योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-49, verse-1

श्रीराम उवाच ।
यदि नास्ति विकारादि ब्रह्मन्ब्रह्मणि बृंहिते ।
तदिदं कथमाभाति भावाभावमयं जगत् ॥ १ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
yadi nāsti vikārādi brahmanbrahmaṇi bṛṃhite ,
tadidaṃ kathamābhāti bhāvābhāvamayaṃ jagat 1

1. yadi na asti vikāra-ādi brahman brahmaṇi bṛṃhite
tat idam katham ābhāti bhāva-abhāva-mayam jagat

1. brahman! yadi bṛṃhite brahmaṇi vikāra-ādi na asti,
tat idam bhāva-abhāva-mayam jagat katham ābhāti?

1. Śrī Rāma said: O Brahman, if there is no change or the like in the all-pervading ultimate reality (brahman), then how does this world, composed of existence and non-existence, appear?

Words meanings summery:

• यदि (yadi) - if

• न (na) - not

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• विकार-आदि (vikāra-ādi) - change, etc.; modification, etc.

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - addressing the sage (O Brahman (the sage))

• ब्रह्मणि (brahmaṇi) - in the ultimate reality (brahman)

• बृंहिते (bṛṁhite) - in the expanded, in the all-pervading

• तत् (tat) - then, that

• इदम् (idam) - this

• कथम् (katham) - how

• आभाति (ābhāti) - appears, shines forth

• भाव-अभाव-मयम् (bhāva-abhāva-mayam) - consisting of existence and non-existence

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

Words meanings and morphology

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of √as

Root: as (class 2)

विकार-आदि (vikāra-ādi) - change, etc.; modification, etc.

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vikārādi

vikārādi - change and so on, modification, etc., beginning with change

Compound type : Dvandva (vikāra+ādi)

• vikāra – change, transformation, modification, disorder, product, affection
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etc.
  indeclinable

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - addressing the sage (O Brahman (the sage))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - a Brahmin, a sage, the ultimate reality (brahman)

ब्रह्मणि (brahmaṇi) - in the ultimate reality (brahman)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - the ultimate reality (brahman), the Absolute, universal spirit

बृंहिते (bṛṁhite) - in the expanded, in the all-pervading

(participle)

Locative, neuter, singular of bṛṃhita

bṛṁhita - expanded, made large, strengthened, pervading

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √bṛh (or bṛṃh), meaning 'to grow, expand, pervade'

Root: bṛh (class 1)

तत् (tat) - then, that

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

कथम् (katham) - how

(indeclinable)

आभाति (ābhāti) - appears, shines forth

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of ā-√bhā

Prefix: ā

Root: bhā (class 2)

भाव-अभाव-मयम् (bhāva-abhāva-mayam) - consisting of existence and non-existence

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhāvābhāvamaya

bhāvābhāvamaya - consisting of being and non-being, existence and non-existence

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (bhāvābhāva+maya)

• bhāvābhāva – existence and non-existence, being and non-being
  noun (masculine)
• maya – made of, consisting of, full of
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  suffix forming adjectives indicating 'consisting of' or 'made of'

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, that which moves, moving

Present Active Participle (used as noun)

From root √gam, meaning 'to go'

Root: gam (class 1)