योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-91, verse-46

आत्मानं चेतति ब्रह्म पृथ्व्यादीव यदा तदा ।
सुप्तं जडमिवास्तेऽन्तः स्यादस्य न तदन्यथा ॥ ४६ ॥

ātmānaṃ cetati brahma pṛthvyādīva yadā tadā ,
suptaṃ jaḍamivāste'ntaḥ syādasya na tadanyathā 46

46. ātmānam cetati brahma pṛthvyādī iva yadā tadā suptam
jaḍam iva āste antaḥ syāt asya na tat anyathā

46. yadā brahma ātmānam pṛthvyādī iva cetati,
tadā antaḥ suptam jaḍam iva āste.
asya tat anyathā na syāt.

46. When Brahman perceives the Self (ātman) as elemental things like earth, then internally it remains as if asleep and inert. For Brahman, this cannot be otherwise.

Words meanings summery:

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - the Self (ātman) (the self, the soul, the essence)

• चेतति (cetati) - perceives (perceives, cognizes, is conscious of)

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman (Brahman, the Absolute Reality)

• पृथ्व्यादी (pṛthvyādī) - elemental things like earth (earth and the like, the elements)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as if, as)

• यदा (yadā) - when

• तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

• सुप्तम् (suptam) - asleep (asleep, sleeping, unconscious)

• जडम् (jaḍam) - inert (inert, dull, unconscious)

• इव (iva) - as if (like, as if, as)

• आस्ते (āste) - remains (remains, stays, exists)

• अन्तः (antaḥ) - internally (within, internally, inside)

• स्यात् (syāt) - cannot be (would be, should be, might be)

• अस्य (asya) - for Brahman (of this) (of this, for this)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• तत् (tat) - that, this (that, that one)

• अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise (otherwise, differently, in another manner)

Words meanings and morphology

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - the Self (ātman) (the self, the soul, the essence)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - Self, soul, individual essence, breath, mind

चेतति (cetati) - perceives (perceives, cognizes, is conscious of)

(verb)

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

Present Tense

Root cit (to perceive), present 3rd person singular active

Root: cit (class 1)

ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman (Brahman, the Absolute Reality)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - the ultimate reality, the Absolute, the supreme being, universal spirit

पृथ्व्यादी (pṛthvyādī) - elemental things like earth (earth and the like, the elements)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of pṛthvyādi

pṛthvyādi - earth and so forth, beginning with earth, the elements (earth, water, fire, air, ether)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pṛthvī+ādi)

• pṛthvī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etc.
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like (like, as if, as)

(indeclinable)

यदा (yadā) - when

(indeclinable)

तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

सुप्तम् (suptam) - asleep (asleep, sleeping, unconscious)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of supta

supta - asleep, sleeping, unconscious, dormant

Past Passive Participle

From root svap (to sleep)

Root: svap (class 2)

जडम् (jaḍam) - inert (inert, dull, unconscious)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jaḍa

jaḍa - inert, dull, stupid, cold, unconscious

इव (iva) - as if (like, as if, as)

(indeclinable)

आस्ते (āste) - remains (remains, stays, exists)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of ās

Present Tense

Root ās (to sit), present 3rd person singular middle

Root: ās (class 2)

अन्तः (antaḥ) - internally (within, internally, inside)

(indeclinable)

स्यात् (syāt) - cannot be (would be, should be, might be)

(verb)

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

Optative Mood

Root as (to be), optative 3rd person singular active

Root: as (class 2)

अस्य (asya) - for Brahman (of this) (of this, for this)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, he, she, it (proximate demonstrative pronoun)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that, this (that, that one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, that one, she, he, it (demonstrative pronoun)

अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise (otherwise, differently, in another manner)

(indeclinable)