योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-41, verse-57

शून्य एव हि वेताल इवेत्थं चित्तवासना ।
उदितेयं जगन्नाम्नी तच्छान्तौ शान्तिरक्षता ॥ ५७ ॥

śūnya eva hi vetāla ivetthaṃ cittavāsanā ,
uditeyaṃ jagannāmnī tacchāntau śāntirakṣatā 57

57. śūnyaḥ eva hi vetālaḥ iva ittham cittavāsanā
uditā iyam jagat-nāmnī tat-śāntau śāntiḥ akṣatā

57. ittham cittavāsanā jagat-nāmnī iyam vetālaḥ iva
śūnyaḥ eva hi uditā tat-śāntau akṣatā śāntiḥ

57. Indeed, this mental impression (cittavāsanā), which is called the 'world' (jagat), arises like a phantom (vetāla) in the void itself. When it is pacified, an undisturbed peace (śānti) truly remains.

57. כמו רוח רפאים (וֵטָאלַה) שנולדה מן הריק, כך עלה רשם התודעה הנקרא עולם. כשהוא נרגע, שוררת שלווה בלתי נחרבת.

Words meanings summery:

• शून्यः (śūnyaḥ) - void, empty, zero, bare

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, exactly

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• वेतालः (vetālaḥ) - a phantom, a ghost, a goblin

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• इत्थम् (ittham) - thus, in this manner, so

• चित्तवासना (cittavāsanā) - mental impression, latent tendency of the mind

• उदिता (uditā) - arisen, appeared, manifested

• इयम् (iyam) - this, she

• जगत्-नाम्नी (jagat-nāmnī) - named 'world', having the name 'world'

• तत्-शान्तौ (tat-śāntau) - in its pacification, upon its cessation

• शान्तिः (śāntiḥ) - peace, tranquility, cessation

• अक्षता (akṣatā) - unimpaired, unharmed, undisturbed

Words meanings and morphology

शून्यः (śūnyaḥ) - void, empty, zero, bare

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śūnya

śūnya - void, empty, zero, bare, non-existent

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, exactly

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

वेतालः (vetālaḥ) - a phantom, a ghost, a goblin

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vetāla

vetāla - a phantom, a ghost, a goblin, a vampire-like being

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

इत्थम् (ittham) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

चित्तवासना (cittavāsanā) - mental impression, latent tendency of the mind

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cittavāsanā

cittavāsanā - mental impression, latent tendency of the mind, mental predisposition

Compound type : tatpurusha (citta+vāsanā)

• citta – mind, consciousness, thought
  noun (neuter)
• vāsanā – impression, desire, latent tendency, perfume
  noun (feminine)

उदिता (uditā) - arisen, appeared, manifested

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of udita

udita - arisen, appeared, manifested, said

Past Passive Participle

From root 'i' (to go) with prefix 'ud'

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

इयम् (iyam) - this, she

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

जगत्-नाम्नी (jagat-nāmnī) - named 'world', having the name 'world'

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jagat-nāman

jagat-nāman - named 'world', having the name 'world'

Compound type : bahuvrihi (jagat+nāman)

• jagat – world, universe, moving
  noun (neuter)
  Root: gam (class 1)
• nāman – name, appellation
  noun (neuter)

तत्-शान्तौ (tat-śāntau) - in its pacification, upon its cessation

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of tat-śānti

tat-śānti - its pacification, cessation of that

Compound type : tatpurusha (tad+śānti)

• tad – that, its
  pronoun (neuter)
• śānti – peace, pacification, cessation, tranquility
  noun (feminine)
  Root: śam (class 4)

शान्तिः (śāntiḥ) - peace, tranquility, cessation

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śānti

śānti - peace, tranquility, cessation, calmness

Root: śam (class 4)

अक्षता (akṣatā) - unimpaired, unharmed, undisturbed

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of akṣata

akṣata - unimpaired, unharmed, undisturbed, whole, intact

Negation 'a' + Past Passive Participle of √kṣi (to injure)

Compound type : tatpurusha (a+kṣata)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• kṣata – injured, harmed, broken
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √kṣi (to injure)
  Root: kṣi (class 1)

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