योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-96, verse-19

चिदहं गगनादच्छा नित्यानन्ता निरामया ।
किं जीवितं मे किं वापि मरणं वा सुखासुखे ॥ १९ ॥

cidahaṃ gaganādacchā nityānantā nirāmayā ,
kiṃ jīvitaṃ me kiṃ vāpi maraṇaṃ vā sukhāsukhe 19

19. cit aham gaganāt acchā nitya-anantā nirāmayā kim
jīvitam me kim vā api maraṇam vā sukha-asukhe

19. aham gaganāt acchā nitya-anantā nirāmayā cit me
jīvitam kim vā maraṇam kim vā api sukha-asukhe

19. I am consciousness (cit), clearer than the sky, eternal, infinite, and free from all affliction. What is life for me? What is death, or pleasure and pain?

Words meanings summery:

• चित् (cit) - pure consciousness (consciousness, intellect, understanding)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• गगनात् (gaganāt) - from the sky, than the sky

• अच्छा (acchā) - clear, transparent, pure, brilliant

• नित्य-अनन्ता (nitya-anantā) - eternal and infinite

• निरामया (nirāmayā) - free from disease, healthy, free from affliction

• किम् (kim) - a rhetorical question implying "of no consequence" (what?, which?)

• जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, existence

• मे (me) - my, to me, of me

• किम् (kim) - a rhetorical question implying "of no consequence" (what?, which?)

• वा (vā) - or, either

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• मरणम् (maraṇam) - death, dying

• वा (vā) - or, either

• सुख-असुखे (sukha-asukhe) - pleasure and pain (dual)

Words meanings and morphology

चित् (cit) - pure consciousness (consciousness, intellect, understanding)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, intellect, understanding, knowledge

Note: Predicate nominative for aham. Here, used as a feminine noun/adjective qualifying 'aham' (which refers to something abstract/universal).

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

गगनात् (gaganāt) - from the sky, than the sky

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of gagana

gagana - sky, atmosphere, heaven

Note: Used in comparison with acchā.

अच्छा (acchā) - clear, transparent, pure, brilliant

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of accha

accha - clear, transparent, pure, brilliant, clean

Note: Agrees with cit (which is feminine in this usage).

नित्य-अनन्ता (nitya-anantā) - eternal and infinite

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nitya-ananta

nitya-ananta - eternal and infinite, everlasting and endless

Compound type : dvandva (nitya+ananta)

• nitya – eternal, constant, perpetual, always
  adjective (masculine)
• ananta – infinite, endless, boundless, Vishnu (as Ananta)
  adjective (masculine)
  From a (negation) + anta (end)
  Prefix: a

Note: Agrees with cit and aham.

निरामया (nirāmayā) - free from disease, healthy, free from affliction

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nirāmaya

nirāmaya - free from disease, healthy, well, free from trouble/affliction

From nir (without) + āmaya (illness)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (nis+āmaya)

• nis – out, forth, without, negation
  indeclinable
• āmaya – illness, sickness, disease, trouble
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with cit and aham.

किम् (kim) - a rhetorical question implying "of no consequence" (what?, which?)

(interrogative pronoun)

Note: Acts as predicate nominative for jīvitam.

जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, existence

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, living, existence; alive

Past Passive Participle

From root jīv (to live) + kta, used as a noun

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Subject of the rhetorical question.

मे (me) - my, to me, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

Note: Possessive or dative of interest.

किम् (kim) - a rhetorical question implying "of no consequence" (what?, which?)

(interrogative pronoun)

Note: Acts as predicate nominative for maraṇam.

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

मरणम् (maraṇam) - death, dying

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of maraṇa

maraṇa - death, dying

From root mṛ (to die)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Subject of the implied verb "is".

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

सुख-असुखे (sukha-asukhe) - pleasure and pain (dual)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of sukha-asukha

sukha-asukha - pleasure and pain, joy and sorrow

Compound type : dvandva (sukha+asukha)

• sukha – happiness, pleasure, joy, ease
  noun (neuter)
• asukha – unhappiness, pain, sorrow, discomfort
  noun (neuter)
  From a (negation) + sukha (pleasure)
  Prefix: a

Note: Dual form referring to the pair.