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.

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)