योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-131, verse-22

अभावः खे च खमिदं सर्गादौ परमाम्बरम् ।
स्वयं जगदिवाभाति नान्यत्प्रलयसर्गकौ ॥ २२ ॥

abhāvaḥ khe ca khamidaṃ sargādau paramāmbaram ,
svayaṃ jagadivābhāti nānyatpralayasargakau 22

22. abhāvaḥ khe ca kham idam sarga-ādau param-ambaram
svayam jagat iva ābhāti na anyat pralaya-sargakau

22. abhāvaḥ khe ca (asti).
idam kham sarga-ādau param-ambaram (asti).
svayam jagat iva ābhāti.
pralaya-sargakau anyat na (astaḥ).

22. Non-existence resides within space (kham), and this very space, which is the supreme expanse (param-ambaram) at the outset of creation (sarga), itself appears as the world. There is nothing else; dissolution and creation (sarga) are not separate realities.

Words meanings summery:

• अभावः (abhāvaḥ) - non-existence, absence, negation

• खे (khe) - in space, in the ether, in the sky

• च (ca) - and, also

• खम् (kham) - space, ether, sky, void

• इदम् (idam) - this, this one

• सर्ग-आदौ (sarga-ādau) - at the beginning of creation, in the primal creation

• परम्-अम्बरम् (param-ambaram) - the supreme space, ultimate ether, highest expanse

• स्वयम् (svayam) - by itself, oneself, spontaneously

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe, that which moves

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• आभाति (ābhāti) - appears, manifests, shines forth

• न (na) - not, no

• अन्यत् (anyat) - another, other, something else

• प्रलय-सर्गकौ (pralaya-sargakau) - dissolution and creation (dual)

Words meanings and morphology

अभावः (abhāvaḥ) - non-existence, absence, negation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhāva

abhāva - non-existence, absence, negation, destruction

Compound type : tatpurusha (a+bhāva)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• bhāva – being, existence, state, nature
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

खे (khe) - in space, in the ether, in the sky

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kha

kha - space, ether, sky, void

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

खम् (kham) - space, ether, sky, void

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kha

kha - space, ether, sky, void

इदम् (idam) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, here

सर्ग-आदौ (sarga-ādau) - at the beginning of creation, in the primal creation

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of sarga-ādi

sarga-ādi - beginning of creation, primal creation

Compound type : tatpurusha (sarga+ādi)

• sarga – creation, emission, discharge
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sṛj (class 6)
• ādi – beginning, origin, first
  noun (masculine)

परम्-अम्बरम् (param-ambaram) - the supreme space, ultimate ether, highest expanse

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of param-ambara

param-ambara - supreme ether/sky, highest expanse

Compound type : karmadhāraya (para+ambara)

• para – supreme, highest, ultimate
  adjective (neuter)
• ambara – sky, atmosphere, space, clothing
  noun (neuter)

स्वयम् (svayam) - by itself, oneself, spontaneously

(indeclinable)

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe, that which moves

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, people, that which moves

Root: gam (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

आभाति (ābhāti) - appears, manifests, shines forth

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of ā-bhā

Prefix: ā

Root: bhā (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अन्यत् (anyat) - another, other, something else

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

प्रलय-सर्गकौ (pralaya-sargakau) - dissolution and creation (dual)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of pralaya-sargaka

pralaya-sargaka - dissolution and creation (as a pair)

Compound type : dvandva (pralaya+sargaka)

• pralaya – dissolution, destruction, reabsorption
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: lī (class 4)
• sargaka – creator, causing creation; (here referring to the act/state of) creation
  noun (masculine)
  From sarga + -ka suffix
  Root: sṛj (class 6)

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