योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-96, verse-12

चिदाकाशं वर्जयित्वा शवमेव शरीरकम् ।
अच्छेद्योऽसावदाह्योऽसौ चिदाकाशो न शाम्यति ॥ १२ ॥

cidākāśaṃ varjayitvā śavameva śarīrakam ,
acchedyo'sāvadāhyo'sau cidākāśo na śāmyati 12

12. cidākāśam varjayitvā śavam eva śarīrakam
acchedyaḥ asau adāhyaḥ asau cidākāśaḥ na śāmyati

12. śarīrakam cidākāśam varjayitvā śavam eva.
asau cidākāśaḥ acchedyaḥ adāhyaḥ na śāmyati.

12. Excluding the consciousness-space, the body is merely a corpse. That consciousness-space (cidākāśa), which is the self (ātman), is indivisible and unburnable; it does not perish.

Words meanings summery:

• चिदाकाशम् (cidākāśam) - the space of consciousness, conscious ether

• वर्जयित्वा (varjayitvā) - having excluded, having abandoned, having left aside, except for

• शवम् (śavam) - a corpse, dead body

• एव (eva) - only, merely, indeed

• शरीरकम् (śarīrakam) - the mere body, indicating its insignificance without consciousness (the body)

• अच्छेद्यः (acchedyaḥ) - indivisible, not to be cut

• असौ (asau) - that one, he

• अदाह्यः (adāhyaḥ) - unburnable, not to be burnt

• असौ (asau) - that one, he

• चिदाकाशः (cidākāśaḥ) - the eternal self (ātman) (the space of consciousness, conscious ether)

• न (na) - not, no

• शाम्यति (śāmyati) - ceases, perishes, is pacified

Words meanings and morphology

चिदाकाशम् (cidākāśam) - the space of consciousness, conscious ether

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of cidākāśa

cidākāśa - the space of consciousness, conscious ether, the expanse of pure consciousness

Compound type : karmadhāraya (cit+ākāśa)

• cit – pure consciousness, knowledge, spirit
  noun (feminine)
• ākāśa – space, ether, sky
  noun (masculine)

Note: Here, it is the object of varjayitvā (having excluded).

वर्जयित्वा (varjayitvā) - having excluded, having abandoned, having left aside, except for

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from the root √vṛj (to abandon, shun) in causative (varjayati) with the suffix -tvā.

Root: √vṛj (class 1)

शवम् (śavam) - a corpse, dead body

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śava

śava - a corpse, dead body, spiritless

Note: Also could be masculine, but neuter fits 'śarīrakam'.

एव (eva) - only, merely, indeed

(indeclinable)

शरीरकम् (śarīrakam) - the mere body, indicating its insignificance without consciousness (the body)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śarīraka

śarīraka - a small body, the mere body, a contemptible body

Note: Predicative to 'śavam'.

अच्छेद्यः (acchedyaḥ) - indivisible, not to be cut

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of acchedya

acchedya - not to be cut, indivisible, impenetrable

Gerundive (kṛtya)

Formed from a- (negation) + root √chid (to cut) + suffix -ya (gerundive).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+chedya)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• chedya – to be cut, divisible
  adjective (masculine)
  Gerundive (kṛtya)
  From √chid + -ya.
  Root: √chid (class 7)

Note: Refers to 'cidākāśaḥ'.

असौ (asau) - that one, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, that one, he/she/it

Note: Refers to 'cidākāśaḥ'.

अदाह्यः (adāhyaḥ) - unburnable, not to be burnt

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adāhya

adāhya - not to be burnt, unburnable

Gerundive (kṛtya)

Formed from a- (negation) + root √dah (to burn) + suffix -ya (gerundive).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+dāhya)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• dāhya – to be burnt, combustible
  adjective (masculine)
  Gerundive (kṛtya)
  From √dah + -ya.
  Root: √dah (class 1)

Note: Refers to 'cidākāśaḥ'.

असौ (asau) - that one, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, that one, he/she/it

Note: Refers to 'cidākāśaḥ'.

चिदाकाशः (cidākāśaḥ) - the eternal self (ātman) (the space of consciousness, conscious ether)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cidākāśa

cidākāśa - the space of consciousness, conscious ether, the expanse of pure consciousness

Compound type : karmadhāraya (cit+ākāśa)

• cit – pure consciousness, knowledge, spirit
  noun (feminine)
• ākāśa – space, ether, sky
  noun (masculine)

Note: The subject of the second part of the verse. Though 'ākāśa' is usually neuter, here it takes masculine ending to agree with 'acchedyaḥ' and 'adāhyaḥ' and implied ātman.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

शाम्यति (śāmyati) - ceases, perishes, is pacified

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of √śam

Present active indicative

Root √śam (to be calm, to cease), Parasmaipada, 4th class.

Root: √śam (class 4)