योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-53, verse-24

अन्तःशून्यं बहिःशून्यं पाषाणहृदयोपमम् ।
शान्तमाकाशकोशाच्छं न दृश्यं न दृशः परम् ॥ २४ ॥

antaḥśūnyaṃ bahiḥśūnyaṃ pāṣāṇahṛdayopamam ,
śāntamākāśakośācchaṃ na dṛśyaṃ na dṛśaḥ param 24

24. antaḥśūnyam bahiḥśūnyam pāṣāṇahṛdayopamam
śāntākāśakośāccham na dṛśyam na dṛśaḥ param

24. antaḥśūnyam bahiḥśūnyam pāṣāṇahṛdayopamam
śāntākāśakośāccham na dṛśyam na dṛśaḥ param

24. Empty within and empty without, it is like a heart of stone. Tranquil and as clear as the sheath of space, it is neither visible nor beyond perception.

Words meanings summery:

• अन्तःशून्यम् (antaḥśūnyam) - empty within, internally empty

• बहिःशून्यम् (bahiḥśūnyam) - empty outside, externally empty

• पाषाणहृदयोपमम् (pāṣāṇahṛdayopamam) - resembling a heart of stone

• शान्ताकाशकोशाच्छम् (śāntākāśakośāccham) - peaceful and clear like the sheath of space

• न (na) - not, no

• दृश्यम् (dṛśyam) - visible, to be seen, an object of sight

• न (na) - not, nor

• दृशः (dṛśaḥ) - of sight, of perception

• परम् (param) - beyond, supreme, higher

Words meanings and morphology

अन्तःशून्यम् (antaḥśūnyam) - empty within, internally empty

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of antaḥśūnya

antaḥśūnya - internally empty, hollow within

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (antar+śūnya)

• antar – within, inside
  indeclinable
• śūnya – empty, void, zero
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Agreement with an implied 'it' (reality/consciousness).

बहिःशून्यम् (bahiḥśūnyam) - empty outside, externally empty

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bahiḥśūnya

bahiḥśūnya - externally empty, hollow outside

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (bahis+śūnya)

• bahis – outside, externally
  indeclinable
• śūnya – empty, void, zero
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Agreement with an implied 'it' (reality/consciousness).

पाषाणहृदयोपमम् (pāṣāṇahṛdayopamam) - resembling a heart of stone

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pāṣāṇahṛdayopama

pāṣāṇahṛdayopama - like a heart of stone, comparable to a stony heart

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (pāṣāṇa+hṛdaya+upama)

• pāṣāṇa – stone, rock
  noun (masculine)
• hṛdaya – heart, mind, core
  noun (neuter)
• upama – resembling, comparable to, like
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Describes the state of being impervious or detached.

शान्ताकाशकोशाच्छम् (śāntākāśakośāccham) - peaceful and clear like the sheath of space

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śāntākāśakośāccha

śāntākāśakośāccha - peaceful and clear as the etheric sheath/sheath of space

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (śānta+ākāśakośa+accha)

• śānta – peaceful, tranquil, calm, quieted
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root śam (to be calm) + kta suffix.
  Root: śam (class 4)
• ākāśakośa – etheric sheath, sheath of space
  noun (masculine)
• accha – clear, transparent, pure
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Refers to the clarity and peacefulness of the ultimate reality or liberated consciousness.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of negation.

दृश्यम् (dṛśyam) - visible, to be seen, an object of sight

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dṛśya

dṛśya - visible, perceptible, to be seen, object

Gerundive

From root dṛś (to see) + yat suffix.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Here, 'that which is to be seen' or 'an object'.

न (na) - not, nor

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of negation.

दृशः (dṛśaḥ) - of sight, of perception

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of dṛś

dṛś - sight, vision, appearance, eye

From root dṛś (to see).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: 'beyond sight' or 'not of sight'.

परम् (param) - beyond, supreme, higher

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially as 'beyond'.

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