योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-101, verse-53

शिखिध्वज उवाच ।
कथमैक्यं विभो यातः स्पन्दास्पन्दाविमावुभौ ।
सर्वसंशयविच्छेदकारिन्नेतद्वदाशु मे ॥ ५३ ॥

śikhidhvaja uvāca ,
kathamaikyaṃ vibho yātaḥ spandāspandāvimāvubhau ,
sarvasaṃśayavicchedakārinnetadvadāśu me 53

53. śikhidhvaja uvāca katham aikyam vibho yātaḥ spanda-aspandau
imau ubhau sarvasaṃśayavicchedakārin etat vada āśu me

53. śikhidhvaja uvāca vibho sarvasaṃśayavicchedakārin katham
imau ubhau spanda-aspandau aikyam yātaḥ etat āśu me vada

53. Shikhidhvaja said: O all-pervading one, how have these two—movement (spanda) and non-movement (aspanda)—become one? O remover of all doubts, please explain this to me quickly.

Words meanings summery:

• शिखिध्वज (śikhidhvaja) - King Shikhidhvaja (Shikhidhvaja (proper noun))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• ऐक्यम् (aikyam) - oneness, unity, identity

• विभो (vibho) - Addressing the sage Kumbha (O all-pervading one, O lord, O powerful one)

• यातः (yātaḥ) - became, attained (dual form for 'spanda-aspanda') (gone, attained, reached, become)

• स्पन्द-अस्पन्दौ (spanda-aspandau) - The principles of activity and inactivity (movement and non-movement)

• इमौ (imau) - these two

• उभौ (ubhau) - both

• सर्वसंशयविच्छेदकारिन् (sarvasaṁśayavicchedakārin) - Addressing the sage Kumbha (O remover of all doubts, O dispeller of all uncertainties)

• एतत् (etat) - this matter, this explanation (this)

• वद (vada) - tell, speak, say

• आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly

• मे (me) - to me, for me

Words meanings and morphology

शिखिध्वज (śikhidhvaja) - King Shikhidhvaja (Shikhidhvaja (proper noun))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śikhidhvaja

śikhidhvaja - a proper name, literally 'one whose banner is a peacock'

Compound type : bahuvrihi (śikhin+dhvaja)

• śikhin – peacock, crested
  noun (masculine)
• dhvaja – banner, flag
  noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect active 3rd singular

Irregular perfect form from √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

ऐक्यम् (aikyam) - oneness, unity, identity

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of aikya

aikya - unity, oneness, identity

Derived from "eka" (one) with "ṣyañ" suffix

विभो (vibho) - Addressing the sage Kumbha (O all-pervading one, O lord, O powerful one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vibhu

vibhu - all-pervading, omnipresent, lord, ruler, powerful

Prefix: vi

Root: bhū (class 1)

यातः (yātaḥ) - became, attained (dual form for 'spanda-aspanda') (gone, attained, reached, become)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of yāta

yāta - gone, arrived, attained, become

Past Passive Participle

Formed from √yā (to go) + kta (pp. suffix)

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Used here with an implied copula, meaning "have become".

स्पन्द-अस्पन्दौ (spanda-aspandau) - The principles of activity and inactivity (movement and non-movement)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of spanda-aspanda

spanda-aspanda - movement and non-movement, activity and inactivity

Dvandva compound of spanda and aspanda

Compound type : itaretarayoga dvandva (spanda+aspanda)

• spanda – movement, vibration, activity
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from √spand (to vibrate, move)
  Root: spand (class 1)
• aspanda – non-movement, stillness, inactivity
  noun (masculine)
  Negative prefix 'a' + 'spanda'
  Prefix: a
  Root: spand (class 1)

इमौ (imau) - these two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of idam

idam - this, these

Masculine nominative dual of idam.

उभौ (ubhau) - both

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ubha

ubha - both

सर्वसंशयविच्छेदकारिन् (sarvasaṁśayavicchedakārin) - Addressing the sage Kumbha (O remover of all doubts, O dispeller of all uncertainties)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sarvasaṃśayavicchedakārin

sarvasaṁśayavicchedakārin - one who removes all doubts

From 'sarva' (all), 'saṃśaya' (doubt), 'viccheda' (cutting off/removal), 'kārin' (doer/maker). Vocative singular of a compound noun. Agent noun formed from √kṛ

Compound type : tatpurusha (sarva+saṃśaya+viccheda+kārin)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  pronoun (masculine)
• saṃśaya – doubt, uncertainty
  noun (masculine)
  From 'sam' + 'śī' (to lie) or 'sam' + 'śam' (to be quiet)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: śī (class 2)
• viccheda – cutting off, separation, removal
  noun (masculine)
  From 'vi' + 'chid' (to cut)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: chid (class 7)
• kārin – doer, maker, performer, causing
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun
  Formed from √kṛ (to do) + ṇin suffix
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

एतत् (etat) - this matter, this explanation (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etat

etat - this, that

Neuter nominative/accusative singular of "etad"

वद (vada) - tell, speak, say

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vad

Imperative active 2nd singular

From √vad (to speak)

Root: vad (class 1)

आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Enclitic dative/genitive singular of 'asmad' (first person pronoun)