योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-10, verse-8

अयमित्थं महाभोगो जगदाख्योऽवभासते ।
सत्यो भवत्वसत्यो वा यत्र तत्र त्वशून्यता ॥ ८ ॥

ayamitthaṃ mahābhogo jagadākhyo'vabhāsate ,
satyo bhavatvasatyo vā yatra tatra tvaśūnyatā 8

8. ayam ittham mahābhogaḥ jagat ākhyaḥ avabhāsate
satyaḥ bhavatu asatyaḥ vā yatra tatra tu aśūnyatā

8. ayam mahābhogaḥ jagat ākhyaḥ ittham avabhāsate.
satyaḥ vā asatyaḥ bhavatu.
yatra tatra tu aśūnyatā.

8. This vast experience, called the world (jagat), appears in this manner. Whether it is real (satya) or unreal, wherever it is (manifest), there is indeed non-emptiness.

Words meanings summery:

• अयम् (ayam) - this (world/experience) (this)

• इत्थम् (ittham) - in this manner (in this manner, thus)

• महाभोगः (mahābhogaḥ) - vast experience, great expanse (great enjoyment, vast experience, large expanse)

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

• आख्यः (ākhyaḥ) - called (named, called)

• अवभासते (avabhāsate) - appears, manifests (appears, shines, manifests)

• सत्यः (satyaḥ) - real (satya) (real, true, existent)

• भवतु (bhavatu) - let it be (let it be, may it be)

• असत्यः (asatyaḥ) - unreal (unreal, untrue)

• वा (vā) - or

• यत्र (yatra) - wherever (where, in which place)

• तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)

• तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, however)

• अशून्यता (aśūnyatā) - non-emptiness (non-emptiness, fullness)

Words meanings and morphology

अयम् (ayam) - this (world/experience) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Subject.

इत्थम् (ittham) - in this manner (in this manner, thus)

(indeclinable)

Adverb of manner.

महाभोगः (mahābhogaḥ) - vast experience, great expanse (great enjoyment, vast experience, large expanse)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahābhoga

mahābhoga - great enjoyment, vast possession, great expanse, a great serpent (having great coils)

`mahā` (great) + `bhoga` (enjoyment/expanse).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+bhoga)

• mahā – great, large, vast
  adjective
• bhoga – enjoyment, possession, experience, expansion, body of a snake
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root `bhuj` (to enjoy/experience/bend).
  Root: bhuj (class 7)

Note: Subject or predicate nominative with `ayam`.

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

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - moving, living; the world, universe, all that exists

present active participle

From root `gam` (to go) with reduplication.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Part of the compound `jagat-ākhyaḥ`.

आख्यः (ākhyaḥ) - called (named, called)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ākhya

ākhya - to be called, named, denominated; a name, appellation

Gerundive or derivative adjective

From root `khyā` (to tell) with prefix `ā`.

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Part of the compound `jagat-ākhyaḥ`.

अवभासते (avabhāsate) - appears, manifests (appears, shines, manifests)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of avabhās

present middle indicative

Derived from root `bhās` (to shine) with prefix `ava`. Third person singular, present tense, middle voice.

Prefix: ava

Root: bhās (class 1)

Note: Verb for `ayam mahābhogaḥ jagatākhyaḥ`.

सत्यः (satyaḥ) - real (satya) (real, true, existent)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of satya

satya - true, real, actual, genuine; truth, reality

Derived from `sat` (existing).

Note: Predicate adjective.

भवतु (bhavatu) - let it be (let it be, may it be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of bhū

imperative active

Third person singular, imperative mood, active voice.

Root: bhū (class 1)

असत्यः (asatyaḥ) - unreal (unreal, untrue)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of asatya

asatya - untrue, unreal, false; falsehood

Negation of `satya`.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+satya)

• a – not, un-, in- (negative prefix)
  indeclinable
• satya – true, real, actual, genuine; truth, reality
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from `sat` (existing).

Note: Predicate adjective.

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

यत्र (yatra) - wherever (where, in which place)

(indeclinable)

Relative adverb of place.

तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

Correlative adverb of place to `yatra`.

तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, however)

(indeclinable)

Particle expressing emphasis or contrast.

अशून्यता (aśūnyatā) - non-emptiness (non-emptiness, fullness)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of aśūnyatā

aśūnyatā - non-emptiness, fullness, presence

Derived from `aśūnya` (not empty) + suffix `tā` (abstract noun).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+śūnyatā)

• a – not, un-, in- (negative prefix)
  indeclinable
• śūnyatā – emptiness, voidness, nothingness
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from `śūnya` (empty) with suffix `tā`.

Note: Predicate for `yatra tatra`.