योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-34, verse-17

न जगत्सन्न चैवासद्भासते चेतनाच्चिति ।
अचेतनान्न कचति क इवार्थग्रहोऽत्र नः ॥ १७ ॥

na jagatsanna caivāsadbhāsate cetanācciti ,
acetanānna kacati ka ivārthagraho'tra naḥ 17

17. na jagat sat na ca eva asat bhāsate cetanāt citi
acetanāt na kacati kaḥ iva artha-grahaḥ atra naḥ

17. jagat na sat ca na eva asat.
cetanāt citi bhāsate.
acetanāt na kacati.
atra naḥ kaḥ iva artha-grahaḥ?

17. The world (jagat) is neither truly existent (sat) nor indeed non-existent (asat). It manifests from consciousness (cetana) and within consciousness (cit), yet it does not arise from the unconscious (acetana). What kind of meaningful apprehension (artha-graha) is there for us in this?

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, neither

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe, that which moves

• सत् (sat) - real, existent, true, reality

• न (na) - nor, not

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• असत् (asat) - unreal, non-existent, unreality

• भासते (bhāsate) - shines, appears, manifests

• चेतनात् (cetanāt) - from consciousness, from the conscious

• चिति (citi) - in consciousness, in the conscious

• अचेतनात् (acetanāt) - from the unconscious, from the inanimate

• न (na) - not, no

• कचति (kacati) - shines, appears, manifests

• कः (kaḥ) - what, who

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अर्थ-ग्रहः (artha-grahaḥ) - apprehension of meaning, understanding, comprehension

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

• नः (naḥ) - for us, our

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, neither

(indeclinable)

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe, that which moves

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, that which moves, living beings

present active participle

derived from root √gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

सत् (sat) - real, existent, true, reality

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sat

sat - existent, real, true, good, reality, truth

present active participle

derived from root √as (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

न (na) - nor, not

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

असत् (asat) - unreal, non-existent, unreality

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, false, unreality

present active participle (negative)

negation 'a-' of 'sat' (present active participle of √as)

Prefix: a

Root: as (class 2)

भासते (bhāsate) - shines, appears, manifests

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of √bhās

present middle

root class 1, ātmanepada, present tense

Root: bhās (class 1)

चेतनात् (cetanāt) - from consciousness, from the conscious

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of cetana

cetana - conscious, animate, sentient, consciousness

from root √cit (to perceive, to be conscious)

Root: cit

चिति (citi) - in consciousness, in the conscious

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, thought, understanding, spirit

अचेतनात् (acetanāt) - from the unconscious, from the inanimate

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of acetana

acetana - unconscious, inanimate, insentient

negation 'a-' of 'cetana'

Prefix: a

Root: cit

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

कचति (kacati) - shines, appears, manifests

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of √kas

present active

root class 1, parasmaipada, present tense

Root: kas (class 1)

कः (kaḥ) - what, who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अर्थ-ग्रहः (artha-grahaḥ) - apprehension of meaning, understanding, comprehension

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of artha-graha

artha-graha - apprehension of meaning, grasping of sense

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (artha+graha)

• artha – meaning, purpose, object, sense
  noun (masculine)
  Root: arth
• graha – grasping, seizing, apprehension, understanding
  noun (masculine)
  derived from root √grah (to seize, to grasp)
  Root: grah (class 9)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

(indeclinable)

नः (naḥ) - for us, our

(pronoun)

plural of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)