योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-213, verse-22

यथा स्वप्ने सुषुप्ते च निद्रैकैवाक्षयानिशम् ।
सर्गेऽस्मिन्प्रलये चैव ब्रह्मैकं चितिरव्ययम् ॥ २२ ॥

yathā svapne suṣupte ca nidraikaivākṣayāniśam ,
sarge'sminpralaye caiva brahmaikaṃ citiravyayam 22

22. yathā svapne suṣupte ca nidrā ekā eva akṣayā aniśam
sarge asmin pralaye ca eva brahma ekam citiḥ avyayam

22. yathā svapne suṣupte ca ekā eva nidrā aniśam akṣayā,
evaṃ asmin sarge pralaye ca ekam avyayam brahma citiḥ.

22. Just as in the states of dream (svapna) and deep sleep (suṣupti), sleep is a single, undiminishing, and perpetual state, so too in this creation (sarga) and dissolution (pralaya), Brahman alone is the imperishable consciousness (citi).

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

• स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream, in the state of dream

• सुषुप्ते (suṣupte) - in deep sleep

• च (ca) - and

• निद्रा (nidrā) - sleep, slumber

• एका (ekā) - one, single

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• अक्षया (akṣayā) - imperishable, undiminishing

• अनिशम् (aniśam) - constantly, perpetually

• सर्गे (sarge) - in creation, in the world

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

• प्रलये (pralaye) - in dissolution, in destruction

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman, the Absolute Reality

• एकम् (ekam) - one, single

• चितिः (citiḥ) - consciousness, pure intelligence

• अव्ययम् (avyayam) - imperishable, immutable

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream, in the state of dream

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - sleep, dream

Root: svap (class 2)

सुषुप्ते (suṣupte) - in deep sleep

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of suṣupti

suṣupti - deep sleep

from √svap (to sleep) with prefix su- (well) and suffix -ti

Prefix: su

Root: svap (class 2)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

निद्रा (nidrā) - sleep, slumber

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nidrā

nidrā - sleep, slumber

एका (ekā) - one, single

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, sole

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

अक्षया (akṣayā) - imperishable, undiminishing

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of akṣaya

akṣaya - imperishable, undecaying, eternal

from a- (not) + kṣaya (decay, destruction)

Prefix: a

Root: kṣi (class 1)

अनिशम् (aniśam) - constantly, perpetually

(indeclinable)

from an- (without) + niśā (night) but used adverbially to mean 'without interruption' or 'constantly'

सर्गे (sarge) - in creation, in the world

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of sarga

sarga - creation, emission, chapter

from √sṛj (to emit, create)

Root: sṛj (class 6)

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

प्रलये (pralaye) - in dissolution, in destruction

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of pralaya

pralaya - dissolution, destruction, cosmic reabsorption

from pra- (forth) + √lī (to dissolve)

Prefix: pra

Root: lī (class 4)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman, the Absolute Reality

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman, the Absolute, the ultimate reality

from √bṛh (to grow, expand)

Root: bṛh (class 1)

एकम् (ekam) - one, single

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of eka

eka - one, single, sole

चितिः (citiḥ) - consciousness, pure intelligence

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of citi

citi - consciousness, pure intelligence, understanding

from √cit (to perceive, understand)

Root: cit (class 1)

अव्ययम् (avyayam) - imperishable, immutable

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of avyaya

avyaya - imperishable, undecaying, immutable, indeclinable

from a- (not) + vyaya (expenditure, decay) or vi- (apart) + i- (go) + a- (not)

Prefixes: a+vi

Root: i (class 2)