योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-207, verse-5

विदमेव विदुर्देहं स्वप्नादावितरेतरा ।
संवित्काचित्संभवति न चान्यास्ति शरीरता ॥ ५ ॥

vidameva vidurdehaṃ svapnādāvitaretarā ,
saṃvitkācitsaṃbhavati na cānyāsti śarīratā 5

5. vidam eva viduḥ deham svapna-ādau itaretarā
saṃvit kācit saṃbhavati na ca anyā asti śarīratā

5. svapna-ādau itaretarā vidam eva deham viduḥ.
kācit saṃvit saṃbhavati,
ca anyā śarīratā na asti.

5. In states like dream and others, people alternately identify the knowing (principle) itself with the body and the body with the knowing (principle). In reality, it is some consciousness (saṃvit) that manifests, and there is no other state of bodiliness (śarīratā) beyond it.

Words meanings summery:

• विदम् (vidam) - the knowing (principle) (the knowing, the conscious principle, knowledge)

• एव (eva) - itself, indeed (indeed, certainly, only, just)

• विदुः (viduḥ) - they know (they know, they have known)

• देहम् (deham) - body (body, form, person)

• स्वप्न-आदौ (svapna-ādau) - in states like dream and others (in dream and so forth, in dream etc.)

• इतरेतरा (itaretarā) - alternately (identifying one with the other) (mutual, reciprocal, one another, alternately)

• संवित् (saṁvit) - consciousness (consciousness, knowledge, perception)

• काचित् (kācit) - some (indefinite) (some, any)

• संभवति (saṁbhavati) - manifests (arises, comes into being, manifests, is possible)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, but)

• अन्या (anyā) - other (other, another)

• अस्ति (asti) - exists (is, exists)

• शरीरता (śarīratā) - state of bodiliness (bodiliness, the state of having a body, corporeality)

Words meanings and morphology

विदम् (vidam) - the knowing (principle) (the knowing, the conscious principle, knowledge)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vid

vid - knowing, conscious, wise; knowledge

From root `vid` (to know).

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Refers to the knowing subject/principle.

एव (eva) - itself, indeed (indeed, certainly, only, just)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

विदुः (viduḥ) - they know (they know, they have known)

(verb)

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

Present tense, active voice (parasmaipada).

From root `vid` (to know, class 2 verb). `viduḥ` is 3rd plural present.

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: The subject is implied, 'people'.

देहम् (deham) - body (body, form, person)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form, person

From root `dih` (to smear, knead) + `a` suffix.

Root: dih (class 4)

Note: Object of `viduḥ`.

स्वप्न-आदौ (svapna-ādau) - in states like dream and others (in dream and so forth, in dream etc.)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svapnādi

svapnādi - dream and so forth

Compound `svapna` (dream) + `ādi` (beginning, etc.).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svapna+ādi)

• svapna – sleep, dream
  noun (masculine)
  From root `svap` (to sleep).
  Root: svap (class 2)
• ādi – beginning, et cetera, and so on
  noun (masculine)

इतरेतरा (itaretarā) - alternately (identifying one with the other) (mutual, reciprocal, one another, alternately)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of itaretara

itaretara - mutual, reciprocal, one another

From `itara` (other) repeated or `itara-itara`.

Note: Acts adverbially, describing the nature of identification.

संवित् (saṁvit) - consciousness (consciousness, knowledge, perception)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃvit

saṁvit - consciousness, knowledge, perception, understanding

From prefix `sam` + root `vid` (to know, perceive) + `kvip` suffix.

Prefix: sam

Root: vid (class 2)

काचित् (kācit) - some (indefinite) (some, any)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kacid

kacid - some, any, a certain

From `ka` (who/what) + `cit` (indefinite particle).

Note: Qualifies `saṃvit`.

संभवति (saṁbhavati) - manifests (arises, comes into being, manifests, is possible)

(verb)

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

Present tense, active voice (parasmaipada).

From prefix `sam` + root `bhū` (to be) + `a` (class 1) + `ti` ending.

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

च (ca) - and (and, also, but)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

अन्या (anyā) - other (other, another)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anya

anya - other, different, another

Note: Qualifies `śarīratā`.

अस्ति (asti) - exists (is, exists)

(verb)

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

Present tense, active voice (parasmaipada).

`as` (root, to be) + `ti` (3rd singular present active ending).

Root: as (class 2)

शरीरता (śarīratā) - state of bodiliness (bodiliness, the state of having a body, corporeality)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śarīratā

śarīratā - bodiliness, corporeality, the state of having a body

From `śarīra` (body) + `tā` (abstract suffix).

Note: Subject of `asti`.