योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-96, verse-37

चिच्चेतति यथा वा यत्तत्तथा साशु पश्यति ।
आबालमेषोऽनुभवो न क्वचित्सा च नश्यति ॥ ३७ ॥

ciccetati yathā vā yattattathā sāśu paśyati ,
ābālameṣo'nubhavo na kvacitsā ca naśyati 37

37. cit cetati yathā vā yat tat tathā sā āśu paśyati
| ābālam eṣaḥ anubhavaḥ na kvacit sā ca naśyati ||

37. cit yathā vā yat tat tathā sā āśu paśyati
eṣaḥ anubhavaḥ ābālam na kvacit sā ca naśyati

37. Consciousness (cit) perceives things immediately, in the very way it cognizes them. This experience (of consciousness) is present from childhood onwards, and that consciousness itself never perishes anywhere.

Words meanings summery:

• चित् (cit) - consciousness, mind, intellect

• चेतति (cetati) - perceives, is conscious, thinks

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way

• वा (vā) - or, optionally, as if

• यत् (yat) - which, what

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

• सा (sā) - refers to 'cit' (consciousness), which is feminine (she, that (feminine))

• आशु (āśu) - quickly, instantly, swiftly

• पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, perceives, beholds

• आबालम् (ābālam) - from childhood, up to a child, childish

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (masculine)

• अनुभवः (anubhavaḥ) - experience, perception

• न (na) - not, no

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - somewhere, anywhere, at any time

• सा (sā) - refers to 'cit' (consciousness) (she, that (feminine))

• च (ca) - and, also

• नश्यति (naśyati) - perishes, is lost, disappears

Words meanings and morphology

चित् (cit) - consciousness, mind, intellect

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, mind, thought, intellect

Root: cit

चेतति (cetati) - perceives, is conscious, thinks

(verb)

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

Root: cit (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, optionally, as if

(indeclinable)

यत् (yat) - which, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that (relative pronoun)

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it (demonstrative pronoun)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

सा (sā) - refers to 'cit' (consciousness), which is feminine (she, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she (demonstrative pronoun)

आशु (āśu) - quickly, instantly, swiftly

(indeclinable)

पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, perceives, beholds

(verb)

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

irregular present stem paśya-

Root: dṛś (class 1)

आबालम् (ābālam) - from childhood, up to a child, childish

(indeclinable)

adverbial use of 'bāla' (child) with prefix 'ā' (up to)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (ā+bāla)

• ā – up to, until, towards, completely
  indeclinable
• bāla – child, young, immature
  noun (masculine)

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this (demonstrative pronoun)

अनुभवः (anubhavaḥ) - experience, perception

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anubhava

anubhava - experience, perception, apprehension, understanding

Prefix: anu

Root: bhū (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

क्वचित् (kvacit) - somewhere, anywhere, at any time

(indeclinable)

सा (sā) - refers to 'cit' (consciousness) (she, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she (demonstrative pronoun)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

नश्यति (naśyati) - perishes, is lost, disappears

(verb)

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

Root: naś (class 4)

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