योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-34, verse-28

अद्वैतैक्यादसंक्षोभाद्धनचेतनया तया ।
अविकारादिमत्त्वाच्च नित्यानित्यतया चिरम् ॥ २८ ॥

advaitaikyādasaṃkṣobhāddhanacetanayā tayā ,
avikārādimattvācca nityānityatayā ciram 28

28. advaitaikaāt asaṃkṣobhāt ghanacetanayā tayā
avikārādimattvāt ca nityānityatayā ciram

28. tayā ghanacetanayā advaitaikaāt asaṃkṣobhāt
ca avikārādimattvāt nityānityatayā ciram

28. Due to its non-dual unity, its imperturbability, and by that concentrated consciousness, it exists perpetually by its quality of being without change or beginning, and by its characteristic of being both eternal and non-eternal.

Words meanings summery:

• अद्वैतैकआत् (advaitaikaāt) - from non-dual oneness, due to non-dual unity

• असंक्षोभात् (asaṁkṣobhāt) - from imperturbability, due to being undisturbed/unagitated

• घनचेतनया (ghanacetanayā) - by concentrated consciousness, by solid awareness

• तया (tayā) - by that

• अविकारादिमत्त्वात् (avikārādimattvāt) - from possessing the quality of being without modification, without beginning, etc.

• च (ca) - and

• नित्यानित्यतया (nityānityatayā) - by the nature of being both eternal and non-eternal

• चिरम् (ciram) - perpetually, for a long time, eternally

Words meanings and morphology

अद्वैतैकआत् (advaitaikaāt) - from non-dual oneness, due to non-dual unity

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of advaitaika

advaitaika - non-dual oneness, non-dual unity

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (advaita+eka)

• advaita – non-duality, oneness
  noun (neuter)
• eka – one, sole, unique
  adjective

असंक्षोभात् (asaṁkṣobhāt) - from imperturbability, due to being undisturbed/unagitated

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of asaṃkṣobha

asaṁkṣobha - imperturbability, absence of agitation/disturbance

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+saṃkṣobha)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• saṃkṣobha – agitation, disturbance, commotion
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kṣubh (class 1)

घनचेतनया (ghanacetanayā) - by concentrated consciousness, by solid awareness

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of ghanacetanā

ghanacetanā - concentrated/solid consciousness

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ghana+cetanā)

• ghana – dense, solid, concentrated
  adjective
• cetanā – consciousness, intelligence, awareness
  noun (feminine)
  Root: cit (class 1)

तया (tayā) - by that

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that

अविकारादिमत्त्वात् (avikārādimattvāt) - from possessing the quality of being without modification, without beginning, etc.

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of avikārādimattva

avikārādimattva - the state of being without modification, without beginning, etc.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (avikāra+ādi+mat+tva)

• avikāra – without change, immutable
  adjective
• ādi – beginning, first, etcetera
  noun (masculine)
• mat – possessing, having
  suffix
  possessive suffix matup
• tva – -ness, -hood
  suffix
  abstract noun suffix tva

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

नित्यानित्यतया (nityānityatayā) - by the nature of being both eternal and non-eternal

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of nityānityatā

nityānityatā - the state of being both eternal and non-eternal

Compound type : dvandva (nitya+anitya+tā)

• nitya – eternal, perpetual, constant
  adjective
• anitya – non-eternal, impermanent
  adjective
• tā – -ness, -hood
  suffix
  abstract noun suffix tā

चिरम् (ciram) - perpetually, for a long time, eternally

(indeclinable)

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