योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-37, verse-2

आत्मनो व्यतिरिक्तं चेद्विद्यते तदिहेच्छया ।
इष्यतामसति त्वेतत्स्वात्मान्यत्वं किमिष्यते ॥ २ ॥

ātmano vyatiriktaṃ cedvidyate tadihecchayā ,
iṣyatāmasati tvetatsvātmānyatvaṃ kimiṣyate 2

2. ātmanaḥ vyatiriktam cet vidyate tat iha icchayā
iṣyatām asati tu etat sva-ātma-anyatvam kim iṣyate

2. ātmanaḥ vyatiriktam cet iha icchayā tat vidyate
iṣyatām tu etat sva-ātma-anyatvam asati kim iṣyate

2. If something distinct from the (ātman) truly exists, then let it be desired here by one's will. But when this otherness from one's own self (ātman) is non-existent, why is it sought?

Words meanings summery:

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - from the individual consciousness/soul (from the self (ātman), of the self (ātman))

• व्यतिरिक्तम् (vyatiriktam) - distinct, separate, excluded

• चेत् (cet) - if, in case

• विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found

• तत् (tat) - that, it

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

• इच्छया (icchayā) - by desire, by will, by wish

• इष्यताम् (iṣyatām) - let it be desired, let it be wished

• असति (asati) - when non-existent, in the absence of

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand

• एतत् (etat) - this, it

• स्व-आत्म-अन्यत्वम् (sva-ātma-anyatvam) - otherness from one's own self (ātman), the state of being other than one's self (ātman)

• किम् (kim) - why (interrogative adverb) (what, why, how)

• इष्यते (iṣyate) - is desired, is sought

Words meanings and morphology

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - from the individual consciousness/soul (from the self (ātman), of the self (ātman))

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, individual consciousness, essential nature, breath

Root: an (class 2)

Note: Used in the sense of separation 'from the self'.

व्यतिरिक्तम् (vyatiriktam) - distinct, separate, excluded

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vyatirikta

vyatirikta - distinct, separate, apart, excluded

Past Passive Participle

From root `ric` with `vi` and `ati` prefixes.

Prefixes: vi+ati

Root: ric (class 7)

चेत् (cet) - if, in case

(indeclinable)

विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vid

Present middle

3rd person singular Present Ātmanepada (Divādi class).

Root: vid (class 4)

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to 'vyatiriktam'.

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

(indeclinable)

Locative of 'idam' used adverbially.

इच्छया (icchayā) - by desire, by will, by wish

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of icchā

icchā - desire, wish, will, inclination

Root: iṣ (class 4)

इष्यताम् (iṣyatām) - let it be desired, let it be wished

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of iṣ

Imperative passive

3rd person singular Imperative Passive Ātmanepada.

Root: iṣ (class 4)

असति (asati) - when non-existent, in the absence of

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, bad, false

Present Active Participle

Locative singular, from root `as` (to be) with negation `a-`.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sat)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negation prefix.
• sat – existent, real, good, true
  adjective (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  From root `as` (to be).
  Root: as (class 2)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

Particle indicating contrast or emphasis.

एतत् (etat) - this, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that (near)

Demonstrative pronoun.

स्व-आत्म-अन्यत्वम् (sva-ātma-anyatvam) - otherness from one's own self (ātman), the state of being other than one's self (ātman)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sva-ātma-anyatva

sva-ātma-anyatva - otherness from one's own self (ātman)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+ātman+anyatva)

• sva – one's own, self
  pronoun (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, individual consciousness
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)
• anyatva – otherness, distinctness, difference
  noun (neuter)
  From 'anya' + suffix 'tva'.

किम् (kim) - why (interrogative adverb) (what, why, how)

(indeclinable)

Used adverbially as an interrogative.

Note: Used as an interrogative particle asking 'why'.

इष्यते (iṣyate) - is desired, is sought

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of iṣ

Present passive

3rd person singular Present Passive Ātmanepada.

Root: iṣ (class 4)