योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-1, verse-17

नीहार इव विस्तारि गृहीतं सन्न किंचन ।
जडशून्यास्पदं शून्यं केषांचित्परमाणुवत् ॥ १७ ॥

nīhāra iva vistāri gṛhītaṃ sanna kiṃcana ,
jaḍaśūnyāspadaṃ śūnyaṃ keṣāṃcitparamāṇuvat 17

17. nīhāraḥ iva vistāri gṛhītam sat na kiṃcana
jaḍaśūnyāspadam śūnyam keṣāṃcit paramāṇuvat

17. nīhāraḥ iva vistāri gṛhītam sat na kiṃcana
jaḍaśūnyāspadam śūnyam keṣāṃcit paramāṇuvat

17. It was widespread like mist; though perceived as something real (sat), it was nothing at all. It was an inert, empty support, truly void, and to some, it was like an atom.

Words meanings summery:

• नीहारः (nīhāraḥ) - mist, fog, dew

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• विस्तारि (vistāri) - widespread, extensive

• गृहीतम् (gṛhītam) - perceived, grasped as real (caught, seized, perceived, understood)

• सत् (sat) - existing, real (as a perceived entity) (existing, real, true, good)

• न (na) - not, no

• किंचन (kiṁcana) - nothing (when used with na) (anything, something)

• जडशून्यास्पदम् (jaḍaśūnyāspadam) - a support for inert emptiness, a state of inert void

• शून्यम् (śūnyam) - empty, void, vacant

• केषांचित् (keṣāṁcit) - of some, for some

• परमाणुवत् (paramāṇuvat) - like an atom

Words meanings and morphology

नीहारः (nīhāraḥ) - mist, fog, dew

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nīhāra

nīhāra - mist, fog, hoarfrost

From ni-hṛ (to carry down).

Prefix: ni

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Used for comparison.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Particle expressing comparison.

विस्तारि (vistāri) - widespread, extensive

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vistārin

vistārin - expanding, extending, widespread

From vi-stṛ (to spread out) + in suffix.

Prefix: vi

Root: stṛ (class 5)

Note: -in stem, nominative singular neuter.

गृहीतम् (gṛhītam) - perceived, grasped as real (caught, seized, perceived, understood)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gṛhīta

gṛhīta - taken, seized, perceived, accepted

Past Passive Participle

From root grah (to seize, perceive).

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Refers to the perceived nature of the 'form'.

सत् (sat) - existing, real (as a perceived entity) (existing, real, true, good)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sat

sat - existing, real, true, good, being

Present Active Participle

From root as (to be).

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Predicative participle.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

Note: Negates the following 'kiṃcana'.

किंचन (kiṁcana) - nothing (when used with na) (anything, something)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiṃcana

kiṁcana - anything, something, whatever

Indefinite pronoun formed from kim + cana.

Note: With na, translates as "nothing at all".

जडशून्यास्पदम् (jaḍaśūnyāspadam) - a support for inert emptiness, a state of inert void

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jaḍaśūnyāspada

jaḍaśūnyāspada - a base or support for inert emptiness/void

Compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jaḍa+śūnya+āspada)

• jaḍa – inert, dull, cold, senseless
  adjective (neuter)
  Root: jaḍ
• śūnya – empty, void, naught
  noun (neuter)
  Root: śvi (class 1)
• āspada – seat, place, support, abode
  noun (neuter)
  From ā-pad (to go, to attain).
  Prefix: ā
  Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Predicate nominative.

शून्यम् (śūnyam) - empty, void, vacant

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śūnya

śūnya - empty, void, naught, non-existent

From root śvi (to swell), with ū and nya suffix meaning 'swollen, hollow'.

Root: śvi (class 1)

Note: Predicative adjective.

केषांचित् (keṣāṁcit) - of some, for some

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of kimcit

kimcit - someone, anyone, something, anything

From kim + cit.

Note: Implies 'in the view of some'.

परमाणुवत् (paramāṇuvat) - like an atom

(indeclinable)

Formed with suffix vat meaning 'like, as'.

Note: Adverbial.