योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-127, verse-11

आलोकालोकमेवाथ नभःखातं ततो महत् ।
तम एकार्णवाकारं स्थितं तत्र क्वचित्क्वचित् ॥ ११ ॥

ālokālokamevātha nabhaḥkhātaṃ tato mahat ,
tama ekārṇavākāraṃ sthitaṃ tatra kvacitkvacit 11

11. āloka-ālokaṃ eva atha nabhaḥ-khātam tataḥ mahat
tamaḥ eka-arṇava-ākāram sthitam tatra kvacit kvacit

11. atha eva,
āloka-ālokaṃ ca,
tataḥ mahat nabhaḥ-khātam.
tatra kvacit kvacit,
eka-arṇava-ākāram tamaḥ sthitam.

11. Then, indeed, (there is) light and darkness, and the great ethereal void of space that arose from it. Within it, here and there, darkness resembling a single ocean is situated.

Words meanings summery:

• आलोक-आलोकं (āloka-ālokaṁ) - light and darkness (light and non-light, light and darkness)

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

• अथ (atha) - then, immediately (then, thereupon, now, immediately)

• नभः-खातम् (nabhaḥ-khātam) - ethereal void of space (ethereal space, void of atmosphere, great void)

• ततः (tataḥ) - from that (previous state/entity) (thence, from that, afterwards, therefore)

• महत् (mahat) - great, vast, large, important

• तमः (tamaḥ) - darkness (darkness, gloom, ignorance, inertia)

• एक-अर्णव-आकारम् (eka-arṇava-ākāram) - resembling a single ocean (having the form of a single ocean, resembling a vast flood)

• स्थितम् (sthitam) - is situated (situated, existing, placed)

• तत्र (tatra) - within it (there, in that place, then)

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - here and there (somewhere, in some place, at some time, perhaps)

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - here and there (somewhere, in some place, at some time, perhaps)

Words meanings and morphology

आलोक-आलोकं (āloka-ālokaṁ) - light and darkness (light and non-light, light and darkness)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āloka-āloka

āloka-āloka - light and non-light, light and darkness, the alternation of light

Compound type : dvandva (āloka+āloka)

• āloka – light, sight, appearance
  noun (masculine)
• āloka – light, sight, appearance
  noun (masculine)

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, just, only, exactly)

(indeclinable)

अथ (atha) - then, immediately (then, thereupon, now, immediately)

(indeclinable)

नभः-खातम् (nabhaḥ-khātam) - ethereal void of space (ethereal space, void of atmosphere, great void)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nabhaḥ-khāta

nabhaḥ-khāta - hollow of the sky, ethereal void, atmospheric space

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nabhas+khāta)

• nabhas – sky, atmosphere, ether
  noun (neuter)
• khāta – cavity, hole, void, ditch
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle (root khan-)
  Root: khan (class 1)

ततः (tataḥ) - from that (previous state/entity) (thence, from that, afterwards, therefore)

(indeclinable)

महत् (mahat) - great, vast, large, important

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast, mighty, important

तमः (tamaḥ) - darkness (darkness, gloom, ignorance, inertia)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tamas

tamas - darkness, gloom, ignorance, one of the three guṇas

एक-अर्णव-आकारम् (eka-arṇava-ākāram) - resembling a single ocean (having the form of a single ocean, resembling a vast flood)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of eka-arṇava-ākāra

eka-arṇava-ākāra - having the form of a single ocean (as at the dissolution of the world)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (eka+arṇava+ākāra)

• eka – one, single
  numeral (masculine)
• arṇava – ocean, sea, flood
  noun (masculine)
• ākāra – form, shape, appearance, semblance
  noun (masculine)

स्थितम् (sthitam) - is situated (situated, existing, placed)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sthita

sthita - stood, situated, existing, remaining

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sthā- (to stand, stay)

Root: sthā (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - within it (there, in that place, then)

(indeclinable)

क्वचित् (kvacit) - here and there (somewhere, in some place, at some time, perhaps)

(indeclinable)

Note: Repetition implies 'here and there'.

क्वचित् (kvacit) - here and there (somewhere, in some place, at some time, perhaps)

(indeclinable)

Note: Repetition implies 'here and there'.