योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-53, verse-24

आत्मनो व्यतिरेकेण न किंचिदपि विद्यते ।
सर्वं ब्रह्मेति मे तत्त्वमेतत्तद्भावयाम्यहम् ॥ २४ ॥

ātmano vyatirekeṇa na kiṃcidapi vidyate ,
sarvaṃ brahmeti me tattvametattadbhāvayāmyaham 24

24. ātmanaḥ vyatirekeṇa na kiṃcit api vidyate sarvam
brahma iti me tattvam etat tat bhāvayāmi aham

24. ātmanaḥ vyatirekeṇa kiṃcit api na vidyate sarvam
brahma iti me tattvam etat tat bhāvayāmi aham

24. Nothing whatsoever exists separate from the Self (ātman). This fundamental truth (tattva) of mine, "All is Brahman," I constantly contemplate and realize.

Words meanings summery:

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the Self, of the soul

• व्यतिरेकेण (vyatirekeṇa) - apart from (by separation, by distinction, without, apart from)

• न (na) - not, no

• किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything, something

• अपि (api) - whatsoever (emphasizing "anything") (even, also, too)

• विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman (the Absolute)

• इति (iti) - (marks the quoted statement) (thus, so, in this manner)

• मे (me) - my (to me, my)

• तत्त्वम् (tattvam) - fundamental truth (referring to the statement "All is Brahman") (truth, reality, principle, essence)

• एतत् (etat) - this (principle) (this)

• तत् (tat) - that (reality, i.e., Brahman) (that)

• भावयामि (bhāvayāmi) - I contemplate, I realize (I cause to be, I produce, I think, I contemplate, I realize)

• अहम् (aham) - I

Words meanings and morphology

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the Self, of the soul

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - Self, soul, essence, breath, spirit

Root: an (class 2)

व्यतिरेकेण (vyatirekeṇa) - apart from (by separation, by distinction, without, apart from)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vyatireka

vyatireka - separation, distinction, exclusion, difference

From root ric (to separate) with prefixes vi and ati.

Prefixes: vi+ati

Root: ric (class 7)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything, something

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of kiṃcid

kiṁcid - something, anything

From kim (what) + cit (indefinite particle).

अपि (api) - whatsoever (emphasizing "anything") (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found

(verb)

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

Present tense, Middle voice, third person singular

From root vid (to be, exist). (vid, 4th class Atmanepada)

Root: vid (class 4)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Subject of the "All is Brahman" clause.

ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman (the Absolute)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman, the Absolute, ultimate reality

Root: bṛh (class 1)

Note: Predicate nominative for "sarvam".

इति (iti) - (marks the quoted statement) (thus, so, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my (to me, my)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

तत्त्वम् (tattvam) - fundamental truth (referring to the statement "All is Brahman") (truth, reality, principle, essence)

(noun)

neuter, singular of tattva

tattva - reality, truth, principle, essence, true state

From tad (that) + tva (suffix for abstract noun).

एतत् (etat) - this (principle) (this)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this here, near

Note: Refers to the preceding statement/tattva.

तत् (tat) - that (reality, i.e., Brahman) (that)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Could also refer to the "All is Brahman" principle.

भावयामि (bhāvayāmi) - I contemplate, I realize (I cause to be, I produce, I think, I contemplate, I realize)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhū

Present tense, Active voice, first person singular (Causative stem)

From root bhū (to be) in the causative sense "to cause to be, to realize, to meditate upon".

Root: bhū (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

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