योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-84, verse-40

अविद्यमानमेवेदमादिसर्गे धरादिकम् ।
निराकृतिरजः स्वप्नं पश्यतीव न पश्यति ॥ ४० ॥

avidyamānamevedamādisarge dharādikam ,
nirākṛtirajaḥ svapnaṃ paśyatīva na paśyati 40

40. avidyamānam eva idam ādisarge dharādikam
nirākṛtiḥ ajaḥ svapnam paśyati iva na paśyati

40. ādisarge idam dharādikam avidyamānam eva (āsīt).
(tat) nirākṛtiḥ ajaḥ svapnam paśyati iva,
na (tu) paśyati.

40. In the beginning of creation, this earth and all such things were indeed non-existent. (Consciousness), like a formless and unborn dream, appears to perceive them, yet in reality it does not perceive them.

Words meanings summery:

• अविद्यमानम् (avidyamānam) - non-existent, not existing

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• इदम् (idam) - this, these

• आदिसर्गे (ādisarge) - in the beginning of creation

• धरादिकम् (dharādikam) - earth and so on, etc.

• निराकृतिः (nirākṛtiḥ) - formless, without shape

• अजः (ajaḥ) - unborn, never born

• स्वप्नम् (svapnam) - dream, sleep

• पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, perceives

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• न (na) - not, no

• पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, perceives

Words meanings and morphology

अविद्यमानम् (avidyamānam) - non-existent, not existing

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of avidyamāna

avidyamāna - non-existent, not present

Present Passive Participle

Negated participle from root 'vid' (to be, exist) with 'a-' prefix

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vidyamāna)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• vidyamāna – being, existing, present
  adjective (neuter)
  Present Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'vid' (to be, exist)
  Root: vid (class 4)

Note: Modifies 'dharādikam'.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the non-existence.

इदम् (idam) - this, these

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'dharādikam'.

आदिसर्गे (ādisarge) - in the beginning of creation

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ādisarga

ādisarga - the first creation, the beginning of creation

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ādi+sarga)

• ādi – beginning, first, primeval
  noun (masculine)
• sarga – creation, emission, chapter
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sṛj (class 6)

धरादिकम् (dharādikam) - earth and so on, etc.

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dharādika

dharādika - earth and so forth, beginning with earth

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharā+ādika)

• dharā – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• ādika – beginning with, and so on
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Subject of the sentence, referring to the manifest world.

निराकृतिः (nirākṛtiḥ) - formless, without shape

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nirākṛti

nirākṛti - formless, bodiless, shapeless

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+ākṛti)

• nis – out, forth, without, negation
  upasarga
• ākṛti – form, shape, appearance
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Adjectival epithet for 'svapnam'.

अजः (ajaḥ) - unborn, never born

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aja

aja - unborn, not born; goat; Lord Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+ja)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• ja – born, produced
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root 'jan' (to be born).
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Adjectival epithet for 'svapnam'.

स्वप्नम् (svapnam) - dream, sleep

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of svapna

svapna - dream, sleep

Root: svap (class 2)

Note: Object of 'paśyati iva'.

पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, perceives

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of dṛś

Root forms are suppletive (dṛś in other tenses, paśya in present).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Implied subject is 'citta' or cosmic intelligence.

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, perceives

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of dṛś

Root forms are suppletive (dṛś in other tenses, paśya in present).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Implied subject is 'citta' or cosmic intelligence.

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