योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-23, verse-33

केवलं जगदारम्भलीलया घनहेलया ।
पालयत्यात्मनात्मानमनहंकारमाततम् ॥ ३३ ॥

kevalaṃ jagadārambhalīlayā ghanahelayā ,
pālayatyātmanātmānamanahaṃkāramātatam 33

33. kevalam jagat ārambha līlayā ghana helayā |
pālayati ātmanā ātmānam anahaṅkāram ātatam ||

33. kevalam ghana helayā jagat ārambha līlayā
ātmanā anahaṅkāram ātatam ātmānam pālayati

33. Merely by the intense ease of commencing the creation of the world, it maintains its own pervasive, egoless (anahaṅkāra) Self (ātman) through itself.

Words meanings summery:

• केवलम् (kevalam) - merely, only, purely, exclusively

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe, moving

• आरम्भ (ārambha) - beginning, commencement, undertaking

• लीलया (līlayā) - by sport, by play, playfully

• घन (ghana) - dense, thick, abundant, intense

• हेलया (helayā) - by intense ease or by intense sport/play (by ease, by grace, by sport, scornfully)

• पालयति (pālayati) - protects, guards, maintains, governs

• आत्मना (ātmanā) - by the Self, by oneself, by spirit

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - the Self, oneself, the spirit

• अनहङ्कारम् (anahaṅkāram) - egoless, without ego, devoid of self-conceit

• आततम् (ātatam) - pervading, extended, spread out, vast

Words meanings and morphology

केवलम् (kevalam) - merely, only, purely, exclusively

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kevala

kevala - sole, only, mere, pure, exclusive

Note: Used adverbially here.

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe, moving

(noun)

neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - the world, universe; moving, living

present participle of √gam, though used as a noun

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: First part of a compound `jagadārambhalīlayā`. Here `jagat` is treated as a noun forming a compound.

आरम्भ (ārambha) - beginning, commencement, undertaking

(noun)

masculine, singular of ārambha

ārambha - beginning, commencement, undertaking

from ā + √rabh

Prefix: ā

Root: rabh (class 1)

Note: Second part of compound `jagadārambhalīlayā`.

लीलया (līlayā) - by sport, by play, playfully

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of līlā

līlā - play, sport, amusement, ease

Note: Third part of compound `jagadārambhalīlayā`.

घन (ghana) - dense, thick, abundant, intense

(adjective)

of ghana

ghana - dense, thick, intense, profound; cloud

Note: First part of compound `ghanahelayā`.

हेलया (helayā) - by intense ease or by intense sport/play (by ease, by grace, by sport, scornfully)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of helā

helā - sport, play, ease, indifference, contempt

Note: Second part of compound `ghanahelayā`.

पालयति (pālayati) - protects, guards, maintains, governs

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pāl

present active

root √pāl, 10th class derivative of √pā or independent root, Parasmaipada, present, 3rd person singular

Root: pāl (class 10)

आत्मना (ātmanā) - by the Self, by oneself, by spirit

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - Self, soul, spirit, essence

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - the Self, oneself, the spirit

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - Self, soul, spirit, essence

Note: Refers to the supreme Self (ātman).

अनहङ्कारम् (anahaṅkāram) - egoless, without ego, devoid of self-conceit

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anahaṅkāra

anahaṅkāra - egolessness, without ego (ahaṅkāra)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+ahaṅkāra)

• an – not, non-
  indeclinable
• ahaṅkāra – ego, egoism, self-conceit
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies `ātmānam`.

आततम् (ātatam) - pervading, extended, spread out, vast

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātata

ātata - pervading, extended, stretched, vast

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of ā + √tan (to spread, to stretch)

Prefix: ā

Root: tan (class 8)

Note: Qualifies `ātmānam`.