योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-89, verse-3

अमानसं महीपीठं न संभवति किंचन ।
यदसद्वेत्सि यत्सद्वा मनोमात्रकमेव तत् ॥ ३ ॥

amānasaṃ mahīpīṭhaṃ na saṃbhavati kiṃcana ,
yadasadvetsi yatsadvā manomātrakameva tat 3

3. amānasam mahīpīṭham na sambhavati kiṃcana yat
asat vetsi yat sat vā manomātrakam eva tat

3. amānasam mahīpīṭham kiṃcana na sambhavati yat
asat vetsi yat sat vā tat manomātrakam eva

3. A physical world (mahīpīṭham) without a mind (amānasam) is not possible at all. Whatever you know as non-existent, or whatever you know as existent, that is merely a mental construct.

Words meanings summery:

• अमानसम् (amānasam) - independent of the mind (without mind, not mental)

• महीपीठम् (mahīpīṭham) - physical world (earth's surface, ground, world)

• न (na) - not, no

• सम्भवति (sambhavati) - is possible (is possible, originates, occurs)

• किंचन (kiṁcana) - at all (emphatic negation) (anything, something; at all (with negation))

• यत् (yat) - whatever (that which, whatever)

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

• वेत्सि (vetsi) - you perceive (you know, you understand)

• यत् (yat) - whatever (that which, whatever)

• सत् (sat) - existent (existent, real, good)

• वा (vā) - or

• मनोमात्रकम् (manomātrakam) - merely a mental construct (merely mind, only mental)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, truly

• तत् (tat) - that (referring to what is known as existent or non-existent) (that)

Words meanings and morphology

अमानसम् (amānasam) - independent of the mind (without mind, not mental)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of amānasa

amānasa - without mind, not mental, mindless

Compound formed with 'a' (negation) and 'mānasa' (mental).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+mānasa)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negation prefix.
• mānasa – mental, pertaining to the mind; mind
  adjective (neuter)
  Derived from manas (mind).
  Root: man

Note: Adjective modifying 'mahīpīṭham'.

महीपीठम् (mahīpīṭham) - physical world (earth's surface, ground, world)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahīpīṭha

mahīpīṭha - earth's surface, ground, seat of the earth

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahī+pīṭha)

• mahī – earth
  noun (feminine)
• pīṭha – seat, stool, surface, base
  noun (neuter)

Note: Subject of 'sambhavati'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

सम्भवति (sambhavati) - is possible (is possible, originates, occurs)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of sambhav

Present Active

From prefix sam- and root bhū (to be, become).

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

किंचन (kiṁcana) - at all (emphatic negation) (anything, something; at all (with negation))

(indeclinable)

Indefinite pronoun/adverb formed from kim and cana.

यत् (yat) - whatever (that which, whatever)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - which, what, that

Relative pronoun, neuter singular nominative/accusative.

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

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, false, bad

Present Active Participle (negative)

From 'a' (negation) and 'sat' (existent, being).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sat)

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

Note: Predicative adjective.

वेत्सि (vetsi) - you perceive (you know, you understand)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vid

Present Active

From root vid (to know), 2nd person singular present.

Root: vid (class 2)

यत् (yat) - whatever (that which, whatever)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - which, what, that

Relative pronoun, neuter singular nominative/accusative.

सत् (sat) - existent (existent, real, good)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sat

sat - existent, real, good, true, being

Present Active Participle

From root as (to be).

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Predicative adjective.

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

मनोमात्रकम् (manomātrakam) - merely a mental construct (merely mind, only mental)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manomātraka

manomātraka - merely mind, only mental, consisting solely of mind

Compound of manas (mind) and mātraka (mere, only).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (manas+mātraka)

• manas – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (neuter)
  Root: man
• mātraka – mere, only, consisting of
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Predicative adjective for 'tat'.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, truly

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

तत् (tat) - that (referring to what is known as existent or non-existent) (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun, neuter singular nominative/accusative.