योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-9, verse-20

तेजः प्रकटयत्याशास्तनोत्यान्ध्यं तमो भवत् ।
शून्यं सद्व्योमतामेति गिरिः सन् रोधयत्यलम् ॥ २० ॥

tejaḥ prakaṭayatyāśāstanotyāndhyaṃ tamo bhavat ,
śūnyaṃ sadvyomatāmeti giriḥ san rodhayatyalam 20

20. tejaḥ prakaṭayati āśāḥ tanoti āndhyam tamaḥ bhavat
śūnyam sat vyomatām eti giriḥ san rodhayati alam

20. tejaḥ prakaṭayati āśāḥ tamaḥ bhavat āndhyam tanoti
sat śūnyam vyomatām eti giriḥ san alam rodhayati

20. It manifests brilliance, illuminating the directions. Being darkness (tamas), it spreads blindness. The existent (sat) attains the state of space (vyoman), even while appearing as void (śūnya). Being a mountain, it completely obstructs.

Words meanings summery:

• तेजः (tejaḥ) - brilliance (light, brilliance, energy, radiance, splendor)

• प्रकटयति (prakaṭayati) - manifests, illuminates (manifests, reveals, makes visible)

• आशाः (āśāḥ) - the directions (directions, quarters of the sky, hopes)

• तनोति (tanoti) - spreads (spreads, extends, stretches, produces)

• आन्ध्यम् (āndhyam) - blindness (blindness, darkness, ignorance)

• तमः (tamaḥ) - darkness (tamas) (darkness, gloom, ignorance, tamas (guṇa))

• भवत् (bhavat) - being (being, existing)

• शून्यम् (śūnyam) - void (śūnya) (void, empty, zero)

• सत् (sat) - the existent (sat), the real (existent, real, good, being)

• व्योमताम् (vyomatām) - the state of space (vyoman) (the state of space, spaceness)

• एति (eti) - attains (goes, attains, reaches)

• गिरिः (giriḥ) - a mountain (mountain, hill)

• सन् (san) - being (being, existing)

• रोधयति (rodhayati) - obstructs (obstructs, blocks, hinders)

• अलम् (alam) - completely (enough, sufficient, greatly, indeed, completely)

Words meanings and morphology

तेजः (tejaḥ) - brilliance (light, brilliance, energy, radiance, splendor)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tejas

tejas - light, brilliance, energy, radiance, splendor

Note: Object of 'prakaṭayati'.

प्रकटयति (prakaṭayati) - manifests, illuminates (manifests, reveals, makes visible)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of pra-kaṭ

present indicative (causative)

3rd person singular, present tense, active voice. Causative form of root 'kaṭ' (to move/appear) with prefix 'pra'.

Prefix: pra

Root: kaṭ (class 1)

आशाः (āśāḥ) - the directions (directions, quarters of the sky, hopes)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of āśā

āśā - direction, quarter (of the sky), hope, expectation

Note: Object of 'prakaṭayati' (implicitly, makes manifest in the directions).

तनोति (tanoti) - spreads (spreads, extends, stretches, produces)

(verb)

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

present indicative

3rd person singular, present tense, active voice.

Root: tan (class 8)

आन्ध्यम् (āndhyam) - blindness (blindness, darkness, ignorance)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of āndhya

āndhya - blindness, darkness, ignorance

Note: Object of 'tanoti'.

तमः (tamaḥ) - darkness (tamas) (darkness, gloom, ignorance, tamas (guṇa))

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tamas

tamas - darkness, gloom, ignorance, the quality of inertia (tamas)

Note: Predicate nominative, 'being darkness'.

भवत् (bhavat) - being (being, existing)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhū

bhū - to be, exist, become

present active participle

Nominative singular neuter of the present active participle of root 'bhū' (to be, to become).

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Acts as a participle, 'being'.

शून्यम् (śūnyam) - void (śūnya) (void, empty, zero)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śūnya

śūnya - empty, void, null, zero

Note: Predicate adjective/noun for the implied subject, 'appearing as void'.

सत् (sat) - the existent (sat), the real (existent, real, good, being)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of as

as - to be, exist

present active participle

Nominative singular neuter of the present active participle of root 'as' (to be). Can be substantivized as 'the existent' or 'being'.

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Subject of 'eti'.

व्योमताम् (vyomatām) - the state of space (vyoman) (the state of space, spaceness)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vyomatā

vyomatā - the state or quality of space, spaceness

Derived from 'vyoman' (space) with the suffix '-tā' (denoting state or quality).

Note: Object of 'eti'.

एति (eti) - attains (goes, attains, reaches)

(verb)

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

present indicative

3rd person singular, present tense, active voice.

Root: i (class 2)

गिरिः (giriḥ) - a mountain (mountain, hill)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of giri

giri - mountain, hill

Note: Predicate nominative, 'being a mountain'.

सन् (san) - being (being, existing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of as

as - to be, exist

present active participle

Nominative singular masculine from root 'as' (to be).

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Acts as a participle, 'being'.

रोधयति (rodhayati) - obstructs (obstructs, blocks, hinders)

(verb)

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

present indicative (causative)

3rd person singular, present tense, active voice. Causative form of root 'rudh' (to obstruct).

Root: rudh (class 7)

अलम् (alam) - completely (enough, sufficient, greatly, indeed, completely)

(indeclinable)