived?).

चेत्यते (cetyate) - is perceived, is cognized, is known

(verb)

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

Present Passive Indicative

3rd person singular, present tense, passive voice

Root: cit (class 1)