योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-96, verse-17

एकं चिन्मात्रमेवाहं न शरीरादयो मम ।
इति सत्यनुसंधाने क्व जन्ममरणादयः ॥ १७ ॥

ekaṃ cinmātramevāhaṃ na śarīrādayo mama ,
iti satyanusaṃdhāne kva janmamaraṇādayaḥ 17

17. ekam cit-mātram eva aham na śarīra-ādayaḥ mama
iti satya-anusandhāne kva janma-maraṇa-ādayaḥ

17. aham ekam cit-mātram eva mama śarīra-ādayaḥ na
iti satya-anusandhāne janma-maraṇa-ādayaḥ kva

17. I am indeed solely pure consciousness (cit); the body and similar entities are not mine. When there is this true realization, how can there be birth, death, and other such transient states?

Words meanings summery:

• एकम् (ekam) - one, single, unique

• चित्-मात्रम् (cit-mātram) - pure consciousness, mere consciousness

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• अहम् (aham) - I

• न (na) - not, no

• शरीर-आदयः (śarīra-ādayaḥ) - bodies and so on, physical forms and such

• मम (mama) - my, mine, of me

• इति (iti) - indicating the preceding statement is a quotation or a thought. (thus, so, in this way)

• सत्य-अनुसन्धाने (satya-anusandhāne) - in the true inquiry, in the true investigation/realization

• क्व (kva) - how can there be? implying non-existence (where?)

• जन्म-मरण-आदयः (janma-maraṇa-ādayaḥ) - birth and death and so on, various states of existence

Words meanings and morphology

एकम् (ekam) - one, single, unique

(numeral adjective)

Note: Agrees with cit-mātram.

चित्-मात्रम् (cit-mātram) - pure consciousness, mere consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cit-mātra

cit-mātra - mere consciousness, pure consciousness, intellect only

Compound type : karmadhāraya (cit+mātra)

• cit – consciousness, intellect, understanding, knowledge
  noun (feminine)
• mātra – only, merely, solely, pure, measure
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Predicate nominative for aham.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

शरीर-आदयः (śarīra-ādayaḥ) - bodies and so on, physical forms and such

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śarīra-ādi

śarīra-ādi - body and so forth, body etc.

Compound type : dvandva / tatpurusha (with implied 'ādi') (śarīra+ādi)

• śarīra – body, physical frame
  noun (neuter)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etcetera
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of the implied verb "are".

मम (mama) - my, mine, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

Note: Possessive form.

इति (iti) - indicating the preceding statement is a quotation or a thought. (thus, so, in this way)

(indeclinable)

सत्य-अनुसन्धाने (satya-anusandhāne) - in the true inquiry, in the true investigation/realization

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of satya-anusandhāna

satya-anusandhāna - true investigation, search for truth, correct ascertainment

Compound type : karmadhāraya (satya+anusandhāna)

• satya – truth, true, real, virtuous
  noun (neuter)
• anusandhāna – investigation, inquiry, search, contemplation, realization
  noun (neuter)
  From anu-sam-dhā (to join, connect, investigate)
  Prefixes: anu+sam
  Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Refers to the mental state or act of realization.

क्व (kva) - how can there be? implying non-existence (where?)

(indeclinable)

Note: Rhetorical question implying "nowhere" or "none exist."

जन्म-मरण-आदयः (janma-maraṇa-ādayaḥ) - birth and death and so on, various states of existence

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of janma-maraṇa-ādi

janma-maraṇa-ādi - birth, death, and so on; cycle of existence

Compound type : dvandva / tatpurusha (with implied 'ādi') (janma+maraṇa+ādi)

• janma – birth, production, origin
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• maraṇa – death, dying
  noun (neuter)
  From root mṛ (to die)
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etcetera
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of the rhetorical question.