योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-96, verse-28

न च्छिद्ये न च दह्येऽहं चिन्मात्रं वज्रवच्चिति ।
न देही निश्चयो यस्य तं प्रत्यन्तकरस्तृणम् ॥ २८ ॥

na cchidye na ca dahye'haṃ cinmātraṃ vajravacciti ,
na dehī niścayo yasya taṃ pratyantakarastṛṇam 28

28. na chidye na ca dahye aham cinmātram vajravat citi
na dehī niścayaḥ yasya tam pratyantakaraḥ tṛṇam

28. aham na chidye ca na dahye cinmātram vajravat citi
yasya na dehī niścayaḥ tam prati pratyantakaraḥ tṛṇam

28. I am neither cut nor burned; I am pure consciousness, like a diamond in awareness. For one who has the firm conviction, 'I am not the embodied self', death is as insignificant as a blade of grass.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• छिद्ये (chidye) - I am cut, I am severed, I am divided

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover, but

• दह्ये (dahye) - I am burned, I am consumed

• अहम् (aham) - I

• चिन्मात्रम् (cinmātram) - pure consciousness, mere consciousness

• वज्रवत् (vajravat) - like a diamond, like a thunderbolt, diamond-like

• चिति (citi) - in consciousness, in awareness, in the mind

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• देही (dehī) - the embodied self (the embodied one, the soul, the living being, having a body)

• निश्चयः (niścayaḥ) - certainty, conviction, firm belief, determination

• यस्य (yasya) - whose, of whom, of which

• तम् (tam) - him, to him, that

• प्रत्यन्तकरः (pratyantakaraḥ) - death (destroyer, bringer of the end, death)

• तृणम् (tṛṇam) - a blade of grass, straw

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

छिद्ये (chidye) - I am cut, I am severed, I am divided

(verb)

1st person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of chid

Root: chid (class 7)

Note: ātmanepada

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover, but

(indeclinable)

दह्ये (dahye) - I am burned, I am consumed

(verb)

1st person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of dah

Root: dah (class 1)

Note: ātmanepada

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

चिन्मात्रम् (cinmātram) - pure consciousness, mere consciousness

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cinmātra

cinmātra - pure consciousness, mere consciousness

Compound type : karmadhāraya (cit+mātra)

• cit – consciousness, awareness
  noun (feminine)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• mātra – mere, only, pure, exclusively
  adjective (neuter)

वज्रवत् (vajravat) - like a diamond, like a thunderbolt, diamond-like

(indeclinable)

possessive suffix -vat

चिति (citi) - in consciousness, in awareness, in the mind

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of citi

citi - consciousness, awareness, understanding, mind

Root: cit (class 1)

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

देही (dehī) - the embodied self (the embodied one, the soul, the living being, having a body)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dehin

dehin - one who has a body, embodied, soul

from deha (body) + -in (possessive suffix)

निश्चयः (niścayaḥ) - certainty, conviction, firm belief, determination

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niścaya

niścaya - certainty, conviction, firm belief, determination

Prefix: nis

Root: ci (class 5)

यस्य (yasya) - whose, of whom, of which

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yat

yat - who, which, what

तम् (tam) - him, to him, that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

प्रत्यन्तकरः (pratyantakaraḥ) - death (destroyer, bringer of the end, death)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pratyantakara

pratyantakara - causing the end, destroyer, death

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (prati+anta+kara)

• prati – towards, against, in opposition to, every
  indeclinable
• anta – end, boundary, limit, death
  noun (masculine)
• kara – maker, doer, causing, hand
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  from root kṛ (to do) + a (suffix)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

तृणम् (tṛṇam) - a blade of grass, straw

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tṛṇa

tṛṇa - grass, straw, any blade of grass

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