योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-63, verse-67

अवेदने परे शुद्धे वेदनं यज्जगत्स्थितम् ।
अकारणमचैतन्यं शून्यत्वेन यथा नभः ॥ ६७ ॥

avedane pare śuddhe vedanaṃ yajjagatsthitam ,
akāraṇamacaitanyaṃ śūnyatvena yathā nabhaḥ 67

67. avedane pare śuddhe vedanam yat jagatsthitam
akāraṇam acaitanyam śūnyatvena yathā nabhaḥ

67. pare śuddhe avedane,
yat jagatsthitam vedanam,
(tat) akāraṇam acaitanyam,
yathā nabhaḥ śūnyatvena

67. In the supreme, pure, non-cognizant state (avedana), the cognition (vedana) that constitutes the world (jagat) arises. This cognition is without cause and without consciousness, just like space (nabhas) by virtue of its emptiness (śūnyatva).

Words meanings summery:

• अवेदने (avedane) - in the non-cognizant state (avedana) (in the unknowing, in the non-perception, in the non-cognition)

• परे (pare) - in that supreme (state) (in the supreme, in the higher)

• शुद्धे (śuddhe) - in the pure (state) (in the pure, in the clear)

• वेदनम् (vedanam) - the cognition (vedana) (cognition, perception, knowledge)

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

• जगत्स्थितम् (jagatsthitam) - that which constitutes the world (world-situated, that which is situated as the world)

• अकारणम् (akāraṇam) - without cause (without cause, causeless)

• अचैतन्यम् (acaitanyam) - without consciousness (without consciousness, unconscious)

• शून्यत्वेन (śūnyatvena) - by virtue of its emptiness (śūnyatva) (by emptiness, by virtue of voidness)

• यथा (yathā) - just like (just as, as, according to)

• नभः (nabhaḥ) - space (nabhas) (sky, atmosphere, space)

Words meanings and morphology

अवेदने (avedane) - in the non-cognizant state (avedana) (in the unknowing, in the non-perception, in the non-cognition)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of avedana

avedana - non-perception, unknowing, non-cognition

Negative prefix a- to vedana (cognition)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vedana)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• vedana – cognition, perception, knowledge
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root vid (to know)
  Root: vid (class 2)

परे (pare) - in that supreme (state) (in the supreme, in the higher)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, higher, other, ultimate

शुद्धे (śuddhe) - in the pure (state) (in the pure, in the clear)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of śuddha

śuddha - pure, clean, clear, faultless

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root śudh (to purify)

Root: śudh (class 4)

वेदनम् (vedanam) - the cognition (vedana) (cognition, perception, knowledge)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vedana

vedana - cognition, perception, knowledge, sensation

Derived from root vid (to know)

Root: vid (class 2)

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

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yat

yad - which, what, that

जगत्स्थितम् (jagatsthitam) - that which constitutes the world (world-situated, that which is situated as the world)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagatsthita

jagatsthita - situated in the world; constituting the world

Compound of jagat (world) and sthita (situated)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jagat+sthita)

• jagat – world, universe
  noun (neuter)
  Present participle of gam, used as a noun
  Root: gam (class 1)
• sthita – situated, standing, abiding, existing
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root sthā (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

अकारणम् (akāraṇam) - without cause (without cause, causeless)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of akāraṇa

akāraṇa - without cause, causeless

Negative prefix a- to kāraṇa (cause)

Compound type : nañ-bahuvrīhi (a+kāraṇa)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root kṛ (to do)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

अचैतन्यम् (acaitanyam) - without consciousness (without consciousness, unconscious)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of acaitanya

acaitanya - unconsciousness, inertness, without consciousness

Negative prefix a- to caitanya (consciousness)

Compound type : nañ-bahuvrīhi (a+caitanya)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• caitanya – consciousness, intelligence, spirit
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from cetana (conscious)
  Root: cit (class 1)

शून्यत्वेन (śūnyatvena) - by virtue of its emptiness (śūnyatva) (by emptiness, by virtue of voidness)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śūnyatva

śūnyatva - emptiness, voidness, nothingness

Derived from śūnya (empty) + -tva (suffix for abstract noun)

Root: śūny

यथा (yathā) - just like (just as, as, according to)

(indeclinable)

नभः (nabhaḥ) - space (nabhas) (sky, atmosphere, space)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nabhas

nabhas - sky, atmosphere, space, cloud

Root: nah