योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-6, chapter-48, verse-12
न जीवो नापि च स्पन्दो न संवित्तिर्न वै जगत् ।
न सन्नासन्न मध्यं च शून्याशून्यं न चैव हि ॥ १२ ॥
न सन्नासन्न मध्यं च शून्याशून्यं न चैव हि ॥ १२ ॥
na jīvo nāpi ca spando na saṃvittirna vai jagat ,
na sannāsanna madhyaṃ ca śūnyāśūnyaṃ na caiva hi 12
na sannāsanna madhyaṃ ca śūnyāśūnyaṃ na caiva hi 12
12.
na jīvaḥ na api ca spandaḥ na saṃvittiḥ na vai jagat |
na sat na asat na madhyam ca śūnyāśūnyam na ca eva hi ||
na sat na asat na madhyam ca śūnyāśūnyam na ca eva hi ||
12.
(tat) na jīvaḥ na api ca spandaḥ na saṃvittiḥ na vai jagat
(tat) na sat na asat na madhyam ca śūnyāśūnyam na ca eva hi
(tat) na sat na asat na madhyam ca śūnyāśūnyam na ca eva hi
12.
It is not the individual soul (jīva), nor vibration (spanda), nor sensory perception (saṃvitti), nor indeed the world (jagat). It is neither existence (sat) nor non-existence (asat), nor the middle ground between them; it is not emptiness (śūnya) or non-emptiness either.
Words meanings summery:
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- न (na) - not, no
- जीवः (jīvaḥ) - individual soul, living being (jīva)
- न (na) - not, no
- अपि (api) - also, even, too
- च (ca) - and, also
- स्पन्दः (spandaḥ) - vibration, pulsation, movement
- न (na) - not, no
- संवित्तिः (saṁvittiḥ) - sensation, perception, consciousness
- न (na) - not, no
- वै (vai) - indeed, truly, certainly
- जगत् (jagat) - world, universe, that which moves
- न (na) - not, no
- सत् (sat) - existing, real, true, being, existence (sat)
- न (na) - not, no
- असत् (asat) - non-existent, unreal, non-being (asat)
- न (na) - not, no
- मध्यम् (madhyam) - middle, intermediate state, center
- च (ca) - and, also
- शून्याशून्यम् (śūnyāśūnyam) - emptiness and non-emptiness, void and non-void
- न (na) - not, no
- च (ca) - and, also
- एव (eva) - indeed, just, exactly, precisely
- हि (hi) - for, because, indeed, surely
Words meanings and morphology
न (na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
जीवः (jīvaḥ) - individual soul, living being (jīva)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of jīva
jīva - living, alive, soul, individual soul (jīva)
Root: jīv (class 1)
न (na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
अपि (api) - also, even, too
(indeclinable)
च (ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
स्पन्दः (spandaḥ) - vibration, pulsation, movement
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of spanda
spanda - vibration, pulsation, tremor, movement
Root: spad (class 1)
न (na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
संवित्तिः (saṁvittiḥ) - sensation, perception, consciousness
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃvitti
saṁvitti - sensation, perception, understanding, consciousness
Root: vid (class 2)
न (na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
वै (vai) - indeed, truly, certainly
(indeclinable)
जगत् (jagat) - world, universe, that which moves
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat
jagat - world, universe, that which moves, living beings
Present Active Participle
From root gam 'to go'
Root: gam (class 1)
न (na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
सत् (sat) - existing, real, true, being, existence (sat)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of sat
sat - existing, real, true, good, being, existence (sat)
Present Active Participle
From root as 'to be'
Root: as (class 2)
न (na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
असत् (asat) - non-existent, unreal, non-being (asat)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of asat
asat - non-existent, unreal, non-being, false (asat)
Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sat)
- a – not, non-, un-
indeclinable
Negative prefix - sat – existing, real, true, being, existence
noun (neuter)
Present Active Participle
From root as 'to be'
Root: as (class 2)
न (na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
मध्यम् (madhyam) - middle, intermediate state, center
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of madhya
madhya - middle, intermediate, central, neutral
च (ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
शून्याशून्यम् (śūnyāśūnyam) - emptiness and non-emptiness, void and non-void
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of śūnyāśūnya
śūnyāśūnya - emptiness and non-emptiness
Compound type : dvandva (śūnya+aśūnya)
- śūnya – empty, void, deserted, emptiness, zero
adjective (neuter)
Root: śū (class 5) - aśūnya – not empty, full, non-void
adjective (neuter)
न (na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
च (ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
एव (eva) - indeed, just, exactly, precisely
(indeclinable)
हि (hi) - for, because, indeed, surely
(indeclinable)