योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-2, verse-11

अत्यन्ताभाव एवास्य भावैर्यदुपशाम्यति ।
न शाम्यत्येव सच्चित्ते क्व शाम्यत्येव दृश्यता ॥ ११ ॥

atyantābhāva evāsya bhāvairyadupaśāmyati ,
na śāmyatyeva saccitte kva śāmyatyeva dṛśyatā 11

11. atyantābhāvaḥ eva asya bhāvaiḥ yat upaśāmyati na
śāmyati eva sat citte kva śāmyati eva dṛśyatā

11. asya atyantābhāvaḥ eva yat bhāvaiḥ upaśāmyati;
sat citte eva na śāmyati; dṛśyatā eva kva śāmyati?

11. The absolute non-existence (atyantābhāva) of this (world) is indeed that which is obscured (made to subside) by (its apparent) forms (bhāvaiḥ). True reality (sat) in consciousness (cit) never subsides. Where then, indeed, does the phenomenal world (dṛśyatā) truly subside?

Words meanings summery:

• अत्यन्ताभावः (atyantābhāvaḥ) - absolute non-existence, total absence

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly, just

• अस्य (asya) - of this (world/phenomenal realm) (of this, his, her, its)

• भावैः (bhāvaiḥ) - by (its apparent) existences or forms of the world (by entities, by states, by existences, by feelings)

• यत् (yat) - that which (refers to 'absolute non-existence') (which, that, because, since)

• उपशाम्यति (upaśāmyati) - is obscured, is made to cease being perceived (subsides, is pacified, ceases, is calmed)

• न (na) - not

• शाम्यति (śāmyati) - subsides, is pacified, ceases

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly, just

• सत् (sat) - reality, true existence (referring to Brahman) (being, existent, real, true, good (as adjective); reality, truth, existence (as noun))

• चित्ते (citte) - in the consciousness (referring to pure consciousness, cit) (in the mind, in consciousness, in thought)

• क्व (kva) - where?

• शाम्यति (śāmyati) - subsides, is pacified, ceases

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly, just

• दृश्यता (dṛśyatā) - the phenomenal world, the objective universe (that which is seen) (visibility, the state of being seen, the phenomenal world)

Words meanings and morphology

अत्यन्ताभावः (atyantābhāvaḥ) - absolute non-existence, total absence

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of atyantābhāva

atyantābhāva - absolute non-existence, total absence

Compound type : tatpurusha (atyanta+abhāva)

• atyanta – excessive, extreme, absolute, ultimate
  adjective
  Prefix: ati
  Root: ant
• abhāva – non-existence, absence, negation
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: a
  Root: bhū (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly, just

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - of this (world/phenomenal realm) (of this, his, her, its)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine/neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Refers to the phenomenal world, so neuter is implied contextually.

भावैः (bhāvaiḥ) - by (its apparent) existences or forms of the world (by entities, by states, by existences, by feelings)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bhāva

bhāva - existence, state, being, entity, feeling, nature

Derived from root bhū (to be, to exist)

Root: bhū (class 1)

यत् (yat) - that which (refers to 'absolute non-existence') (which, that, because, since)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yat

yat - which, that, what (relative pronoun); because, since (conjunction)

Note: Functions as a relative pronoun, typically referring to `atyantābhāvaḥ`.

उपशाम्यति (upaśāmyati) - is obscured, is made to cease being perceived (subsides, is pacified, ceases, is calmed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of upaśam

Prefix: upa

Root: śam (class 4)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

शाम्यति (śāmyati) - subsides, is pacified, ceases

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of śam

Root: śam (class 4)

Note: Used with `na` to express negation.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly, just

(indeclinable)

सत् (sat) - reality, true existence (referring to Brahman) (being, existent, real, true, good (as adjective); reality, truth, existence (as noun))

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sat

sat - being, existent, real, true, good (as adjective); reality, truth, existence (as noun)

present active participle

From root as (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Subject of the verb `śāmyati`.

चित्ते (citte) - in the consciousness (referring to pure consciousness, cit) (in the mind, in consciousness, in thought)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, thought, understanding, mind, intelligence

क्व (kva) - where?

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative adverb.

शाम्यति (śāmyati) - subsides, is pacified, ceases

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of śam

Root: śam (class 4)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly, just

(indeclinable)

दृश्यता (dṛśyatā) - the phenomenal world, the objective universe (that which is seen) (visibility, the state of being seen, the phenomenal world)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dṛśyatā

dṛśyatā - visibility, appearance, the phenomenal world, the seen

Derived from root dṛś (to see) with suffix -tā (forming abstract noun)

Root: dṛś (class 1)