योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-14, verse-1

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
इत्थं जगदहंतादिदृश्यजातं न किंचन ।
अजातत्वाच्च नास्त्वेव यच्चास्ति परमेव तत् ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
itthaṃ jagadahaṃtādidṛśyajātaṃ na kiṃcana ,
ajātatvācca nāstveva yaccāsti parameva tat 1

1. śrī-vasiṣṭha uvāca ittham jagat ahaṃtādi dṛśya-jātam na
kiṃcana ajātatvāt ca na asti eva yat ca asti param eva tat

1. śrī-vasiṣṭha uvāca.
ittham jagat ahaṃtādi dṛśya-jātam kiṃcana na.
ca ajātatvāt na asti eva.
ca yat asti tat param eva.

1. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: In this manner, the universe (jagat), the ego (ahaṅkāra), and all other perceived phenomena are nothing at all. Furthermore, because they are unborn (ajāta), they do not exist. And whatever truly exists, that alone is the supreme (param).

Words meanings summery:

• श्री-वसिष्ठ (śrī-vasiṣṭha) - The sage Vasiṣṭha, who is speaking (Venerable Vasiṣṭha)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

• इत्थम् (ittham) - referring to the philosophical explanation (thus, in this manner, so)

• जगत् (jagat) - the phenomenal world, the cosmos (world, universe, what moves)

• अहंतादि (ahaṁtādi) - refers to the concept of individual self (ego) and related phenomena (ego and so on, beginning with ego)

• दृश्य-जातम् (dṛśya-jātam) - all that is perceived or perceptible (collection of visible things, perceived phenomena)

• न (na) - not, no

• किंचन (kiṁcana) - nothing at all (anything, something, nothing (with negation))

• अजातत्वात् (ajātatvāt) - from being unborn, because of not being born

• च (ca) - and, also, furthermore

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• एव (eva) - emphasizing the non-existence (indeed, only, just, exactly)

• यत् (yat) - referring to the true reality (which, whatever)

• च (ca) - and, also, furthermore

• अस्ति (asti) - truly exists (is, exists)

• परम् (param) - the ultimate reality, Brahman (supreme, highest, ultimate)

• एव (eva) - emphasizing that only the supreme exists (indeed, only, just, exactly)

• तत् (tat) - referring back to "whatever exists" (that, it)

Words meanings and morphology

श्री-वसिष्ठ (śrī-vasiṣṭha) - The sage Vasiṣṭha, who is speaking (Venerable Vasiṣṭha)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrī-vasiṣṭha

śrī-vasiṣṭha - Venerable Vasiṣṭha

Compound type : karmadharaya (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – glory, prosperity, venerable
  indeclinable
• vasiṣṭha – name of a celebrated Vedic sage
  proper noun (masculine)

Note: Title and name of the speaker.

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect tense of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

इत्थम् (ittham) - referring to the philosophical explanation (thus, in this manner, so)

(indeclinable)

जगत् (jagat) - the phenomenal world, the cosmos (world, universe, what moves)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, what moves

Present Active Participle

from root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Represents the entire manifested universe.

अहंतादि (ahaṁtādi) - refers to the concept of individual self (ego) and related phenomena (ego and so on, beginning with ego)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ahaṃtādi

ahaṁtādi - ego and so on, beginning with ego

Compound type : tatpurusha (ahaṃtā+ādi)

• ahaṃtā – egotism, I-ness
  noun (feminine)
  From ahaṃ + tā
• ādi – beginning, etcetera, and so on
  noun (masculine)

Note: `jagat`, `ahaṃtādi`, `dṛśyajātam` are co-referential, hence neuter singular nominative.

दृश्य-जातम् (dṛśya-jātam) - all that is perceived or perceptible (collection of visible things, perceived phenomena)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dṛśya-jāta

dṛśya-jāta - collection of visible things, perceived phenomena

Compound type : karmadharaya (dṛśya+jāta)

• dṛśya – visible, perceptible, an object of sight
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  from root dṛś (to see)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• jāta – collection, multitude, born, produced
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Refers to the totality of perceived objects.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation.

किंचन (kiṁcana) - nothing at all (anything, something, nothing (with negation))

(indeclinable)

From kim (what) + cana (a particle for indefinite)

Note: With `na`, forms "nothing at all".

अजातत्वात् (ajātatvāt) - from being unborn, because of not being born

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of ajātatva

ajātatva - state of being unborn, not having originated

From a-jāta + -tva (abstract noun suffix)

Compound type : tatpurusha (a+jāta)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• jāta – born, produced
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Indicates cause or reason.

च (ca) - and, also, furthermore

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation.

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

एव (eva) - emphasizing the non-existence (indeed, only, just, exactly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Intensifying particle.

यत् (yat) - referring to the true reality (which, whatever)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, whatever (relative pronoun)

Note: Relative pronoun.

च (ca) - and, also, furthermore

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

अस्ति (asti) - truly exists (is, exists)

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

परम् (param) - the ultimate reality, Brahman (supreme, highest, ultimate)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, ultimate

Superlative of para

Note: Refers to the supreme (brahman).

एव (eva) - emphasizing that only the supreme exists (indeed, only, just, exactly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Intensifying particle.

तत् (tat) - referring back to "whatever exists" (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Correlative pronoun.