योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-9, verse-34

यथा शून्यत्वमाकाशे ताप एव मरौ जलम् ।
तेज एव सदा लोके ब्रह्मैव त्रिजगत्तथा ॥ ३४ ॥

yathā śūnyatvamākāśe tāpa eva marau jalam ,
teja eva sadā loke brahmaiva trijagattathā 34

34. yathā śūnyatvam ākāśe tāpaḥ eva marau jalam
tejaḥ eva sadā loke brahma eva trijagat tathā

34. yathā ākāśe śūnyatvam marau tāpaḥ eva jalam
tathā loke sadā tejaḥ eva brahma eva trijagat

34. Just as emptiness (śūnyatva) exists in space (ākāśa), and just as heat (tāpa) itself appears as water in the desert; so too, light (tejas) itself is always present in the world (loka), and Brahman (brahman) itself constitutes the three worlds.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• शून्यत्वम् (śūnyatvam) - emptiness, voidness

• आकाशे (ākāśe) - in the sky, in space, in ether

• तापः (tāpaḥ) - heat, warmth, suffering

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• मरौ (marau) - in the desert

• जलम् (jalam) - water

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

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• सदा (sadā) - always, ever

• लोके (loke) - in the world, in the realm

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman, the Absolute Reality

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• त्रिजगत् (trijagat) - the three worlds

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, similarly

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

शून्यत्वम् (śūnyatvam) - emptiness, voidness

(noun)

neuter, singular of śūnyatva

śūnyatva - emptiness, voidness, the state of being empty

आकाशे (ākāśe) - in the sky, in space, in ether

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - sky, space, ether

तापः (tāpaḥ) - heat, warmth, suffering

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tāpa

tāpa - heat, warmth, suffering, pain

Root: tap (class 1)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

मरौ (marau) - in the desert

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of maru

maru - desert, sandy waste

जलम् (jalam) - water

(noun)

neuter, singular of jala

jala - water

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

(noun)

neuter, singular of tejas

tejas - light, brilliance, energy, splendor, glory

Root: tij (class 7)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

सदा (sadā) - always, ever

(indeclinable)

लोके (loke) - in the world, in the realm

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people

ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman, the Absolute Reality

(noun)

neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman, the Absolute Reality, the universal spirit

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

त्रिजगत् (trijagat) - the three worlds

(noun)

neuter, singular of trijagat

trijagat - the three worlds (heaven, earth, and the nether regions)

Compound type : dvigu (tri+jagat)

• tri – three
  numeral
• jagat – world, universe
  noun (neuter)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, similarly

(indeclinable)