योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-65, verse-3

न कश्चिद्विद्यते भेदो द्वैतैक्यकलनात्मकः ।
ब्रह्मजीवमनोमायाकर्तृकर्मजगद्दृशाम् ॥ ३ ॥

na kaścidvidyate bhedo dvaitaikyakalanātmakaḥ ,
brahmajīvamanomāyākartṛkarmajagaddṛśām 3

3. na kaścit vidyate bhedaḥ dvaitaikyakalanātmakaḥ
brahmajīvamanomāyākartṛkarmajagaddṛśām

3. brahmajīvamanomāyākartṛkarmajagaddṛśām
dvaitaikyakalanātmakaḥ kaścit bhedaḥ na vidyate

3. There is no difference whatsoever, originating from the conceptualization of duality or unity, among Brahman, the individual soul (jīva), the mind, illusion (māyā), the agent (kartṛ), action (karma), and the objects of perception (dṛś).

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - any (difference) (any, someone, something, a certain)

• विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found, is

• भेदः (bhedaḥ) - difference, distinction, division

• द्वैतैक्यकलनात्मकः (dvaitaikyakalanātmakaḥ) - of the nature of imagining duality and unity, consisting of the conceptualization of duality and unity

• ब्रह्मजीवमनोमायाकर्तृकर्मजगद्दृशाम् (brahmajīvamanomāyākartṛkarmajagaddṛśām) - among Brahman, individual soul, mind, illusion, doer, action, and objects of perception

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Used for negation.

कश्चित् (kaścit) - any (difference) (any, someone, something, a certain)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścit

kaścit - any, someone, something, a certain

Derived from kim (what) + cit (an indeclinable suffix for indefiniteness).

Note: Modifies 'bhedaḥ'.

विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found, is

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vid

From root vid, ātmanepada form. Different from vid 'to know'.

Root: vid (class 4)

Note: Verb of existence.

भेदः (bhedaḥ) - difference, distinction, division

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bheda

bheda - difference, distinction, division, breach

From root bhid 'to break, divide'

Root: bhid (class 7)

द्वैतैक्यकलनात्मकः (dvaitaikyakalanātmakaḥ) - of the nature of imagining duality and unity, consisting of the conceptualization of duality and unity

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dvaitaikyakalanātmaka

dvaitaikyakalanātmaka - of the nature of conceptualizing duality and unity

Compound type : tatpurusha (dvaita+ekya+kalanā+ātmaka)

• dvaita – duality, dualism
  noun (neuter)
  From dvi 'two'
• ekya – unity, oneness
  noun (neuter)
  From eka 'one'
• kalanā – calculation, enumeration, imagination, conceptualization
  noun (feminine)
  From root kal 'to count, calculate'
  Root: kal (class 10)
• ātmaka – consisting of, having the nature of
  adjective
  Suffix -ātmaka from ātman

Note: Agrees with 'bhedaḥ'.

ब्रह्मजीवमनोमायाकर्तृकर्मजगद्दृशाम् (brahmajīvamanomāyākartṛkarmajagaddṛśām) - among Brahman, individual soul, mind, illusion, doer, action, and objects of perception

(noun)

Genitive, plural of brahmajīvamanomāyākartṛkarmajagaddṛś

brahmajīvamanomāyākartṛkarmajagaddṛś - Brahman, jīva, mind, māyā, agent, action, and visible objects

Compound type : dvandva (brahman+jīva+manas+māyā+kartṛ+karma+jagat+dṛś)

• brahman – the Absolute, ultimate reality
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bṛh (class 1)
• jīva – individual soul, living being
  noun (masculine)
  From root jīv 'to live'
  Root: jīv (class 1)
• manas – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (neuter)
  From root man 'to think'
  Root: man (class 4)
• māyā – illusion, cosmic illusion, magic, creative power
  noun (feminine)
  Root: mā (class 2)
• kartṛ – doer, agent, creator
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun
  From root kṛ 'to do, make'
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• karma – action, deed, ritual, fate, effect of action
  noun (neuter)
  Action noun
  From root kṛ 'to do, make'
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• jagat – world, universe, moving
  noun (neuter)
  From root gam 'to go'
  Root: gam (class 1)
• dṛś – sight, vision, appearance, objects of perception
  noun (feminine)
  From root dṛś 'to see'
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Indicates the entities among which no difference is found.

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