योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-4, chapter-54, verse-22
यथैवेदं नभः शून्यं जगच्छून्यं तथैव हि ।
असन्मयविकल्पोत्थे उभे एते तते यतः ॥ २२ ॥
असन्मयविकल्पोत्थे उभे एते तते यतः ॥ २२ ॥
yathaivedaṃ nabhaḥ śūnyaṃ jagacchūnyaṃ tathaiva hi ,
asanmayavikalpotthe ubhe ete tate yataḥ 22
asanmayavikalpotthe ubhe ete tate yataḥ 22
22.
yathā eva idam nabhaḥ śūnyam jagat śūnyam tathā
eva hi asat-maya-vikalpa-utthe ubhe ete tate yataḥ
eva hi asat-maya-vikalpa-utthe ubhe ete tate yataḥ
22.
yathā eva idam nabhaḥ śūnyam,
tathā eva hi jagat śūnyam.
yataḥ ubhe ete asat-maya-vikalpa-utthe tate.
tathā eva hi jagat śūnyam.
yataḥ ubhe ete asat-maya-vikalpa-utthe tate.
22.
Just as this sky is empty, so too, indeed, is the world empty. For both of these (the sky and the world) are extended, having arisen from conceptualization (saṅkalpa) that is made of unreality.
Words meanings summery:
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- यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way
- एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, exactly
- इदम् (idam) - this, this here
- नभः (nabhaḥ) - sky, atmosphere, ether
- शून्यम् (śūnyam) - empty, void, nonexistent
- जगत् (jagat) - world, universe, moving
- शून्यम् (śūnyam) - empty, void, nonexistent
- तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way
- एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, exactly
- हि (hi) - indeed, for, because
- असत्-मय-विकल्प-उत्थे (asat-maya-vikalpa-utthe) - arisen from conceptualization (saṅkalpa) made of unreality
- उभे (ubhe) - both (feminine/neuter dual)
- एते (ete) - these (feminine/neuter dual)
- तते (tate) - spread, extended, stretched out
- यतः (yataḥ) - because, from which, since
Words meanings and morphology
यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way
(indeclinable)
एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, exactly
(indeclinable)
इदम् (idam) - this, this here
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of idam
idam - this, this here, it
नभः (nabhaḥ) - sky, atmosphere, ether
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of nabhas
nabhas - sky, atmosphere, cloud, ether
शून्यम् (śūnyam) - empty, void, nonexistent
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of śūnya
śūnya - empty, void, barren, zero, non-existent
जगत् (jagat) - world, universe, moving
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat
jagat - world, universe, moving, living being
present active participle
From root gam (to go), reduplicated prefix ja-.
Root: gam (class 1)
शून्यम् (śūnyam) - empty, void, nonexistent
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of śūnya
śūnya - empty, void, barren, zero, non-existent
तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way
(indeclinable)
एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, exactly
(indeclinable)
हि (hi) - indeed, for, because
(indeclinable)
असत्-मय-विकल्प-उत्थे (asat-maya-vikalpa-utthe) - arisen from conceptualization (saṅkalpa) made of unreality
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, dual of asat-maya-vikalpa-uttha
asat-maya-vikalpa-uttha - arising from conceptualization (vikalpa) consisting of unreality (asat-maya)
Compound type : Tatpurusha (asat+maya+vikalpa+uttha)
- asat – non-existent, unreal, false, bad
adjective (neuter)
Prefix: a
Root: as (class 2) - maya – made of, consisting of, full of
suffix (nominal part) (masculine) - vikalpa – conceptualization, imagination, doubt, alternative
noun (masculine)
Prefix: vi
Root: kḷp (class 1) - uttha – arisen from, produced from, standing up
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
From root sthā with upasarga ud.
Prefix: ud
Root: sthā (class 1)
उभे (ubhe) - both (feminine/neuter dual)
(pronoun)
Nominative, feminine, dual of ubha
ubha - both
एते (ete) - these (feminine/neuter dual)
(pronoun)
Nominative, feminine, dual of etad
etad - this, that
तते (tate) - spread, extended, stretched out
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, dual of tata
tan - to stretch, to spread, to extend, to accomplish
Past Passive Participle
From root tan (8th class).
Root: tan (class 8)
यतः (yataḥ) - because, from which, since
(indeclinable)