योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-83, verse-45

आत्मा त्वस्त्वेव चास्त्वेव यस्मादन्यत्र विद्यते ।
अयमात्माहमेवासौ नास्त्यन्यन्मदृते क्वचित् ॥ ४५ ॥

ātmā tvastveva cāstveva yasmādanyatra vidyate ,
ayamātmāhamevāsau nāstyanyanmadṛte kvacit 45

45. ātman tu astu eva ca astu eva yasmāt anyatra vidyate
ayam ātman aham eva asau na asti anyat madṛte kvacit

45. ātman tu astu eva ca astu eva yasmāt anyatra vidyate
ayam ātman aham eva asau mat ṛte anyat kvacit na asti

45. The Self (ātman) certainly exists, yes, it exists! For it is found pervading everything else. This very Self (ātman) is indeed I; there is nothing else anywhere apart from me.

Words meanings summery:

• आत्मन् (ātman) - Self, soul, supreme spirit

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet

• अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• च (ca) - and, also

• अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• यस्मात् (yasmāt) - because, from which

• अन्यत्र (anyatra) - pervading in everything else (elsewhere, in another place, in other things)

• विद्यते (vidyate) - is found, exists, is known

• अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

• आत्मन् (ātman) - Self, soul, supreme spirit

• अहम् (aham) - I

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• असौ (asau) - that (person/thing), this (referring to the same)

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• अन्यत् (anyat) - other, another (neuter)

• मदृते (madṛte) - apart from me, without me

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - anywhere, in any way, at some time

Words meanings and morphology

आत्मन् (ātman) - Self, soul, supreme spirit

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, supreme spirit, essence, breath

Root: an

तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet

(indeclinable)

अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of as

Imperative Mood, 3rd Person Singular

Root as, imperative ending -tu

Root: as (class 2)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of as

Imperative Mood, 3rd Person Singular

Root as, imperative ending -tu

Root: as (class 2)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

यस्मात् (yasmāt) - because, from which

(pronoun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that (relative pronoun)

Note: Used here with a causal sense, 'because'.

अन्यत्र (anyatra) - pervading in everything else (elsewhere, in another place, in other things)

(indeclinable)

Derived from anya (other) + tra (locative suffix)

Note: In context, it implies 'everywhere else' or 'in all other manifest forms'.

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

(verb)

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

Present Tense, Middle Voice, 3rd Person Singular

Root vid, middle voice form (divādi class)

Root: vid (class 4)

अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this (demonstrative pronoun)

आत्मन् (ātman) - Self, soul, supreme spirit

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, supreme spirit, essence, breath

Root: an

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I (1st person pronoun)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

असौ (asau) - that (person/thing), this (referring to the same)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, this (demonstrative pronoun, often referring to something distant or well-known)

Note: Refers to the Ātman previously mentioned, emphasizing identity.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Present Tense, Active Voice, 3rd Person Singular

Root as, present ending -ti

Root: as (class 2)

अन्यत् (anyat) - other, another (neuter)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

Note: Used as a substantive here.

मदृते (madṛte) - apart from me, without me

(indeclinable)

Compound of mat (from asmad, ablative 'from me') + ṛte (without, except)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (mat+ṛte)

• mat – me (ablative of asmad)
  pronoun
• ṛte – without, except, apart from
  indeclinable

क्वचित् (kvacit) - anywhere, in any way, at some time

(indeclinable)

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