योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-15, verse-1

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
जगदाकाशमेवेदं यथा हि व्योम्नि मौक्तिकम् ।
विमले भाति स्वात्मैव जगच्चिद्गगनं यथा ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
jagadākāśamevedaṃ yathā hi vyomni mauktikam ,
vimale bhāti svātmaiva jagaccidgaganaṃ yathā 1

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca.
jagat ākāśam eva idam yathā hi vyomni mauktikam vimale bhāti svātmā eva jagat citgaganam yathā

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca: idam jagat ākāśam eva (asti).
yathā hi vimale vyomni mauktikam bhāti,
(tathā eva) svātmā eva (bhāti),
yathā jagat citgaganam.

1. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: This entire world (jagat) is indeed nothing but space (ākāśa), just as a pearl (mauktika) shines spotlessly in the pure sky (vyoman). Similarly, the world is merely the consciousness-space (cit-gagana), and it is the supreme Self (ātman) alone that shines.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Venerable Vasishtha (Shri Vasishtha)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• जगत् (jagat) - this entire world (world, universe, moving)

• आकाशम् (ākāśam) - space (ākāśa) (sky, space, ether)

• एव (eva) - indeed nothing but (indeed, only, just)

• इदम् (idam) - this (world) (this)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in which way)

• हि (hi) - indeed (emphatic) (indeed, for, because)

• व्योम्नि (vyomni) - in the (pure) sky (vyoman) (in the sky, in space)

• मौक्तिकम् (mauktikam) - a pearl (mauktika) (pearl)

• विमले (vimale) - in the pure (in the pure, spotless)

• भाति (bhāti) - shines (shines, appears)

• स्वात्मा (svātmā) - the supreme Self (ātman) (the Self, one's own self)

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

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

• चित्गगनम् (citgaganam) - the consciousness-space (cit-gagana) (consciousness-space, sky of consciousness)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in which way)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Venerable Vasishtha (Shri Vasishtha)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - Venerable Vasishtha (a revered sage)

Compound type : karmadharaya (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – illustrious, glorious, venerable
  adjective
• vasiṣṭha – Vasishtha (name of a sage)
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect tense

3rd person singular, perfect tense, active voice

Root: vac (class 2)

जगत् (jagat) - this entire world (world, universe, moving)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, alive

Present Active Participle

from root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

आकाशम् (ākāśam) - space (ākāśa) (sky, space, ether)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - sky, space, ether

Prefix: ā

Root: kāś (class 1)

Note: Neuter form matching `idam`.

एव (eva) - indeed nothing but (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this (world) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here

Note: Refers to `jagat`.

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in which way)

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed (emphatic) (indeed, for, because)

(indeclinable)

व्योम्नि (vyomni) - in the (pure) sky (vyoman) (in the sky, in space)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vyoman

vyoman - sky, atmosphere, space

मौक्तिकम् (mauktikam) - a pearl (mauktika) (pearl)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mauktika

mauktika - pearl

विमले (vimale) - in the pure (in the pure, spotless)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of vimala

vimala - pure, spotless, clear

Prefix: vi

Root: mala

Note: Agrees with `vyomni`.

भाति (bhāti) - shines (shines, appears)

(verb)

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

present indicative

3rd person singular, present tense, active voice

Root: bhā (class 2)

स्वात्मा (svātmā) - the supreme Self (ātman) (the Self, one's own self)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svātman

svātman - one's own self, the Self

Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+ātman)

• sva – own, one's own
  pronoun
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

एव (eva) - alone (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

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

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, alive

Present Active Participle

from root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

चित्गगनम् (citgaganam) - the consciousness-space (cit-gagana) (consciousness-space, sky of consciousness)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of citgagana

citgagana - consciousness-space, sky of consciousness

Compound type : tatpurusha (cit+gagana)

• cit – consciousness, intelligence
  noun (feminine)
• gagana – sky, space, atmosphere
  noun (neuter)

Note: Can also be an adjective here referring to `jagat`.

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in which way)

(indeclinable)