योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-82, verse-7

कथमास्तां वद प्राज्ञ चिन्मात्रं चेतनं विना ।
कथमास्तां वद प्राज्ञ मरिचं तिक्ततां विना ॥ ७ ॥

kathamāstāṃ vada prājña cinmātraṃ cetanaṃ vinā ,
kathamāstāṃ vada prājña maricaṃ tiktatāṃ vinā 7

7. katham āstām vada prājña cinmātram cetanam vinā
katham āstām vada prājña maricam tiktatām vinā

7. prājña vada,
cinmātram cetanam vinā katham āstām? prājña vada,
maricam tiktatām vinā katham āstām?

7. O wise one, tell me, how can mere consciousness (cinmātra) exist without a conscious principle? O wise one, tell me, how can pepper exist without its bitterness?

Words meanings summery:

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what way

• आस्ताम् (āstām) - let it be, may it exist

• वद (vada) - speak, tell

• प्राज्ञ (prājña) - O wise one, O knowledgeable one

• चिन्मात्रम् (cinmātram) - mere consciousness, consciousness alone

• चेतनम् (cetanam) - a conscious being, sentient being, consciousness (as an entity)

• विना (vinā) - without, apart from

• मरिचम् (maricam) - pepper

• तिक्तताम् (tiktatām) - bitterness

Words meanings and morphology

कथम् (katham) - how, in what way

(indeclinable)

आस्ताम् (āstām) - let it be, may it exist

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of as

3rd person singular imperative/optative

Root: as (class 2)

वद (vada) - speak, tell

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vad

2nd person singular imperative

Root: vad (class 1)

प्राज्ञ (prājña) - O wise one, O knowledgeable one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of prājña

prājña - wise, intelligent, knowledgeable, an expert

चिन्मात्रम् (cinmātram) - mere consciousness, consciousness alone

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cinmātra

cinmātra - mere thought, pure consciousness, consciousness alone

Compound type : karmadhāraya (cit+mātra)

• cit – consciousness, thought, spirit, understanding
  noun (feminine)
• mātra – only, mere, merely, by measure, equal to
  adjective (neuter)

चेतनम् (cetanam) - a conscious being, sentient being, consciousness (as an entity)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of cetana

cetana - conscious, sentient, animated, a conscious being

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Governed by vinā.

विना (vinā) - without, apart from

(indeclinable)

मरिचम् (maricam) - pepper

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of marica

marica - pepper (black pepper plant or its fruit)

तिक्तताम् (tiktatām) - bitterness

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tiktatā

tiktatā - bitterness, the quality of being bitter

derived from `tikta` (bitter) + `tā` (suffix for abstract noun)

Note: Governed by vinā.