योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-13, verse-53

विनश्यत्यसदेवान्ते स्वप्ने स्वमरणं यथा ।
अथवा स्वस्वरूपत्वात्सदेवेदमनामयम् ।
अखण्डितमनाद्यन्तं ज्ञानमात्राम्बरोदरम् ॥ ५३ ॥

vinaśyatyasadevānte svapne svamaraṇaṃ yathā ,
athavā svasvarūpatvātsadevedamanāmayam ,
akhaṇḍitamanādyantaṃ jñānamātrāmbarodaram 53

53. vinaśyati asat eva ante svapne
svamaraṇam yathā athavā svasvarūpatvāt
sat eva idam anāmayam akhaṇḍitam
anādyantam jñānamātrāmbarodaram

53. yathā svapne svamaraṇam,
(tathā) asat eva ante vinaśyati.
athavā svasvarūpatvāt idam sat eva anāmayam akhaṇḍitam anādyantam jñānamātrāmbarodaram (ca asti).

53. The non-existent (asat) vanishes in the end, just like one's own death in a dream. Alternatively, due to its intrinsic nature, this (reality) is indeed existent (sat) and free from affliction, unbroken, without beginning or end, and its essence is pure consciousness (jñāna) holding the entire cosmos within itself.

Words meanings summery:

• विनश्यति (vinaśyati) - vanishes (perishes, vanishes, is destroyed)

• असत् (asat) - non-existent (asat) (non-existent, unreal, false)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• अन्ते (ante) - in the end (in the end, finally)

• स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream (in a dream, during sleep)

• स्वमरणम् (svamaraṇam) - one's own death (one's own death, self-death)

• यथा (yathā) - just like (as, just as, like)

• अथवा (athavā) - alternatively (or, alternatively)

• स्वस्वरूपत्वात् (svasvarūpatvāt) - due to its intrinsic nature (from one's own nature, due to its intrinsic nature)

• सत् (sat) - existent (sat) (existent, real, good)

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just)

• इदम् (idam) - this (reality) (this, this (one))

• अनामयम् (anāmayam) - free from affliction (free from disease, wholesome, safe, healthy, free from affliction)

• अखण्डितम् (akhaṇḍitam) - unbroken (unbroken, undivided, indivisible)

• अनाद्यन्तम् (anādyantam) - without beginning or end (without beginning or end, eternal)

• ज्ञानमात्राम्बरोदरम् (jñānamātrāmbarodaram) - its essence is pure consciousness (jñāna) holding the entire cosmos within itself (whose essence is pure consciousness and whose abdomen is space/cosmos)

Words meanings and morphology

विनश्यति (vinaśyati) - vanishes (perishes, vanishes, is destroyed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of naś

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: From root naś (to perish) with prefix vi.

असत् (asat) - non-existent (asat) (non-existent, unreal, false)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, false

Present Active Participle (Nom. Sing. Neuter) with negation

Compound of a (negation) + sat (existent), from root as (to be)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sat)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• sat – existent, real, good
  adjective (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  From root as (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

अन्ते (ante) - in the end (in the end, finally)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of anta

anta - end, boundary, limit

स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream (in a dream, during sleep)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - dream, sleep

Root: svap (class 2)

स्वमरणम् (svamaraṇam) - one's own death (one's own death, self-death)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of svamaraṇa

svamaraṇa - one's own death, self-death

Compound of sva (one's own) + maraṇa (death)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (sva+maraṇa)

• sva – one's own, self
  pronoun
• maraṇa – death, dying
  noun (neuter)
  From root mṛ (to die)
  Root: mṛ (class 6)

यथा (yathā) - just like (as, just as, like)

(indeclinable)

अथवा (athavā) - alternatively (or, alternatively)

(indeclinable)

स्वस्वरूपत्वात् (svasvarūpatvāt) - due to its intrinsic nature (from one's own nature, due to its intrinsic nature)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of svasvarūpatva

svasvarūpatva - one's own nature, intrinsic nature

Compound of sva (one's own) + svarūpa (nature, form) + -tva (suffix for abstract quality)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+svarūpa+tva)

• sva – one's own, self
  pronoun
• svarūpa – one's own form, intrinsic nature
  noun (neuter)
• tva – suffix for abstract quality, -ness
  suffix (neuter)

सत् (sat) - existent (sat) (existent, real, good)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sat

sat - existent, real, good, true

Present Active Participle (Nom. Sing. Neuter)

From root as (to be) + śatṛ suffix

Root: as (class 2)

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this (reality) (this, this (one))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this (one)

अनामयम् (anāmayam) - free from affliction (free from disease, wholesome, safe, healthy, free from affliction)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anāmaya

anāmaya - free from disease, wholesome, healthy, free from affliction

Compound of an (negation) + āmaya (disease, affliction)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+āmaya)

• an – not, non- (prefix)
  indeclinable
• āmaya – disease, illness, affliction
  noun (masculine)

अखण्डितम् (akhaṇḍitam) - unbroken (unbroken, undivided, indivisible)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of akhaṇḍita

akhaṇḍita - unbroken, undivided, indivisible

Past Passive Participle with negation

Compound of a (negation) + khaṇḍita (broken), from root khaṇḍ (to break)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+khaṇḍita)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• khaṇḍita – broken, cut, divided
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root khaṇḍ (to break)
  Root: khaṇḍ (class 10)

अनाद्यन्तम् (anādyantam) - without beginning or end (without beginning or end, eternal)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anādyanta

anādyanta - without beginning or end, eternal

Compound of an (negation) + ādi (beginning) + anta (end)

Compound type : dvandva-nañ-bahuvrīhi (an+ādi+anta)

• an – not, non- (prefix)
  indeclinable
• ādi – beginning, source
  noun (masculine)
• anta – end, limit
  noun (masculine)

ज्ञानमात्राम्बरोदरम् (jñānamātrāmbarodaram) - its essence is pure consciousness (jñāna) holding the entire cosmos within itself (whose essence is pure consciousness and whose abdomen is space/cosmos)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jñānamātrāmbarodara

jñānamātrāmbarodara - whose essence is pure consciousness and whose abdomen is space/cosmos

Bahuvrīhi compound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (jñānamātra+ambara+udara)

• jñānamātra – mere knowledge, pure consciousness
  noun (neuter)
  Compound of jñāna (knowledge) + mātra (mere, only)
• ambara – sky, atmosphere, space, cosmos
  noun (neuter)
• udara – belly, interior, womb
  noun (neuter)