योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-60, verse-35

असदेव नभश्चैव नभ एव चिदात्मनि ।
शतहस्ताम्बुदच्छायानटनृत्तमिवाततम् ॥ ३५ ॥

asadeva nabhaścaiva nabha eva cidātmani ,
śatahastāmbudacchāyānaṭanṛttamivātatam 35

35. asat eva nabhaḥ ca eva nabhaḥ eva cidātmani
śatahastāmbudacchāyānaṭanṛttam iva ātatam

35. cidātmani nabhaḥ asat eva nabhaḥ eva ca
śatahastāmbudacchāyānaṭanṛttam iva ātatam

35. Within the consciousness-self (ātman), space (nabhaḥ) is indeed unreal, being merely space itself. It is manifested as a vast, extended display, like the dance of a performer created from the shadow of a hundred-handed cloud.

Words meanings summery:

• असत् (asat) - non-existent, unreal, false

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, merely

• नभः (nabhaḥ) - space, sky, ether

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, merely

• नभः (nabhaḥ) - space, sky, ether

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, merely

• चिदात्मनि (cidātmani) - in the consciousness-self

• शतहस्ताम्बुदच्छायानटनृत्तम् (śatahastāmbudacchāyānaṭanṛttam) - the dance of a performer (created from) the shadow of a hundred-handed cloud

• इव (iva) - as if, like, similar to

• आततम् (ātatam) - extended, spread out, manifested, vast

Words meanings and morphology

असत् (asat) - non-existent, unreal, false

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, false, untrue

Present Active Participle (negative)

Derived from 'a' (negation) + 'sat' (being, existing).

Root: as (class 2)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, merely

(indeclinable)

नभः (nabhaḥ) - space, sky, ether

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nabhas

nabhas - sky, atmosphere, ether, space

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, merely

(indeclinable)

नभः (nabhaḥ) - space, sky, ether

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nabhas

nabhas - sky, atmosphere, ether, space

एव (eva) - indeed, only, merely

(indeclinable)

चिदात्मनि (cidātmani) - in the consciousness-self

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of cidātman

cidātman - the self of consciousness, the conscious self (ātman)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (cit+ātman)

• cit – consciousness, knowledge, intelligence
  noun (feminine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

शतहस्ताम्बुदच्छायानटनृत्तम् (śatahastāmbudacchāyānaṭanṛttam) - the dance of a performer (created from) the shadow of a hundred-handed cloud

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śatahastāmbudacchāyānaṭanṛtta

śatahastāmbudacchāyānaṭanṛtta - the dance of a dancer made of the shadow of a hundred-handed cloud

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śatahasta+ambuda+cchāyā+naṭanṛtta)

• śatahasta – hundred-handed
  adjective
• ambuda – cloud (lit. water-giver)
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ambu
  Root: dā (class 3)
• cchāyā – shadow, image, reflection
  noun (feminine)
• naṭanṛtta – dancer's dance, theatrical dance
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - as if, like, similar to

(indeclinable)

आततम् (ātatam) - extended, spread out, manifested, vast

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ātata

ātata - extended, spread out, vast, manifested, pervaded

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root tan (to stretch) with the prefix ā (up to, towards).

Prefix: ā

Root: tan (class 8)