योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-116, verse-25

जगतां यत्र लक्षाणि न भवन्त्युद्भवन्ति च ।
तच्छून्यमुच्यते व्योम धिक्पाण्डित्यमखण्डितम ॥ २५ ॥

jagatāṃ yatra lakṣāṇi na bhavantyudbhavanti ca ,
tacchūnyamucyate vyoma dhikpāṇḍityamakhaṇḍitama 25

25. jagatām yatra lakṣāṇi na bhavanti udbhavanti ca
tat śūnyam ucyate vyoma dhik pāṇḍityam akhaṇḍitam

25. Where millions of worlds neither originate nor truly exist, that void is called space (vyoma). Shame on such uninterrupted scholarship!

Words meanings summery:

• जगताम् (jagatām) - of the worlds, of the universe

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place, wherein

• लक्षाणि (lakṣāṇi) - millions, hundreds of thousands

• न (na) - not, no

• भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they are, they exist, they become

• उद्भवन्ति (udbhavanti) - they arise, they originate, they are born

• च (ca) - and, also

• तत् (tat) - that

• शून्यम् (śūnyam) - void, empty, nothingness

• उच्यते (ucyate) - it is said, it is called

• व्योम (vyoma) - space (vyoma) (sky, space, ether)

• धिक् (dhik) - fie!, shame on!, woe to!

• पाण्डित्यम् (pāṇḍityam) - scholarship, learning, erudition

• अखण्डितम् (akhaṇḍitam) - unbroken, uninterrupted, undivided, complete

Words meanings and morphology

जगताम् (jagatām) - of the worlds, of the universe

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, living being

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place, wherein

(indeclinable)

लक्षाणि (lakṣāṇi) - millions, hundreds of thousands

(noun)

neuter, plural of lakṣa

lakṣa - hundred thousand, a లక్ష

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they are, they exist, they become

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

उद्भवन्ति (udbhavanti) - they arise, they originate, they are born

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of ud-bhū

Prefix: ud

Root: bhū (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this

शून्यम् (śūnyam) - void, empty, nothingness

(adjective/noun)

उच्यते (ucyate) - it is said, it is called

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

व्योम (vyoma) - space (vyoma) (sky, space, ether)

(noun)

neuter, singular of vyoman

vyoman - sky, space, ether

धिक् (dhik) - fie!, shame on!, woe to!

(indeclinable)

पाण्डित्यम् (pāṇḍityam) - scholarship, learning, erudition

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pāṇḍitya

pāṇḍitya - scholarship, learning, erudition

अखण्डितम् (akhaṇḍitam) - unbroken, uninterrupted, undivided, complete

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of akhaṇḍita

akhaṇḍita - unbroken, uninterrupted, undivided, complete, unviolated

Past Passive Participle

Formed from `a-` (negative prefix) + root `khaṇḍ` (to break) + suffix `-ita`.

Prefix: a

Root: khaṇḍ (class 10)

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