योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-6, chapter-80, verse-54
चेतनाचेतनं भूतजातं व्योम तथाखिलम् ।
सर्वं चिन्मात्रसन्मात्रं शून्यमात्रं यथा नभः ॥ ५४ ॥
सर्वं चिन्मात्रसन्मात्रं शून्यमात्रं यथा नभः ॥ ५४ ॥
cetanācetanaṃ bhūtajātaṃ vyoma tathākhilam ,
sarvaṃ cinmātrasanmātraṃ śūnyamātraṃ yathā nabhaḥ 54
sarvaṃ cinmātrasanmātraṃ śūnyamātraṃ yathā nabhaḥ 54
54.
cetanācetanam bhūtajātam vyoma tathā akhilam
sarvam cinmātrasanmātram śūnyamātram yathā nabhaḥ
sarvam cinmātrasanmātram śūnyamātram yathā nabhaḥ
54.
cetanācetanam bhūtajātam tathā akhilam vyoma
sarvam cinmātrasanmātram śūnyamātram yathā nabhaḥ
sarvam cinmātrasanmātram śūnyamātram yathā nabhaḥ
54.
The entire multitude of conscious and unconscious beings, as well as all space and everything else, is merely pure consciousness, merely pure existence, and merely a void, just like the sky (nabhaḥ).
Words meanings summery:
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- चेतनाचेतनम् (cetanācetanam) - the conscious and the unconscious, animate and inanimate
- भूतजातम् (bhūtajātam) - the multitude of beings, collection of creatures, all created things
- व्योम (vyoma) - sky, ether, space
- तथा (tathā) - and, thus, so, also
- अखिलम् (akhilam) - entire, all, complete
- सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole, entire
- चिन्मात्रसन्मात्रम् (cinmātrasanmātram) - merely consciousness and merely existence, purely consciousness and purely being
- शून्यमात्रम् (śūnyamātram) - merely void, pure emptiness
- यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way
- नभः (nabhaḥ) - sky, atmosphere, space
Words meanings and morphology
चेतनाचेतनम् (cetanācetanam) - the conscious and the unconscious, animate and inanimate
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of cetanācetana
cetanācetana - conscious and unconscious, animate and inanimate
Compound type : dvandva (cetana+acetana)
- cetana – conscious, intelligent, sentient, animate
adjective
Root: cit (class 1) - acetana – unconscious, non-intelligent, insentient, inanimate
adjective
Prefix: a
Root: cit (class 1)
Note: functioning as a collective noun or an adjective modifying bhūtajātam
भूतजातम् (bhūtajātam) - the multitude of beings, collection of creatures, all created things
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of bhūtajāta
bhūtajāta - multitude of beings, collection of creatures, all created things
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūta+jāta)
- bhūta – being, creature, element, what has been, past
noun
Past Passive Participle
Root: bhū (class 1) - jāta – born, produced, multitude, collection
noun
Past Passive Participle
Root: jan (class 4)
व्योम (vyoma) - sky, ether, space
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of vyoman
vyoman - sky, ether, space
तथा (tathā) - and, thus, so, also
(indeclinable)
अखिलम् (akhilam) - entire, all, complete
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of akhila
akhila - entire, all, complete, without defect
Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+khila)
- a – not, non-
indeclinable - khila – deficient, lacking, waste land, gap
adjective
Note: here agreeing with vyoma and bhūtajātam (collective singular)
सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole, entire
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva
sarva - all, whole, entire
चिन्मात्रसन्मात्रम् (cinmātrasanmātram) - merely consciousness and merely existence, purely consciousness and purely being
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of cinmātrasanmātra
cinmātrasanmātra - merely consciousness and merely existence
Compound type : dvandva (cinmātra+sanmātra)
- cinmātra – merely consciousness, pure consciousness
adjective - sanmātra – merely existence, pure existence
adjective
शून्यमात्रम् (śūnyamātram) - merely void, pure emptiness
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of śūnyamātra
śūnyamātra - merely void, pure emptiness
Compound type : karmadhāraya (śūnya+mātra)
- śūnya – void, empty, zero, nonexistent
adjective - mātra – merely, only, consisting of
indeclinable
यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way
(indeclinable)
नभः (nabhaḥ) - sky, atmosphere, space
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of nabhas
nabhas - sky, atmosphere, space