योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-105, verse-2

जाग्रत्सुषुप्तमेवेदं शिलाजठरमेव वा ।
आकाशमेव वा शून्यं जगत्त्वेन च नोज्झितम् ॥ २ ॥

jāgratsuṣuptamevedaṃ śilājaṭharameva vā ,
ākāśameva vā śūnyaṃ jagattvena ca nojjhitam 2

2. jāgratsuṣuptam eva idam śilājaṭharam eva vā
ākāśam eva vā śūnyam jagattvena ca na ujjhitam

2. idam jāgratsuṣuptam eva,
vā śilājaṭharam eva,
vā ākāśam śūnyam eva ca jagattvena na ujjhitam

2. This (world-form) is indeed like a waking sleep, or like the interior of a rock, or like empty space; yet, it is not abandoned by its intrinsic nature (svabhāva) as the world.

Words meanings summery:

• जाग्रत्सुषुप्तम् (jāgratsuṣuptam) - waking sleep, a state of being awake yet experiencing as if in a dream

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• इदम् (idam) - this

• शिलाजठरम् (śilājaṭharam) - interior of a rock, belly of a rock

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• वा (vā) - or

• आकाशम् (ākāśam) - space, ether, sky

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• वा (vā) - or

• शून्यम् (śūnyam) - void, empty, nothingness

• जगत्त्वेन (jagattvena) - by virtue of being the world, by its world-nature

• च (ca) - and, also

• न (na) - not, no

• उज्झितम् (ujjhitam) - abandoned, left, discarded

Words meanings and morphology

जाग्रत्सुषुप्तम् (jāgratsuṣuptam) - waking sleep, a state of being awake yet experiencing as if in a dream

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jāgratsuṣupta

jāgratsuṣupta - waking sleep (a state combining waking and sleeping)

Compound type : dvandva (jāgrat+suṣupta)

• jāgrat – waking, awake
  participle (neuter)
  present active participle
  root jāgṛ + śatṛ suffix
  Root: jāgṛ (class 2)
• suṣupta – deep sleep, sleeping
  participle (neuter)
  past passive participle
  root svap with prefix su + kta suffix (v becomes u before pta)
  Prefix: su
  Root: svap (class 2)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

शिलाजठरम् (śilājaṭharam) - interior of a rock, belly of a rock

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śilājaṭhara

śilājaṭhara - interior of a rock, belly of a rock

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (śilā+jaṭhara)

• śilā – rock, stone
  noun (feminine)
• jaṭhara – belly, interior, hollow
  noun (neuter)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

आकाशम् (ākāśam) - space, ether, sky

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - space, ether, sky, vacuity

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

शून्यम् (śūnyam) - void, empty, nothingness

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śūnya

śūnya - empty, void, nothing, zero

जगत्त्वेन (jagattvena) - by virtue of being the world, by its world-nature

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of jagattva

jagattva - world-nature, state of being the world, world-ness

Compound type : karmadhāraya (jagat+tva)

• jagat – world, universe
  noun (neuter)
• tva – suffix for abstract nouns, -ness, -hood
  suffix (neuter)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

उज्झितम् (ujjhitam) - abandoned, left, discarded

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ujjhita

ujjhita - abandoned, left, cast off

past passive participle

root tyaj with prefix ut + kta suffix

Prefix: ut

Root: tyaj (class 1)

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