योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-212, verse-14

न कश्चित्किंचिदेवेह न कदाचिन्न चेतति ।
न कश्चिच्च तदन्यात्मा न कदाचिच्च चेतति ॥ १४ ॥

na kaścitkiṃcideveha na kadācinna cetati ,
na kaścicca tadanyātmā na kadācicca cetati 14

14. na kaścit kiñcit eva iha na kadācit na ca cetati
na kaścit ca tadanyātmā na kadācit ca cetati

14. iha na kaścit kiñcit eva na kadācit ca cetati
na kaścit ca tadanyātmā na kadācit ca cetati

14. Here, no one (as a separate entity) ever truly perceives anything (as separate). And no one whose self (ātman) is distinct from that (ultimate reality, brahman) ever perceives (it).

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - no one (as a separate entity) (someone, anyone; no one (with na))

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything (as separate) (something, anything; nothing (with na))

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• इह (iha) - here (here, in this world, in this case)

• न (na) - not, no

• कदाचित् (kadācit) - ever, at any time; never (with na)

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• चेतति (cetati) - perceives (he/she/it knows, perceives, thinks)

• न (na) - not, no

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - someone, anyone; no one (with na)

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• तदन्यात्मा (tadanyātmā) - whose self (ātman) is distinct from that (ultimate reality, brahman) (having a different self, whose self is other than that)

• न (na) - not, no

• कदाचित् (kadācit) - ever, at any time; never (with na)

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• चेतति (cetati) - he/she/it knows, perceives, thinks

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

कश्चित् (kaścit) - no one (as a separate entity) (someone, anyone; no one (with na))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścid

kaścid - someone, anyone

indefinite pronoun, kim + cid

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything (as separate) (something, anything; nothing (with na))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiñcid

kiñcid - something, anything

indefinite pronoun, kim + cid

Note: Functions as an object of cetati.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

इह (iha) - here (here, in this world, in this case)

(indeclinable)

adverb of place/time

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

कदाचित् (kadācit) - ever, at any time; never (with na)

(indeclinable)

adverbial particle

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

conjunction

चेतति (cetati) - perceives (he/she/it knows, perceives, thinks)

(verb)

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

present stem

Root cit (class 1, 10). Here class 1.

Root: cit (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

कश्चित् (kaścit) - someone, anyone; no one (with na)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścid

kaścid - someone, anyone

indefinite pronoun, kim + cid

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

conjunction

तदन्यात्मा (tadanyātmā) - whose self (ātman) is distinct from that (ultimate reality, brahman) (having a different self, whose self is other than that)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tadanyātman

tadanyātman - having a different self, whose self is other than that

compound of tad (that), anya (other), and ātman (self)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (tat+anya+ātman)

• tat – that, it
  pronoun (neuter)
  demonstrative pronoun
• anya – other, different
  adjective (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies kaścit.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

कदाचित् (kadācit) - ever, at any time; never (with na)

(indeclinable)

adverbial particle

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

conjunction

चेतति (cetati) - he/she/it knows, perceives, thinks

(verb)

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

present stem

Root cit (class 1, 10). Here class 1.

Root: cit (class 1)

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