योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-33, verse-26

अहमादिजगद्दृश्यं किल नास्त्येव वस्तुतः ।
अवश्यमेव तत्तस्माच्छिष्यतेऽहंविचारतः ॥ २६ ॥

ahamādijagaddṛśyaṃ kila nāstyeva vastutaḥ ,
avaśyameva tattasmācchiṣyate'haṃvicārataḥ 26

26. aham-ādi-jagat-dṛśyam kila na asti eva vastutaḥ
avaśyam eva tat tasmāt śiṣyate aham-vicārataḥ

26. kila vastutaḥ aham-ādi-jagat-dṛśyam eva na asti.
tasmāt avaśyam eva tat aham-vicārataḥ śiṣyate

26. Indeed, the entire visible world, beginning with the 'I'-notion (aham), does not exist in reality. Therefore, through the inquiry into 'I' (aham-vicāra), only that (true Self) certainly remains.

Words meanings summery:

• अहम्-आदि-जगत्-दृश्यम् (aham-ādi-jagat-dṛśyam) - the visible world beginning with 'I'

• किल (kila) - indeed, surely, as it is said

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• वस्तुतः (vastutaḥ) - in reality, truly, actually

• अवश्यम् (avaśyam) - certainly, necessarily

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• तत् (tat) - that true Self or reality (that)

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

• शिष्यते (śiṣyate) - remains, is left over

• अहम्-विचारतः (aham-vicārataḥ) - from the inquiry into 'I'

Words meanings and morphology

अहम्-आदि-जगत्-दृश्यम् (aham-ādi-jagat-dṛśyam) - the visible world beginning with 'I'

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of aham-ādi-jagat-dṛśya

aham-ādi-jagat-dṛśya - the visible world (starting) with 'I' / ego

tatpurusha compound

Compound type : tatpurusha (aham+ādi+jagat+dṛśya)

• aham – I (first person pronoun)
  pronoun
• ādi – beginning, starting with, etc.
  noun (masculine)
• jagat – world, universe
  noun (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  from root gam, used as noun
  Root: gam (class 1)
• dṛśya – visible, to be seen, object of sight
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive
  from root dṛś, suffix -ya
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

किल (kila) - indeed, surely, as it is said

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

present tense

3rd person singular present active

Root: as (class 2)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

वस्तुतः (vastutaḥ) - in reality, truly, actually

(indeclinable)

from vastu + suffix -tas

अवश्यम् (avaśyam) - certainly, necessarily

(indeclinable)

from avaśya (adj.) used as adverb

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that true Self or reality (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

(pronoun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

शिष्यते (śiṣyate) - remains, is left over

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of śiṣ

present tense

3rd person singular present middle (ātmanepada)

Root: śiṣ (class 7)

अहम्-विचारतः (aham-vicārataḥ) - from the inquiry into 'I'

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of aham-vicāra

aham-vicāra - inquiry into 'I', self-inquiry

tatpurusha compound

Compound type : tatpurusha (aham+vicāra)

• aham – I (first person pronoun)
  pronoun
• vicāra – inquiry, investigation, deliberation
  noun (masculine)
  from vi-car
  Prefix: vi
  Root: car (class 1)

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