योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-79, verse-27

दिक्कालाद्यनवच्छिन्नादेकस्मादसतः सतः ।
द्वैतमप्यपृथक्कस्माद्द्रवतेव महाम्भसः ॥ २७ ॥

dikkālādyanavacchinnādekasmādasataḥ sataḥ ,
dvaitamapyapṛthakkasmāddravateva mahāmbhasaḥ 27

27. dik-kāla-ādi-anavacchinnāt ekasmāt asataḥ sataḥ
dvaitam api apṛthak kasmāt dravate iva mahā-ambhsaḥ

27. dik-kāla-ādi-anavacchinnāt ekasmāt asataḥ sataḥ
mahā-ambhsaḥ iva dvaitam api apṛthak kasmāt dravate?

27. Why is it that duality itself, although non-separate, still appears to emanate from that One (Brahman) which is undivided by space, time, and so forth, and which transcends both empirical existence and non-existence, just as (waves arise) from the great ocean?

27. מאיזו ישות אחת ויחידה, מעבר ליש ולאין, הבלתי מוגבלת בזמן ובמרחב, נובעת אפילו הדואליות ללא נפרדות, כזרימת המים מן האוקיינוס?

Words meanings summery:

• दिक्-काल-आदि-अनवच्छिन्नात् (dik-kāla-ādi-anavacchinnāt) - from that (Brahman) which is undivided by space, time, and so forth (from that which is undivided by directions, time, etc.)

• एकस्मात् (ekasmāt) - from that One (Brahman) (from the one, from the single)

• असतः (asataḥ) - from that which transcends empirical existence (asat) (from the non-existent, from the unreal)

• सतः (sataḥ) - from that which transcends empirical existence (sat) (from the existent, from the real)

• द्वैतम् (dvaitam) - duality (the appearance of two-ness) (duality, dualism)

• अपि (api) - even though, although (also, even, too)

• अपृथक् (apṛthak) - non-separate (not separate, non-different)

• कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why (from what, why, whence)

• द्रवते (dravate) - appears to emanate, flows forth (flows, melts, runs, arises)

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as it were)

• महा-अम्भ्सः (mahā-ambhsaḥ) - from the great ocean (from the great water, from the ocean)

Words meanings and morphology

दिक्-काल-आदि-अनवच्छिन्नात् (dik-kāla-ādi-anavacchinnāt) - from that (Brahman) which is undivided by space, time, and so forth (from that which is undivided by directions, time, etc.)

(adjective)

Ablative, neuter, singular of dikkālādyanavacchinna

dikkālādyanavacchinna - undivided by directions, time, etc.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dik+kāla+ādi+anavacchinna)

• dik – direction, space, quarter
  noun (feminine)
• kāla – time
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, et cetera, and so on
  indeclinable
• anavacchinna – undivided, unseparated, unlimited
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle (negated)
  Negated form of avacchinna (from ava-chid- 'to cut off, limit')
  Prefixes: a+ava
  Root: chid (class 7)

Note: Refers to Brahman, the ultimate reality.

एकस्मात् (ekasmāt) - from that One (Brahman) (from the one, from the single)

(numeral)

Note: Agrees with `dikkālādyanavacchinnāt`, `asataḥ`, `sataḥ`.

असतः (asataḥ) - from that which transcends empirical existence (asat) (from the non-existent, from the unreal)

(adjective)

Ablative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, false

Present Active Participle (negated)

Negated form of sat (from root as- 'to be')

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sat)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• sat – existent, real, good
  adjective (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  From root as- 'to be'
  Root: as (class 2)

Note: Agrees with `ekasmāt` etc.

सतः (sataḥ) - from that which transcends empirical existence (sat) (from the existent, from the real)

(adjective)

Ablative, neuter, singular of sat

sat - existent, real, true, good

Present Active Participle

From root as- 'to be'

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Agrees with `ekasmāt` etc.

द्वैतम् (dvaitam) - duality (the appearance of two-ness) (duality, dualism)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dvaita

dvaita - duality, dualism

From dvi 'two' with suffix -ta denoting state or quality

अपि (api) - even though, although (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

Note: Can indicate 'even if' or 'although' when placed after a word.

अपृथक् (apṛthak) - non-separate (not separate, non-different)

(indeclinable)

Negation of pṛthak

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+pṛthak)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• pṛthak – separate, distinct, apart
  indeclinable

कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why (from what, why, whence)

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Functions as an interrogative adverb meaning 'why'.

द्रवते (dravate) - appears to emanate, flows forth (flows, melts, runs, arises)

(verb)

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

Root dru- (class 1, middle voice form)

Root: dru (class 1)

Note: The `iva` particle makes it 'seems to flow' or 'appears to emanate'.

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as it were)

(indeclinable)

महा-अम्भ्सः (mahā-ambhsaḥ) - from the great ocean (from the great water, from the ocean)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of mahāmbhas

mahāmbhas - great water, ocean

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ambhas)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective (neuter)
• ambhas – water, ocean
  noun (neuter)

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