योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-42, verse-9

अस्ति सर्वगतं शान्तं परमार्थघनं शुचि ।
अचेत्यचिन्मात्रवपुः परमाकाशमाततम् ॥ ९ ॥

asti sarvagataṃ śāntaṃ paramārthaghanaṃ śuci ,
acetyacinmātravapuḥ paramākāśamātatam 9

9. asti sarvagam śāntam paramārthaghanaṃ śuci
acetyacinmātravapuḥ paramākāśam ātatam

9. sarvagam śāntam paramārthaghanaṃ śuci
acetyacinmātravapuḥ paramākāśam ātatam asti

9. There exists that which is all-pervading, tranquil, intensely real, pure, whose essence is solely incomprehensible consciousness, and which is the pervasive supreme space.

9. קיים המרחב העליון המופשט, הנמצא בכל, שליו, מרוכז באמת המוחלטת, זך, ומהותו היא תודעה טהורה ללא אובייקטים למחשבה.

Words meanings summery:

• अस्ति (asti) - exists, is

• सर्वगम् (sarvagam) - all-pervading, omnipresent

• शान्तम् (śāntam) - peaceful, tranquil, calm

• परमार्थघनं (paramārthaghanaṁ) - densely real, of supreme reality, essentially true

• शुचि (śuci) - pure, clean, holy

• अचेत्यचिन्मात्रवपुः (acetyacinmātravapuḥ) - whose essence is merely incomprehensible consciousness

• परमाकाशम् (paramākāśam) - the supreme space, ultimate ether

• आततम् (ātatam) - extended, spread out, pervasive

Words meanings and morphology

अस्ति (asti) - exists, is

(verb)

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

Present Active Indicative

3rd person singular, present tense, active voice

Root: as (class 2)

सर्वगम् (sarvagam) - all-pervading, omnipresent

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarvaga

sarvaga - all-pervading, omnipresent

from 'sarva' (all) + 'ga' (going)

Root: gam (class 1)

शान्तम् (śāntam) - peaceful, tranquil, calm

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śānta

śānta - peaceful, tranquil, calm

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root 'śam' (to be calm) with suffix '-ta'

Root: śam (class 4)

परमार्थघनं (paramārthaghanaṁ) - densely real, of supreme reality, essentially true

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of paramārthaghana

paramārthaghana - intensely real, supremely substantive

compound of 'parama' (supreme) + 'artha' (reality) + 'ghana' (dense, solid)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (parama+artha+ghana)

• parama – supreme, highest, ultimate
  adjective (masculine)
• artha – meaning, purpose, reality, object
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ṛ (class 3)
• ghana – dense, solid, concentrated, cloud
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: han (class 2)

शुचि (śuci) - pure, clean, holy

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śuci

śuci - pure, clean, holy

Root: śuc (class 1)

अचेत्यचिन्मात्रवपुः (acetyacinmātravapuḥ) - whose essence is merely incomprehensible consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of acetyacinmātravapus

acetyacinmātravapus - whose nature is pure incomprehensible consciousness

compound of 'acetya' (incomprehensible), 'cit' (consciousness), 'mātra' (only), and 'vapus' (nature/form)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (acetya+cit+mātra+vapus)

• acetya – not to be thought of, incomprehensible, inconceivable
  adjective (masculine)
  Gerundive
  Gerundive of root 'cint' (to think) with negative prefix 'a'
  Prefix: a
  Root: cint (class 10)
• cit – consciousness, thought
  noun (feminine)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• mātra – only, merely, mere
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: mā (class 2)
• vapus – body, form, nature, essence
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vap (class 1)

परमाकाशम् (paramākāśam) - the supreme space, ultimate ether

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of paramākāśa

paramākāśa - supreme space, ultimate ether

compound of 'parama' (supreme) and 'ākāśa' (space)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (parama+ākāśa)

• parama – supreme, highest, ultimate
  adjective (masculine)
• ākāśa – space, ether
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kāś (class 1)

आततम् (ātatam) - extended, spread out, pervasive

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ātata

ātata - extended, spread out, pervasive

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root 'tan' (to stretch, extend) with prefix 'ā'

Prefix: ā

Root: tan (class 8)

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