योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-56, verse-19

व्योम्नः शून्यतमं विद्धि तथेदमखिलं जगत् ।
चित्तभित्तौ कृतं चित्रं यच्चिच्चित्रकरेण तत् ॥ १९ ॥

vyomnaḥ śūnyatamaṃ viddhi tathedamakhilaṃ jagat ,
cittabhittau kṛtaṃ citraṃ yacciccitrakareṇa tat 19

19. vyomnaḥ śūnyatamam viddhi tathā idam akhilam jagat |
citta-bhittau kṛtam citram yat cit-citra-kareṇa tat ||

19. vyomnaḥ śūnyatamam idam akhilam jagat tathā viddhi
tat citram yat cit-citra-kareṇa citta-bhittau kṛtam

19. Know this entire world to be even emptier (śūnyatamam) than space (vyoman). It is like a picture, created on the wall of the mind (citta-bhitti) by the consciousness-painter (cit-citrakara).

Words meanings summery:

• व्योम्नः (vyomnaḥ) - compared to space, than space (of space, than space, from space)

• शून्यतमम् (śūnyatamam) - even emptier, most void (most empty, emptiest, very empty)

• विद्धि (viddhi) - understand, realize (know, understand)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (similarly, thus, so)

• इदम् (idam) - this (visible) (this, this here)

• अखिलम् (akhilam) - the entire, phenomenal (whole, entire, complete)

• जगत् (jagat) - the phenomenal world (world, universe, moving)

• चित्त-भित्तौ (citta-bhittau) - on the canvas of consciousness (on the wall of the mind, in the mind-canvas)

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - created, painted (made, done, created)

• चित्रम् (citram) - a picture, an illusion (picture, painting, image)

• यत् (yat) - which (picture) (which, that, who)

• चित्-चित्र-करेण (cit-citra-kareṇa) - by the supreme consciousness acting as the painter (by the consciousness-painter)

• तत् (tat) - that (world) (that, it)

Words meanings and morphology

व्योम्नः (vyomnaḥ) - compared to space, than space (of space, than space, from space)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of vyoman

vyoman - sky, atmosphere, space, ether

शून्यतमम् (śūnyatamam) - even emptier, most void (most empty, emptiest, very empty)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śūnyatama

śūnyatama - most empty, emptiest, most void

Superlative form of śūnya (empty).

Note: Agrees with jagat.

विद्धि (viddhi) - understand, realize (know, understand)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vid

Imperative, 2nd person singular.

Irregular form of vid (class 2).

Root: vid (class 2)

तथा (tathā) - similarly (similarly, thus, so)

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this (visible) (this, this here)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

Demonstrative pronoun.

अखिलम् (akhilam) - the entire, phenomenal (whole, entire, complete)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of akhila

akhila - whole, entire, complete, perfect

a (negative) + khila (gap, deficiency).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+khila)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• khila – gap, deficiency, waste land
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with jagat.

जगत् (jagat) - the phenomenal world (world, universe, moving)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe; moving, living

From root gam with intensive reduplication.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Object of viddhi.

चित्त-भित्तौ (citta-bhittau) - on the canvas of consciousness (on the wall of the mind, in the mind-canvas)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of cittabhitti

cittabhitti - wall of the mind, mind as a wall/canvas

Compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (citta+bhitti)

• citta – mind, consciousness, thought
  noun (neuter)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• bhitti – wall, partition, screen
  noun (feminine)

Note: Locative of place.

कृतम् (kṛtam) - created, painted (made, done, created)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - made, done, performed, created

Past Passive Participle

Root kṛ + suffix kta.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with citram.

चित्रम् (citram) - a picture, an illusion (picture, painting, image)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of citra

citra - picture, painting, drawing; variegated, wonderful, strange

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Predicate noun for tat (jagat).

यत् (yat) - which (picture) (which, that, who)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that, who

Relative pronoun.

चित्-चित्र-करेण (cit-citra-kareṇa) - by the supreme consciousness acting as the painter (by the consciousness-painter)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of citcitrakara

citcitrakara - consciousness-painter, the painter who is consciousness

Compound.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (cit+citrakara)

• cit – consciousness, thought, intelligence
  noun (feminine)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• citrakara – painter, artist
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun
  citra + kṛ + aṇ
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agent of kṛtam.

तत् (tat) - that (world) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

Demonstrative pronoun.