योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-3, chapter-17, verse-10
श्रीदेव्युवाच ।
चित्ताकाशं चिदाकाशमाकाशं च तृतीयकम् ।
द्वाभ्यां शून्यतरं विद्धि चिदाकाशं वरानने ॥ १० ॥
चित्ताकाशं चिदाकाशमाकाशं च तृतीयकम् ।
द्वाभ्यां शून्यतरं विद्धि चिदाकाशं वरानने ॥ १० ॥
śrīdevyuvāca ,
cittākāśaṃ cidākāśamākāśaṃ ca tṛtīyakam ,
dvābhyāṃ śūnyataraṃ viddhi cidākāśaṃ varānane 10
cittākāśaṃ cidākāśamākāśaṃ ca tṛtīyakam ,
dvābhyāṃ śūnyataraṃ viddhi cidākāśaṃ varānane 10
10.
śrīdevī uvāca | cittākāśam cidākāśam ākāśam ca tṛtīyakam
| dvābhyām śūnyataram viddhi cidākāśam varānanen ||
| dvābhyām śūnyataram viddhi cidākāśam varānanen ||
10.
varānanen cittākāśam tṛtīyakam ca ākāśam
dvābhyām śūnyataram cidākāśam viddhi
dvābhyām śūnyataram cidākāśam viddhi
10.
The Goddess said: O beautiful-faced one, know that the space of consciousness (cidākāśa) is more void than the other two: the space of the mind (cittākāśa) and the third, ordinary physical space (ākāśa).
Words meanings summery:
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- श्रीदेवी (śrīdevī) - the revered Goddess
- उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke
- चित्ताकाशम् (cittākāśam) - the space of mind, mental ether
- चिदाकाशम् (cidākāśam) - the space of consciousness, conscious ether
- आकाशम् (ākāśam) - space, ether, sky
- च (ca) - and, also
- तृतीयकम् (tṛtīyakam) - the third one
- द्वाभ्याम् (dvābhyām) - than the other two (than the two, by/from/for the two)
- शून्यतरम् (śūnyataram) - more void, emptier
- विद्धि (viddhi) - know, understand
- चिदाकाशम् (cidākāśam) - the space of consciousness, conscious ether
- वराननेन् (varānanen) - O beautiful-faced one
Words meanings and morphology
श्रीदेवी (śrīdevī) - the revered Goddess
(proper noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of śrīdevī
śrīdevī - the revered Goddess
उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac
Root: vac (class 2)
चित्ताकाशम् (cittākāśam) - the space of mind, mental ether
(noun)
neuter, singular of cittākāśa
cittākāśa - space of mind, mental ether
Compound type : tatpurusha (citta+ākāśa)
- citta – mind, thought, consciousness
noun (neuter) - ākāśa – space, ether, sky
noun (neuter)
चिदाकाशम् (cidākāśam) - the space of consciousness, conscious ether
(noun)
neuter, singular of cidākāśa
cidākāśa - space of consciousness, conscious ether
Compound type : tatpurusha (cit+ākāśa)
- cit – consciousness, pure awareness
noun (feminine) - ākāśa – space, ether, sky
noun (neuter)
आकाशम् (ākāśam) - space, ether, sky
(noun)
neuter, singular of ākāśa
ākāśa - space, ether, sky
च (ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
तृतीयकम् (tṛtīyakam) - the third one
(adjective)
neuter, singular of tṛtīyaka
tṛtīyaka - the third one
द्वाभ्याम् (dvābhyām) - than the other two (than the two, by/from/for the two)
(numeral)
शून्यतरम् (śūnyataram) - more void, emptier
(adjective)
neuter, singular of śūnyatara
śūnyatara - more void, emptier
comparative suffix -tara
विद्धि (viddhi) - know, understand
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vid
Root: vid (class 2)
चिदाकाशम् (cidākāśam) - the space of consciousness, conscious ether
(noun)
neuter, singular of cidākāśa
cidākāśa - space of consciousness, conscious ether
Compound type : tatpurusha (cit+ākāśa)
- cit – consciousness, pure awareness
noun (feminine) - ākāśa – space, ether, sky
noun (neuter)
वराननेन् (varānanen) - O beautiful-faced one
(noun)
Vocative, feminine, singular of varānanā
varānanā - beautiful-faced woman