योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-105, verse-8

आभातमेव त्रैलोक्यं यथा स्वप्ने न किंचन ।
शून्यमेव भवेदेवमेवं जाग्रति निर्वपुः ॥ ८ ॥

ābhātameva trailokyaṃ yathā svapne na kiṃcana ,
śūnyameva bhavedevamevaṃ jāgrati nirvapuḥ 8

8. ābhātam eva trailokyam yathā svapne na kiṃcana
śūnyam eva bhavet evam evam jāgrati nirvapuḥ

8. yathā svapne ābhātam eva trailokyam na kiṃcana,
evam evam nirvapuḥ jāgrati śūnyam eva bhavet.

8. Just as the three worlds (trailokyam) appear vividly in a dream but are truly nothing at all, so too, in the waking state, this bodiless (nirvapuḥ) [reality] is indeed empty (śūnyam) in the same way.

Words meanings summery:

• आभातम् (ābhātam) - appeared, manifested, shone

• एव (eva) - here, emphasizes the preceding participle 'ābhātam' (only, just, indeed, certainly)

• त्रैलोक्यम् (trailokyam) - Refers to heaven, earth, and the underworld, representing the entire phenomenal existence. (the three worlds, the three realms)

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in the manner that

• स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream, in the dream state

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• किंचन (kiṁcana) - anything at all, nothing whatsoever

• शून्यम् (śūnyam) - empty, void, vacant, non-existent

• एव (eva) - here, emphasizes the adjective 'śūnyam' (only, just, indeed, certainly)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - it would be, it may be, it should be

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• जाग्रति (jāgrati) - in the waking state, while awake

• निर्वपुः (nirvapuḥ) - Refers to the true nature of reality or the Self, which is without physical form. (bodiless, formless, without body)

Words meanings and morphology

आभातम् (ābhātam) - appeared, manifested, shone

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ābhāta

ābhāta - appeared, manifested, shone

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √bhā with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: bhā (class 2)

एव (eva) - here, emphasizes the preceding participle 'ābhātam' (only, just, indeed, certainly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

त्रैलोक्यम् (trailokyam) - Refers to heaven, earth, and the underworld, representing the entire phenomenal existence. (the three worlds, the three realms)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of trailokya

trailokya - the three worlds, the three realms

Compound of 'tri' (three) and 'loka' (world)

Compound type : dvigu (tri+loka)

• tri – three
  numeral
• loka – world, realm, people
  noun (masculine)
  Root: √lok (class 1)

Note: Subject of the first clause.

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in the manner that

(indeclinable)

स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream, in the dream state

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - dream, sleep

Root: √svap (class 2)

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

किंचन (kiṁcana) - anything at all, nothing whatsoever

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiṃcana

kiṁcana - anything at all, nothing whatsoever

Emphatic form of 'kiṃcit'

शून्यम् (śūnyam) - empty, void, vacant, non-existent

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śūnya

śūnya - empty, void, vacant, non-existent

Derived from root √śū

Root: śū (class 5)

Note: Predicate adjective.

एव (eva) - here, emphasizes the adjective 'śūnyam' (only, just, indeed, certainly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

भवेत् (bhavet) - it would be, it may be, it should be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of bhū

Optative Mood

3rd person singular optative active of √bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

Note: Repeated for emphasis: 'in this very same way'.

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

जाग्रति (jāgrati) - in the waking state, while awake

(participle)

Locative, singular of jāgrat

jāgrat - waking, awake

Present Active Participle

Derived from root √jāgṛ

Root: jāgṛ (class 2)

निर्वपुः (nirvapuḥ) - Refers to the true nature of reality or the Self, which is without physical form. (bodiless, formless, without body)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nirvapus

nirvapus - bodiless, formless, without body

Compound of 'nis' (without) and 'vapus' (body/form)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+vapus)

• nis – out, without, away
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating absence
• vapus – body, form, figure
  noun (neuter)
  Root: √vap (class 1)

Note: Agrees with an implied subject (e.g., 'this reality' or 'the Self').