योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-3, verse-22

शून्यानुभवमात्रात्म भूताकाशमिदं यथा ।
सर्गानुभवमात्रात्म चिदाकाशमिदं तथा ॥ २२ ॥

śūnyānubhavamātrātma bhūtākāśamidaṃ yathā ,
sargānubhavamātrātma cidākāśamidaṃ tathā 22

22. śūnyānubhavamātrātma bhūtākāśam idam yathā
sargānubhavamātrātma cidākāśam idam tathā

22. yathā idam bhūtākāśam śūnyānubhavamātrātma [asti],
tathā idam cidākāśam sargānubhavamātrātma [asti]

22. Just as this physical space (bhūtākāśa) is by its very nature (ātman) merely the experience of emptiness, so too this consciousness-space (cidākāśa) is by its very nature (ātman) merely the experience of creation.

22. כשם שהחלל הפיזי אינו אלא חוויה של ריקנות, כך חלל התודעה אינו אלא חוויית הבריאה עצמה.

Words meanings summery:

• शून्यानुभवमात्रात्म (śūnyānubhavamātrātma) - whose essential nature is merely the experience of emptiness

• भूताकाशम् (bhūtākāśam) - physical space, elemental space, ether of elements

• इदम् (idam) - this

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

• सर्गानुभवमात्रात्म (sargānubhavamātrātma) - whose essential nature is merely the experience of creation

• चिदाकाशम् (cidākāśam) - consciousness-space, ether of consciousness

• इदम् (idam) - this

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

Words meanings and morphology

शून्यानुभवमात्रात्म (śūnyānubhavamātrātma) - whose essential nature is merely the experience of emptiness

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śūnyānubhavamātrātman

śūnyānubhavamātrātman - whose essential nature is merely the experience of emptiness

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śūnya+anubhava+mātra+ātman)

• śūnya – empty, void, nothingness
  adjective (neuter)
• anubhava – experience, perception
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: anu
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• mātra – only, merely, no more than
  adjective (neuter)
• ātman – self, soul, essence, individual soul, Supreme Soul
  noun (masculine)

Note: Declined as an adjective modifying 'bhūtākāśam'

भूताकाशम् (bhūtākāśam) - physical space, elemental space, ether of elements

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhūtākāśa

bhūtākāśa - physical space, elemental space, ether of elements

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūta+ākāśa)

• bhūta – element, being, past
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'bhū' (to be)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• ākāśa – space, ether, sky
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kāś (class 1)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

सर्गानुभवमात्रात्म (sargānubhavamātrātma) - whose essential nature is merely the experience of creation

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sargānubhavamātrātman

sargānubhavamātrātman - whose essential nature is merely the experience of creation

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sarga+anubhava+mātra+ātman)

• sarga – creation, emanation, manifestation
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sṛj (class 6)
• anubhava – experience, perception
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: anu
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• mātra – only, merely, no more than
  adjective (neuter)
• ātman – self, soul, essence, individual soul, Supreme Soul
  noun (masculine)

Note: Declined as an adjective modifying 'cidākāśam'

चिदाकाशम् (cidākāśam) - consciousness-space, ether of consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cidākāśa

cidākāśa - consciousness-space, ether of consciousness

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cit+ākāśa)

• cit – consciousness, thought, understanding
  noun (feminine)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• ākāśa – space, ether, sky
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kāś (class 1)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

(indeclinable)

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