योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-82, verse-23

आत्मन्येवात्मभावेन सर्वव्यापि निरञ्जनम् ।
चिन्मात्रममलोऽस्मीति ज्ञानादित्येन नश्यति ॥ २३ ॥

ātmanyevātmabhāvena sarvavyāpi nirañjanam ,
cinmātramamalo'smīti jñānādityena naśyati 23

23. ātmani eva ātma-bhāvena sarva-vyāpi nirañjanam
cit-mātram amalaḥ asmi iti jñāna-ādityena naśyati

23. ātmani eva ātma-bhāvena,
sarva-vyāpi nirañjanam cit-mātram amalaḥ asmi iti,
jñāna-ādityena naśyati.

23. That [darkness of ignorance] is destroyed by the sun of knowledge, which arises from the understanding, 'I am pure consciousness (cit-mātra), all-pervading, and undefiled (nirañjana),' realized through the apprehension of the self (ātman) as abiding in the self (ātman) alone.

Words meanings summery:

• आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the self (ātman)

• एव (eva) - alone, only, indeed, just

• आत्म-भावेन (ātma-bhāvena) - by the conception of self, by the realization of self

• सर्व-व्यापि (sarva-vyāpi) - describing 'pure consciousness' (all-pervading, omnipresent)

• निरञ्जनम् (nirañjanam) - describing 'pure consciousness' (spotless, undefiled, pure)

• चित्-मात्रम् (cit-mātram) - pure consciousness, mere consciousness

• अमलः (amalaḥ) - pure, spotless, without blemish

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am, I exist

• इति (iti) - thus, saying, that (marks direct speech)

• ज्ञान-आदित्येन (jñāna-ādityena) - by the sun of knowledge

• नश्यति (naśyati) - is destroyed, perishes, disappears

Words meanings and morphology

आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the self (ātman)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence

एव (eva) - alone, only, indeed, just

(indeclinable)

आत्म-भावेन (ātma-bhāvena) - by the conception of self, by the realization of self

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of ātma-bhāvana

ātma-bhāvana - conception of self, realization of self, feeling of self

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (ātman+bhāvana)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)
• bhāvana – conception, contemplation, causing to be, imagination
  noun (neuter)
  Nomen actionis from causative of bhū
  Root: bhū (class 1)

सर्व-व्यापि (sarva-vyāpi) - describing 'pure consciousness' (all-pervading, omnipresent)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva-vyāpin

sarva-vyāpin - all-pervading, omnipresent

Derived from root vyāp (to pervade)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarva+vyāpin)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective (masculine)
• vyāpin – pervading, extending through
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun from vyāp
  Prefixes: vi+ā
  Root: āp (class 5)

निरञ्जनम् (nirañjanam) - describing 'pure consciousness' (spotless, undefiled, pure)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nirañjana

nirañjana - spotless, undefiled, pure, free from blemish or stain

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (nis+añjana)

• nis – without, out of, away
  indeclinable
  Negative or privative prefix
• añjana – ointment, stain, blemish, lampblack
  noun (neuter)
  Root: añj (class 7)

चित्-मात्रम् (cit-mātram) - pure consciousness, mere consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cit-mātra

cit-mātra - mere consciousness, pure consciousness, consciousness only

Compound type : karmadhāraya (cit+mātra)

• cit – consciousness, intelligence, spirit
  noun (feminine)
• mātra – only, merely, solely, measure
  adjective (neuter)

अमलः (amalaḥ) - pure, spotless, without blemish

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of amala

amala - pure, spotless, without blemish, clean

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+mala)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• mala – dirt, impurity, blemish
  noun (masculine)

अस्मि (asmi) - I am, I exist

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, saying, that (marks direct speech)

(indeclinable)

ज्ञान-आदित्येन (jñāna-ādityena) - by the sun of knowledge

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of jñāna-āditya

jñāna-āditya - sun of knowledge

Compound type : rūpaka-karmadhāraya (jñāna+āditya)

• jñāna – knowledge, wisdom, cognition
  noun (neuter)
  Nomen actionis from jñā
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• āditya – sun, son of Aditi
  noun (masculine)

नश्यति (naśyati) - is destroyed, perishes, disappears

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of naś

Root: naś (class 4)

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