योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-31, verse-11

न शून्यताशून्यते वा शिलाकोश इव द्रुमः ।
शून्यताशून्यता नाम महती ख इवाखता ॥ ११ ॥

na śūnyatāśūnyate vā śilākośa iva drumaḥ ,
śūnyatāśūnyatā nāma mahatī kha ivākhatā 11

11. na śūnyatā-aśūnyate vā śilā-kośa iva drumaḥ
śūnyatā-aśūnyatā nāma mahatī kha iva akhātā

11. śūnyatā-aśūnyate na vā drumaḥ śilā-kośa iva
śūnyatā-aśūnyatā nāma mahatī kha iva akhātā

11. Neither the state of emptiness nor the state of non-emptiness exist, just as a tree cannot exist within a rock's core. Indeed, the very concept of 'emptiness and non-emptiness' is immense, like an unexcavated void in space.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• शून्यता-अशून्यते (śūnyatā-aśūnyate) - the duality of 'emptiness' and 'non-emptiness' (emptiness and non-emptiness, the state of being empty and the state of being non-empty)

• वा (vā) - used to connect concepts in a negative context, implying 'neither...nor' (or, either, and)

• शिला-कोश (śilā-kośa) - rock-cavity, rock-sheath, interior of a rock

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• द्रुमः (drumaḥ) - tree

• शून्यता-अशून्यता (śūnyatā-aśūnyatā) - the combined concept of 'emptiness and non-emptiness' as a single entity (emptiness and non-emptiness, the duality of empty and non-empty)

• नाम (nāma) - emphasizing that the concept *by name* is meant (by name, indeed, truly)

• महती (mahatī) - great, mighty, large

• ख (kha) - in the sky, in space

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अखाता (akhātā) - like an unexcavated (pit/void) (un-dug, unexcavated, un-hollowed)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

शून्यता-अशून्यते (śūnyatā-aśūnyate) - the duality of 'emptiness' and 'non-emptiness' (emptiness and non-emptiness, the state of being empty and the state of being non-empty)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, dual of śūnyatā-aśūnyatā

śūnyatā-aśūnyatā - emptiness and non-emptiness, the state of being empty and the state of being non-empty

A dvandva compound of 'śūnyatā' and 'aśūnyatā'.

Compound type : dvandva (śūnyatā+aśūnyatā)

• śūnyatā – emptiness, voidness
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from 'śūnya' (empty) and the suffix '-tā' (state or quality).
• aśūnyatā – non-emptiness, fullness
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from 'aśūnya' (non-empty) and the suffix '-tā' (state or quality).

वा (vā) - used to connect concepts in a negative context, implying 'neither...nor' (or, either, and)

(indeclinable)

शिला-कोश (śilā-kośa) - rock-cavity, rock-sheath, interior of a rock

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śilākośa

śilākośa - a rock's core, a rock-cavity, a sheath of rock

Compound of 'śilā' (rock) and 'kośa' (sheath, cavity).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śilā+kośa)

• śilā – rock, stone, slab
  noun (feminine)
• kośa – sheath, cover, treasury, cell, interior
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

द्रुमः (drumaḥ) - tree

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of druma

druma - tree, wood

शून्यता-अशून्यता (śūnyatā-aśūnyatā) - the combined concept of 'emptiness and non-emptiness' as a single entity (emptiness and non-emptiness, the duality of empty and non-empty)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śūnyatā-aśūnyatā

śūnyatā-aśūnyatā - the state of emptiness and non-emptiness, the duality of empty and non-empty

A dvandva compound of 'śūnyatā' and 'aśūnyatā'. Used here as a singular feminine noun.

Compound type : dvandva (śūnyatā+aśūnyatā)

• śūnyatā – emptiness, voidness
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from 'śūnya' (empty) and the suffix '-tā' (state or quality).
• aśūnyatā – non-emptiness, fullness
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from 'aśūnya' (non-empty) and the suffix '-tā' (state or quality).

नाम (nāma) - emphasizing that the concept *by name* is meant (by name, indeed, truly)

(indeclinable)

महती (mahatī) - great, mighty, large

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, considerable

ख (kha) - in the sky, in space

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kha

kha - sky, space, ether, zero

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अखाता (akhātā) - like an unexcavated (pit/void) (un-dug, unexcavated, un-hollowed)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of akhāta

akhāta - un-dug, unexcavated, un-hollowed, naturally existing (not created by digging)

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'khan' (to dig) with prefix 'a-' (negation) and participle suffix '-ta'.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+khāta)

• a – not, non-, un-
  prefix
  Negative prefix.
• khāta – dug, excavated, a ditch, a pit
  Past Passive Participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of root 'khan' (to dig).
  Root: khan (class 1)

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