योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-27, verse-13

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चिदस्तीह द्वितीया हि कल्पनैव न विद्यते ।
द्वित्वस्यासंभवाल्लोके कः शत्रुः कश्च वा सुहृत् ॥ १३ ॥

cidastīha dvitīyā hi kalpanaiva na vidyate ,
dvitvasyāsaṃbhavālloke kaḥ śatruḥ kaśca vā suhṛt 13

13. cit asti iha dvitīyā hi kalpanā eva na vidyate
dvitvasya asaṃbhavāt loke kaḥ śatruḥ kaḥ ca vā suhṛt

13. iha cit asti,
hi dvitīyā kalpanā eva na vidyate loke dvitvasya asaṃbhavāt kaḥ śatruḥ kaḥ ca vā suhṛt

13. Consciousness alone exists here; indeed, no second entity is merely a mental construct. Since duality is impossible in the world, who then can be an enemy, and who a friend?

Words meanings summery:

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चित् (cit) - consciousness, spirit

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

इह (iha) - here, in this world/context

द्वितीया (dvitīyā) - a second entity (other than consciousness) (a second, secondary)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

कल्पना (kalpanā) - imagination, mental construct, fabrication

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

न (na) - not, no

विद्यते (vidyate) - is found, exists, is present

द्वित्वस्य (dvitvasya) - of duality, of the state of being two

असंभवात् (asaṁbhavāt) - due to the impossibility, because of the non-occurrence

लोके (loke) - in the world

कः (kaḥ) - who, what

शत्रुः (śatruḥ) - enemy, foe

कः (kaḥ) - who, what

च (ca) - and

वा (vā) - or, either...or

सुहृत् (suhṛt) - friend, well-wisher

Words meanings and morphology

चित् (cit) - consciousness, spirit

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, spirit, thought, understanding

Root: cit (class 1)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Present Active Indicative

3rd person singular, parasmaipada

Root: as (class 2)

इह (iha) - here, in this world/context

(indeclinable)

द्वितीया (dvitīyā) - a second entity (other than consciousness) (a second, secondary)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dvitīya

dvitīya - second, secondary

Derived from 'dvi' (two)

Note: Refers to a feminine noun (e.g., entity, thing) implied.

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

Particle expressing emphasis or cause.

कल्पना (kalpanā) - imagination, mental construct, fabrication

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kalpanā

kalpanā - imagining, fabricating, forming, mental activity, mental construct

From root 'kḷp' (to arrange, form)

Root: kḷp (class 10)

Note: Refers to 'dvitīyā'.

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

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

Note: Placed after the word it emphasizes.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

विद्यते (vidyate) - is found, exists, is present

(verb)

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

Present Middle Indicative

3rd person singular, ātmanepada, from root 'vid' (to be) or 'vid' (to know) in passive/middle voice. Here, 'to exist'.

Root: vid (class 4)

Note: Used impersonally or with a nominative subject meaning 'exists'.

द्वित्वस्य (dvitvasya) - of duality, of the state of being two

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of dvitva

dvitva - duality, twoness, state of being two

Derived from 'dvi' (two) + 'tva' suffix.

असंभवात् (asaṁbhavāt) - due to the impossibility, because of the non-occurrence

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of asaṃbhava

asaṁbhava - impossibility, non-existence, non-occurrence

Negative prefix 'a' + 'saṃbhava' (possibility, occurrence).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+saṃbhava)

a – not, non-
indeclinable
Negative prefix
saṃbhava – possibility, existence, origin, occurrence
noun (masculine)
From root 'bhū' with prefix 'sam'
Prefix: sam
Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Used as an ablative of cause.

लोके (loke) - in the world

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people

From root 'lok' (to see, perceive).

Root: lok (class 1)

कः (kaḥ) - who, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ka

ka - who, what, which

Interrogative pronoun.