योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-56, verse-4

नेदमस्ति जगद्राम तव नास्ति महामते ।
केवलं स्वच्छमेवेत्थमाततं मितमीदृशम् ॥ ४ ॥

nedamasti jagadrāma tava nāsti mahāmate ,
kevalaṃ svacchamevetthamātataṃ mitamīdṛśam 4

4. na idam asti jagat rāma tava na asti mahāmate
kevalam svaccham eva ittham ātatam mitam īdṛśam

4. rāma idam jagat na asti mahāmate tava na asti
kevalam svaccham eva ittham ātatam mitam īdṛśam

4. O Rama, this world (jagat) does not exist. O great-minded one, for you it does not exist. Instead, it is only the pure (ātman) that is thus pervading, understood, and of this nature.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• इदम् (idam) - referring to the phenomenal world (this, this world, this reality)

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• जगत् (jagat) - the phenomenal world (world, universe, moving)

• राम (rāma) - Addressing Rama (O Rama)

• तव (tava) - your, for you

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• महामते (mahāmate) - Addressing Rama as one with great intellect (O great-minded one, O wise one)

• केवलम् (kevalam) - only, merely, pure, absolute

• स्वच्छम् (svaccham) - referring to the pure nature of consciousness (ātman) (pure, clear, clean, transparent)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• इत्थम् (ittham) - thus, in this manner

• आततम् (ātatam) - describing the pervasive nature of the pure Self (pervading, expanded, stretched out)

• मितम् (mitam) - perceived or understood in a specific (limited) manner (measured, limited, known, understood)

• ईदृशम् (īdṛśam) - referring to the specific nature or appearance (of the Self) (of this kind, such, similar)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - referring to the phenomenal world (this, this world, this reality)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Nominative or accusative singular neuter

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Present active, 3rd person singular

root as, 2nd class Parasmaipada

Root: as (class 2)

जगत् (jagat) - the phenomenal world (world, universe, moving)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving

Present active participle

root gam + śatṛ suffix

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Nominative singular neuter

राम (rāma) - Addressing Rama (O Rama)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (a proper name), pleasing, dark

तव (tava) - your, for you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Genitive singular of 'you'

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Present active, 3rd person singular

root as, 2nd class Parasmaipada

Root: as (class 2)

महामते (mahāmate) - Addressing Rama as one with great intellect (O great-minded one, O wise one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahāmat

mahāmat - great-minded, wise

Bahuvrihi compound (mahā + mati)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+mati)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective (feminine)
• mati – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (feminine)
  root man + ti suffix
  Root: man (class 4)

Note: Vocative singular masculine

केवलम् (kevalam) - only, merely, pure, absolute

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kevala

kevala - only, merely, pure, absolute, single

Note: Nominative/accusative singular neuter, often used adverbially

स्वच्छम् (svaccham) - referring to the pure nature of consciousness (ātman) (pure, clear, clean, transparent)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of svaccha

svaccha - pure, clear, clean, transparent

compound of su + accha

Compound type : bahuvrihi (su+accha)

• su – good, well
  indeclinable
• accha – clear, transparent
  adjective (neuter)
  Related to root ach, to shine

Note: Nominative/accusative singular neuter

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

इत्थम् (ittham) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

आततम् (ātatam) - describing the pervasive nature of the pure Self (pervading, expanded, stretched out)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ātata

ātata - pervading, expanded, stretched, diffused

Past Passive Participle

ā-√tan (to stretch)

Prefix: ā

Root: tan (class 8)

Note: Nominative/accusative singular neuter

मितम् (mitam) - perceived or understood in a specific (limited) manner (measured, limited, known, understood)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mita

mita - measured, limited, known, understood

Past Passive Participle

root mā (to measure) + kta suffix

Root: mā (class 3)

Note: Nominative/accusative singular neuter

ईदृशम् (īdṛśam) - referring to the specific nature or appearance (of the Self) (of this kind, such, similar)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of īdṛśa

īdṛśa - of this kind, such, similar

idam + dṛś

Note: Nominative/accusative singular neuter

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