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?

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)