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

जगदेव महाकाशे चिदाकाशमभित्तिमत् ।
तद्देशस्याणुमात्रस्य तुलायाश्चाप्रपूरकम् ॥ १५ ॥

jagadeva mahākāśe cidākāśamabhittimat ,
taddeśasyāṇumātrasya tulāyāścāprapūrakam 15

15. jagat eva mahā-ākāśe cit-ākāśam a-bhitti-mat |
tat-deśasya aṇu-mātrasya tulāyāḥ ca a-prapūrakam ||

15. mahā-ākāśe cit-ākāśam a-bhitti-mat jagat eva (asti)
tat-deśasya aṇu-mātrasya ca tulāyāḥ (api) a-prapūrakam (asti)

15. The world is truly just the consciousness-space (cit-ākāśa) within the great space (mahā-ākāśa), without any walls. It does not fill even an atom's worth of that space, nor does it register on a scale.

Words meanings summery:

• जगत् (jagat) - the world (as an apparent reality) (world, universe, moving)

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

• महा-आकाशे (mahā-ākāśe) - within the great space (in the great space, in the great ether)

• चित्-आकाशम् (cit-ākāśam) - consciousness-space (cit-ākāśa) (consciousness-space, mental space)

• अ-भित्ति-मत् (a-bhitti-mat) - without any walls (having no walls, wall-less)

• तत्-देशस्य (tat-deśasya) - of that space (of that place, of that region)

• अणु-मात्रस्य (aṇu-mātrasya) - of an atom's worth (of a mere atom, of an atom's measure)

• तुलायाः (tulāyāḥ) - of a scale (of a balance, of a scale)

• च (ca) - nor, and (and, also, moreover)

• अ-प्रपूरकम् (a-prapūrakam) - not filling, not registering (on a scale) (not filling, not satiating)

Words meanings and morphology

जगत् (jagat) - the world (as an apparent reality) (world, universe, moving)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving

Present Active Participle

From root gam (to go, move)

Root: gam (class 1)

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

(indeclinable)

महा-आकाशे (mahā-ākāśe) - within the great space (in the great space, in the great ether)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mahākāśa

mahākāśa - great space, universal ether

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ākāśa)

• mahā – great, large, vast
  adjective
• ākāśa – space, ether, sky
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kāś (class 1)

चित्-आकाशम् (cit-ākāśam) - consciousness-space (cit-ākāśa) (consciousness-space, mental space)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cidākāśa

cidākāśa - consciousness-space, mental space

Compound type : tatpurusha (cit+ākāśa)

• cit – consciousness, intelligence, spirit
  noun (feminine)
• ākāśa – space, ether, sky
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kāś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `jagat`.

अ-भित्ति-मत् (a-bhitti-mat) - without any walls (having no walls, wall-less)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of abhittimat

abhittimat - having no walls

Possessive suffix `matup` with a nañ-tatpuruṣa compound `abhitti`.

Compound type : matup-suffix compound (a+bhitti)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• bhitti – wall, partition, separation
  noun (feminine)
  Root: bhid (class 7)
• mat – having, possessing
  suffix
  matup suffix

Note: Agrees with `jagat` and `cit-ākāśam`.

तत्-देशस्य (tat-deśasya) - of that space (of that place, of that region)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of taddeśa

taddeśa - that place, that region

Compound type : tatpurusha (tad+deśa)

• tad – that
  pronoun
• deśa – place, region, space
  noun (masculine)
  Root: diś (class 6)

अणु-मात्रस्य (aṇu-mātrasya) - of an atom's worth (of a mere atom, of an atom's measure)

(adjective)

Genitive, neuter, singular of aṇumātra

aṇumātra - of the measure of an atom, atomic

Compound type : tatpurusha (aṇu+mātra)

• aṇu – atom, minute, particle
  noun (masculine)
• mātra – measure, only, mere
  adjective
  Root: mā (class 3)

Note: Qualifies the implied object that `aprapūrakam` does not fill.

तुलायाः (tulāyāḥ) - of a scale (of a balance, of a scale)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of tulā

tulā - balance, scale, comparison

Root: tul (class 10)

च (ca) - nor, and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

अ-प्रपूरकम् (a-prapūrakam) - not filling, not registering (on a scale) (not filling, not satiating)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of aprapūraka

aprapūraka - not filling, not completing

Negative prefix 'a' + `prapūraka` (filling).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+prapūraka)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• prapūraka – filling, completing, satiating
  adjective
  from pra-pūr + ṇvul (kṛt suffix)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: pūr (class 10)

Note: Agrees with `jagat`.

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