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7,43

योगवासिष्ठः       yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-43, verse-66

चिता चेत्यतयात्मैव स्वचित्तीक्रियते तथा ।
देशकालं विनैवात्मा बोधाबोधेन चित्तताम् ॥ ६६ ॥
citā cetyatayātmaiva svacittīkriyate tathā ,
deśakālaṃ vinaivātmā bodhābodhena cittatām 66
66. citā cetyatayā ātmā eva sva-cittī-kriyate tathā
deśa-kālam vinā eva ātmā bodha-abodhena cittatām
66. tathā citā cetyatayā ātmā eva sva-cittī-kriyate
deśa-kālam vinā eva ātmā bodha-abodhena cittatām
66. Similarly, the self (ātman) itself, through consciousness (citā) operating as the perceivable object (cetyatayā), is made into its own mind. Without dependence on space or time, the self (ātman) attains the state of mind (cittatā) through both awareness and non-awareness.

Words meanings summery:

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  • चिता (citā) - by consciousness, by awareness
  • चेत्यतया (cetyatayā) - by the state of being an object of thought/perception, as the thinkable
  • आत्मा (ātmā) - the self (ātman), the consciousness, the mind
  • एव (eva) - indeed, itself, only
  • स्व-चित्ती-क्रियते (sva-cittī-kriyate) - is made into its own mind/consciousness, is made to think itself
  • तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, so
  • देश-कालम् (deśa-kālam) - space and time, spatial and temporal conditions
  • विना (vinā) - without, except for, apart from
  • एव (eva) - indeed, only, just
  • आत्मा (ātmā) - the self (ātman), the consciousness, the mind
  • बोध-अबोधेन (bodha-abodhena) - by awareness and non-awareness, by knowledge and ignorance
  • चित्तताम् (cittatām) - the state of being mind, mind-ness, the nature of mind

Words meanings and morphology

चिता (citā) - by consciousness, by awareness
(noun)
Instrumental, feminine, singular of cit
cit - consciousness, awareness, mind, thinking
Derived from root cit- ('to perceive, think').
Root: cit (class 1)
चेत्यतया (cetyatayā) - by the state of being an object of thought/perception, as the thinkable
(noun)
Instrumental, feminine, singular of cetyatā
cetyatā - the state of being an object of thought or perception, perceptibility
Derived from cetya ('to be thought, knowable') with suffix -tā.
आत्मा (ātmā) - the self (ātman), the consciousness, the mind
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman
ātman - self, soul, spirit, individual self, consciousness, mind
एव (eva) - indeed, itself, only
(indeclinable)
स्व-चित्ती-क्रियते (sva-cittī-kriyate) - is made into its own mind/consciousness, is made to think itself
(verb)
3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of svacittīkṛ
Denominative verb formed from sva-citta ('one's own mind') with the suffix -ī-kṛ ('to make').
Root: kṛ (class 8)
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+citta)
  • sva – own, one's own
    pronoun (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  • citta – mind, thought, consciousness, heart
    noun (neuter)
    Past Passive Participle
    Past Passive Participle of root cit- ('to perceive, think').
    Root: cit (class 1)
तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, so
(indeclinable)
देश-कालम् (deśa-kālam) - space and time, spatial and temporal conditions
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of deśakāla
deśakāla - space-time, place and time
Compound type : dvandva (deśa+kāla)
  • deśa – space, place, region, country
    noun (masculine)
  • kāla – time, season, period
    noun (masculine)
विना (vinā) - without, except for, apart from
(indeclinable)
एव (eva) - indeed, only, just
(indeclinable)
आत्मा (ātmā) - the self (ātman), the consciousness, the mind
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman
ātman - self, soul, spirit, individual self, consciousness, mind
बोध-अबोधेन (bodha-abodhena) - by awareness and non-awareness, by knowledge and ignorance
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of bodhābodha
bodhābodha - awareness and non-awareness, knowledge and ignorance, cognition and non-cognition
Compound type : dvandva (bodha+abodha)
  • bodha – awareness, knowledge, perception, understanding
    noun (masculine)
    Derived from root budh- ('to know, understand').
    Root: budh (class 1)
  • abodha – non-awareness, ignorance, lack of knowledge
    noun (masculine)
    Derived from root budh- ('to know') with negative prefix 'a-'.
    Root: budh (class 1)
चित्तताम् (cittatām) - the state of being mind, mind-ness, the nature of mind
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of cittatā
cittatā - the state or quality of being mind, mind-ness
Derived from citta ('mind') with suffix -tā.
Note: Object of an implied verb like 'prāpnoti' (attains).