योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-7, chapter-138, verse-29
अस्ति चिन्मात्रममलमनन्ताकाशरूपि यत् ।
सर्वदा सर्वरूपात्म न जगन्न च दृश्यता ॥ २९ ॥
सर्वदा सर्वरूपात्म न जगन्न च दृश्यता ॥ २९ ॥
asti cinmātramamalamanantākāśarūpi yat ,
sarvadā sarvarūpātma na jaganna ca dṛśyatā 29
sarvadā sarvarūpātma na jaganna ca dṛśyatā 29
29.
asti cinmātram amalam anantākāśarūpi yat
sarvadā sarvarūpātma na jagat na ca dṛśyatā
sarvadā sarvarūpātma na jagat na ca dṛśyatā
29.
yat cinmātram amalam anantākāśarūpi asti
sarvadā sarvarūpātma na jagat na ca dṛśyatā
sarvadā sarvarūpātma na jagat na ca dṛśyatā
29.
That which exists as mere consciousness, pure and resembling infinite space, is always the essential nature (ātman) of all forms. It is neither the material world nor its perceivable appearance.
Words meanings summery:
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- अस्ति (asti) - exists, is
- चिन्मात्रम् (cinmātram) - mere consciousness, pure consciousness, solely consciousness
- अमलम् (amalam) - pure, spotless, stainless, immaculate
- अनन्ताकाशरूपि (anantākāśarūpi) - having the form of infinite space, whose nature is infinite space
- यत् (yat) - that which (refers to the ultimate reality) (which, what)
- सर्वदा (sarvadā) - always, at all times, ever
- सर्वरूपात्म (sarvarūpātma) - the essential nature (ātman) of all forms (the Self of all forms, whose (ātman) is all forms)
- न (na) - not, no
- जगत् (jagat) - the material world, the phenomenal existence (world, universe, moving)
- न (na) - not, no
- च (ca) - nor (in combination with 'na') (and, also, moreover)
- दृश्यता (dṛśyatā) - its perceivable appearance, its manifestation as phenomena (perceptibility, visibility, appearance, phenomenality)
Words meanings and morphology
अस्ति (asti) - exists, is
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as
Present Active Indic
3rd person singular
Root: as (class 2)
चिन्मात्रम् (cinmātram) - mere consciousness, pure consciousness, solely consciousness
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of cinmātra
cinmātra - consisting of consciousness only, pure consciousness
Compound type : karmadhāraya (cit+mātra)
- cit – consciousness, thought, understanding
noun (feminine)
Root: cit (class 1) - mātra – only, mere, just
indeclinable
Note: Modifies the implied subject "That" (yat).
अमलम् (amalam) - pure, spotless, stainless, immaculate
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of amala
amala - stainless, pure, faultless
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+mala)
- a – not, non-, un-
prefix - mala – impurity, dirt, stain, fault
noun (neuter)
Root: mal
Note: Modifies the implied subject "That" (yat).
अनन्ताकाशरूपि (anantākāśarūpi) - having the form of infinite space, whose nature is infinite space
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of anantākāśarūpin
anantākāśarūpin - having the form of infinite space
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ananta+ākāśa+rūpin)
- ananta – infinite, endless, boundless
adjective (masculine)
Prefix: an
Root: ant - ākāśa – space, ether, sky
noun (masculine)
Prefix: ā
Root: kāś (class 1) - rūpin – having a form, in the form of
suffix (masculine)
Suffix -in indicating possession of form
Root: rūp
Note: Modifies the implied subject "That" (yat).
यत् (yat) - that which (refers to the ultimate reality) (which, what)
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of yad
yad - which, what, that
Note: Subject of the first clause.
सर्वदा (sarvadā) - always, at all times, ever
(indeclinable)
Suffix -dā indicating 'at all times'.
Note: Temporal adverb.
सर्वरूपात्म (sarvarūpātma) - the essential nature (ātman) of all forms (the Self of all forms, whose (ātman) is all forms)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of sarvarūpātman
sarvarūpātman - having all forms as one's Self (ātman)
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sarva+rūpa+ātman)
- sarva – all, every, whole
adjective (masculine) - rūpa – form, shape, appearance
noun (neuter)
Root: rūp - ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature
noun (masculine)
Root: an
Note: Predicative adjective for the implied subject "That" (yat).
न (na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
Note: Negates 'jagat'.
जगत् (jagat) - the material world, the phenomenal existence (world, universe, moving)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat
jagat - world, universe; moving
Present Active Participle
From root gam (to go) with reduplication, used as a noun.
Root: gam (class 1)
Note: Predicate noun negated by 'na'.
न (na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
Note: Negates 'dṛśyatā'.
च (ca) - nor (in combination with 'na') (and, also, moreover)
(indeclinable)
Note: Connects the negated predicates.
दृश्यता (dṛśyatā) - its perceivable appearance, its manifestation as phenomena (perceptibility, visibility, appearance, phenomenality)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of dṛśyatā
dṛśyatā - perceptibility, visibility, appearance
Derived from dṛśya (visible, perceptible) + -tā (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns).
Root: dṛś (class 1)
Note: Predicate noun negated by 'na'.