योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-91, verse-45

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
यथा याति नरः सुप्तो जडतां चेतनोऽपि सन् ।
चिद्व्योम गच्छेद्दृश्यत्वं तथा जाड्यं प्रचेतति ॥ ४५ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
yathā yāti naraḥ supto jaḍatāṃ cetano'pi san ,
cidvyoma gaccheddṛśyatvaṃ tathā jāḍyaṃ pracetati 45

45. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca yathā yāti naraḥ suptaḥ jaḍatām cetanaḥ
api san citvyoma gacchet dṛśyatvam tathā jāḍyam pracetati

45. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca yathā cetanaḥ api san naraḥ suptaḥ jaḍatām yāti,
tathā citvyoma dṛśyatvam gacchet (yada),
(tada) jāḍyam pracetati

45. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: 'Just as a person, though conscious, falls into a state of inertness when asleep; similarly, when the space of consciousness (cidvyoma) takes on objectivity, then inertness (jāḍya) itself appears conscious.'

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, according to)

• याति (yāti) - falls into (goes, proceeds, reaches, attains)

• नरः (naraḥ) - a person (a man, a person, a human being)

• सुप्तः (suptaḥ) - asleep (asleep, sleeping, unconscious)

• जडताम् (jaḍatām) - to a state of inertness (to inertness, to dullness, to insensibility)

• चेतनः (cetanaḥ) - conscious (conscious, sentient, alive)

• अपि (api) - though, even while (even, also, too)

• सन् (san) - being (being, existing)

• चित्व्योम (citvyoma) - the space of consciousness (cidvyoma) (consciousness-space, the ether of consciousness)

• गच्छेत् (gacchet) - takes on (would go, should go, might go)

• दृश्यत्वम् (dṛśyatvam) - to objectivity (to the state of being visible, to objectivity)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (so, thus, similarly)

• जाड्यम् (jāḍyam) - inertness (jāḍya) (inertness, dullness, unconsciousness)

• प्रचेतति (pracetati) - appears conscious (becomes conscious, perceives, manifests consciousness)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - Śrī Vasiṣṭha (a revered Vedic sage, one of the Saptarishis)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – splendor, prosperity, wealth, divine grace, sacred, holy
  noun (feminine)
• vasiṣṭha – Vasiṣṭha (name of a prominent Vedic Rishi)
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of uvāca

Perfect Tense

Root vac (to speak), perfect 3rd person singular active

Root: vac (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, according to)

(indeclinable)

याति (yāti) - falls into (goes, proceeds, reaches, attains)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of yāti

Present Tense

Root yā (to go), present 3rd person singular active

Root: yā (class 2)

नरः (naraḥ) - a person (a man, a person, a human being)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, person, human being

सुप्तः (suptaḥ) - asleep (asleep, sleeping, unconscious)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of supta

supta - asleep, sleeping, unconscious, dormant

Past Passive Participle

From root svap (to sleep)

Root: svap (class 2)

जडताम् (jaḍatām) - to a state of inertness (to inertness, to dullness, to insensibility)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jaḍatā

jaḍatā - inertness, dullness, stupidity, unconsciousness

Derived from jaḍa (inert) + -tā (suffix for abstract noun)

चेतनः (cetanaḥ) - conscious (conscious, sentient, alive)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cetana

cetana - conscious, sentient, intelligent, animated

From root cit (to perceive, know)

Root: cit (class 1)

अपि (api) - though, even while (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

सन् (san) - being (being, existing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sat

sat - being, existing, real, true, good

Present Active Participle

From root as (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

चित्व्योम (citvyoma) - the space of consciousness (cidvyoma) (consciousness-space, the ether of consciousness)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of citvyoman

citvyoman - consciousness-ether, the infinite expanse of consciousness

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (cit+vyoman)

• cit – consciousness, intelligence, thought
  noun (feminine)
• vyoman – sky, space, ether, atmosphere
  noun (neuter)

गच्छेत् (gacchet) - takes on (would go, should go, might go)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of gacchet

Optative Mood

Root gam (to go), optative 3rd person singular active

Root: gam (class 1)

दृश्यत्वम् (dṛśyatvam) - to objectivity (to the state of being visible, to objectivity)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dṛśyatva

dṛśyatva - visibility, perceptibility, the state of being an object

Derived from dṛśya (visible) + -tva (suffix for abstract noun)

तथा (tathā) - similarly (so, thus, similarly)

(indeclinable)

जाड्यम् (jāḍyam) - inertness (jāḍya) (inertness, dullness, unconsciousness)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jāḍya

jāḍya - inertness, dullness, stupidity, insensibility, coldness

Derived from jaḍa (inert, dull)

प्रचेतति (pracetati) - appears conscious (becomes conscious, perceives, manifests consciousness)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of pracetati

Present Tense

From root cit (to perceive, know) with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: cit (class 1)