योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-97, verse-4

चिन्मात्रं पुरुषोऽकर्ता समेत्यव्यक्ततो जगत् ।
एवंदृष्टेः सत्यमेतदेवमर्थानुभूतितः ॥ ४ ॥

cinmātraṃ puruṣo'kartā sametyavyaktato jagat ,
evaṃdṛṣṭeḥ satyametadevamarthānubhūtitaḥ 4

4. cinmātram puruṣaḥ akartā sametya avyaktataḥ jagat
| evam dṛṣṭeḥ satyam etat evam artha anubhūtitaḥ ||

4. puruṣaḥ cinmātram akartā (asti) jagat avyaktataḥ sametya (asti).
evaṃdṛṣṭeḥ etat satyam.
evam artha anubhūtitaḥ (ca).

4. The cosmic person (puruṣa) is pure consciousness (cinmātra) and a non-doer. The world (jagat), having emerged from the unmanifest, unifies with this [consciousness]. From such a perspective, this is the reality (satya), understood from the experience of phenomena in this very manner.

Words meanings summery:

• चिन्मात्रम् (cinmātram) - pure consciousness (cinmātra) (mere consciousness, pure consciousness, only consciousness)

• पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - the cosmic person (puruṣa) (person, man, human being, spirit, cosmic person)

• अकर्ता (akartā) - a non-doer (non-doer, inactive, not an agent)

• समेत्य (sametya) - having emerged and united (having approached, having met, having united)

• अव्यक्ततः (avyaktataḥ) - from the unmanifest (from the unmanifest, from the unexpressed)

• जगत् (jagat) - the world (world, universe, moving)

• एवम् (evam) - in such a manner (thus, in this manner, so)

• दृष्टेः (dṛṣṭeḥ) - from such a view/perspective (of sight, of vision, of view, from perception)

• सत्यम् (satyam) - the reality (truth, reality, true, real)

• एतत् (etat) - this (referring to the preceding statement) (this, this here)

• एवम् (evam) - in this very manner (thus, in this manner, so)

• अर्थ (artha) - of phenomena (meaning, object, purpose, thing)

• अनुभूतितः (anubhūtitaḥ) - from the experience (from experience, from perception)

Words meanings and morphology

चिन्मात्रम् (cinmātram) - pure consciousness (cinmātra) (mere consciousness, pure consciousness, only consciousness)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of cinmātra

cinmātra - mere consciousness, pure intellect, consisting only of thought

Compound type : karmadhāraya (cit+mātra)

• cit – consciousness, thought, intelligence, spirit
  noun (feminine)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• mātra – mere, only, just, solely, consisting only of
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Declines like a noun here, agreeing with 'puruṣa' implicitly or adverbially qualifying it.

पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - the cosmic person (puruṣa) (person, man, human being, spirit, cosmic person)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - person, man, male, human being, individual soul, the cosmic person (puruṣa)

अकर्ता (akartā) - a non-doer (non-doer, inactive, not an agent)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of akartṛ

akartṛ - non-doer, not an agent, inactive

Agent noun, negated

Derived from a- (negation) + kṛ + -tṛ (agent suffix)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kartṛ)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• kartṛ – doer, agent, creator
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun
  Root kṛ with suffix -tṛ
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

समेत्य (sametya) - having emerged and united (having approached, having met, having united)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from sam- + root i (to go) + -tya suffix for absolutives with prefixes

Prefix: sam

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Absolutive (gerund) indicating prior action.

अव्यक्ततः (avyaktataḥ) - from the unmanifest (from the unmanifest, from the unexpressed)

(indeclinable)

Past Passive Participle, negated

Derived from a- (negation) + vi + añj (to manifest) + -ta

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vyakta)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• vyakta – manifest, expressed, visible
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root añj with prefix vi and suffix -ta
  Prefix: vi
  Root: añj (class 7)

Note: Ablative suffix -taḥ indicating 'from'.

जगत् (jagat) - the world (world, universe, moving)

(noun)

neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, that which moves, living beings

Present Active Participle

Derived from root gam (to go) + -at (participle suffix), reduplicated

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Can be nominative or accusative. Here, likely nominative as the subject of the implied 'emerging and uniting'.

एवम् (evam) - in such a manner (thus, in this manner, so)

(indeclinable)

दृष्टेः (dṛṣṭeḥ) - from such a view/perspective (of sight, of vision, of view, from perception)

(noun)

feminine, singular of dṛṣṭi

dṛṣṭi - sight, vision, view, theory, perception, doctrine

Derived from root dṛś (to see) + -ti

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Here functioning as ablative 'from this view'.

सत्यम् (satyam) - the reality (truth, reality, true, real)

(noun)

neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality, true, real, sincere

Derived from sat

Note: Nominative singular, predicate noun.

एतत् (etat) - this (referring to the preceding statement) (this, this here)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this here, the present

Note: Subject pronoun 'this'.

एवम् (evam) - in this very manner (thus, in this manner, so)

(indeclinable)

Note: Repeated for emphasis or to qualify arthānubhūtitaḥ.

अर्थ (artha) - of phenomena (meaning, object, purpose, thing)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of artha

artha - meaning, sense, object, purpose, wealth, thing, affair

Note: Functions as the object of 'experience' (anubhūti).

अनुभूतितः (anubhūtitaḥ) - from the experience (from experience, from perception)

(indeclinable)

Derived from anu + bhū + -ti

Prefix: anu

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Ablative suffix -taḥ.

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