योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-9, verse-25

यच्छिष्टं तन्न किंचिद्वा किंचिद्वापीदमाततम् ।
तत्रैवं दृश्यते सर्वं न किंचन च दृश्यते ॥ २५ ॥

yacchiṣṭaṃ tanna kiṃcidvā kiṃcidvāpīdamātatam ,
tatraivaṃ dṛśyate sarvaṃ na kiṃcana ca dṛśyate 25

25. yat śiṣṭam tat na kiṃcit vā kiṃcit vā api idam ātatam
tatra evam dṛśyate sarvam na kiṃcana ca dṛśyate

25. yat śiṣṭam tat na kiṃcit vā kiṃcit vā api idam ātatam.
tatra evam sarvam dṛśyate ca na kiṃcana dṛśyate.

25. What remains is neither utter nothingness (kiñcit) nor a vast, expanded something (kiñcit). In that very state, everything is thus perceived, and yet nothing whatsoever is perceived.

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - what, which

• शिष्टम् (śiṣṭam) - Functions here as a noun: 'that which remains'. (remained, left over, remaining)

• तत् (tat) - that, that one

• न (na) - not, no

• किंचित् (kiṁcit) - With 'na', it means 'nothing'. (anything, something, a little, nothing (with na))

• वा (vā) - or

• किंचित् (kiṁcit) - With 'na', it means 'nothing'. (anything, something, a little, nothing (with na))

• वा (vā) - or

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• इदम् (idam) - this, this one

• आततम् (ātatam) - vast, expanded, stretched out

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that case, in that state

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way, similarly

• दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen, appears, is perceived

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - Functions as a noun here: 'everything'. (all, everything)

• न (na) - not, no

• किंचन (kiṁcana) - Used with 'na' to form 'nothing whatsoever'. (nothing whatsoever, not at all)

• च (ca) - and

• दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen, appears, is perceived

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - what, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that which

शिष्टम् (śiṣṭam) - Functions here as a noun: 'that which remains'. (remained, left over, remaining)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śiṣṭa

śiṣṭa - remaining, left over, taught, disciplined

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root śiṣ (to leave, to discipline) with suffix -ta

Root: śiṣ (class 7)

तत् (tat) - that, that one

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, that one

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

किंचित् (kiṁcit) - With 'na', it means 'nothing'. (anything, something, a little, nothing (with na))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiṃcit

kiṁcit - anything, something, a little, a certain, nothing (when used with na)

Compound of kim (what) + cit (an indefinite particle)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (kim+cit)

• kim – what?, which?
  pronoun (neuter)
• cit – an indefinite particle (meaning 'some', 'a certain')
  indeclinable

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

किंचित् (kiṁcit) - With 'na', it means 'nothing'. (anything, something, a little, nothing (with na))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiṃcit

kiṁcit - anything, something, a little, a certain, nothing (when used with na)

Compound of kim (what) + cit (an indefinite particle)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (kim+cit)

• kim – what?, which?
  pronoun (neuter)
• cit – an indefinite particle (meaning 'some', 'a certain')
  indeclinable

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

आततम् (ātatam) - vast, expanded, stretched out

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ātata

ātata - stretched out, spread, vast, extensive, pervaded

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root tan (to stretch) with upasarga ā, suffix -ta

Prefix: ā

Root: tan (class 8)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that case, in that state

(indeclinable)

Derived from tad (that) + tra (suffix for place)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way, similarly

(indeclinable)

दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen, appears, is perceived

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of dṛśyate

Present tense, 3rd person singular, passive voice, from root dṛś (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - Functions as a noun here: 'everything'. (all, everything)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

किंचन (kiṁcana) - Used with 'na' to form 'nothing whatsoever'. (nothing whatsoever, not at all)

(indeclinable)

Compound of kim (what) + cana (an indefinite particle)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (kim+cana)

• kim – what?, which?
  pronoun (neuter)
• cana – an indefinite particle (meaning 'some', 'a certain', 'ever')
  indeclinable

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen, appears, is perceived

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of dṛśyate

Present tense, 3rd person singular, passive voice, from root dṛś (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)