योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-148, verse-19

व्योमैवाचेत्यचिन्मात्रभानमेकमिदं ततम् ।
जाग्रत्स्वप्नसुषुप्त्याख्याः पर्यायरचना इह ॥ १९ ॥

vyomaivācetyacinmātrabhānamekamidaṃ tatam ,
jāgratsvapnasuṣuptyākhyāḥ paryāyaracanā iha 19

19. vyoma eva acetyācinmātrabhānam ekam idam tatam
jāgratasvapnasuṣuptyākhyāḥ paryāyaracanāḥ iha

19. iha ekam idam tatam acetyācinmātrabhānam vyoma
eva jāgratasvapnasuṣuptyākhyāḥ paryāyaracanāḥ

19. This one (ekam), pervasive (tatam) reality is pure space (vyoman) itself, manifesting as unknowable (acetya) pure consciousness (acinmātra). Here, the designations waking (jāgrat), dream (svapna), and deep sleep (suṣupti) are but successive arrangements (paryāyaracanā).

Words meanings summery:

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

• एव (eva) - itself (only, just, indeed, precisely)

• अचेत्याचिन्मात्रभानम् (acetyācinmātrabhānam) - manifesting as unknowable and consisting solely of consciousness (manifestation of unknowable pure consciousness)

• एकम् (ekam) - one (one, single, unique)

• इदम् (idam) - this (this, this one)

• ततम् (tatam) - pervasive (pervaded, extended, spread out)

• जाग्रतस्वप्नसुषुप्त्याख्याः (jāgratasvapnasuṣuptyākhyāḥ) - the designations waking (jāgrat), dream (svapna), and deep sleep (suṣupti) (named waking, dream, and deep sleep)

• पर्यायरचनाः (paryāyaracanāḥ) - successive arrangements (successive arrangements, alternate formations, sequential manifestations)

• इह (iha) - here, in this context (here, in this world, in this case)

Words meanings and morphology

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

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vyoman

vyoman - space, sky, ether

Root: vi + av

एव (eva) - itself (only, just, indeed, precisely)

(indeclinable)

अचेत्याचिन्मात्रभानम् (acetyācinmātrabhānam) - manifesting as unknowable and consisting solely of consciousness (manifestation of unknowable pure consciousness)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of acetyācinmātrabhāna

acetyācinmātrabhāna - unknowable pure consciousness-shining

Compound, nominative singular neuter

Compound type : karmadhāraya (acetya+acinmātra+bhāna)

• acetya – unknowable, unperceivable, incomprehensible
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive (Potential Passive Participle) with negation
  a (negation) + root cit (to perceive) + ya (gerundive suffix)
  Prefix: a
  Root: cit (class 1)
• acinmātra – consisting solely of consciousness or spirit, pure intellect
  adjective (neuter)
  Compound from 'cit' (consciousness/spirit) and 'mātra' (only/mere). The 'a' here is not a simple negation but implies a higher, unconditioned form of consciousness, distinct from individual mind (citta).
• bhāna – shining, appearance, manifestation
  noun (neuter)
  from root bhā (to shine)
  Root: bhā (class 2)

Note: Compound.

एकम् (ekam) - one (one, single, unique)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique

इदम् (idam) - this (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

ततम् (tatam) - pervasive (pervaded, extended, spread out)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tata

tata - pervaded, extended, spread out

Past Passive Participle

from root tan (to extend, to stretch)

Root: tan (class 8)

जाग्रतस्वप्नसुषुप्त्याख्याः (jāgratasvapnasuṣuptyākhyāḥ) - the designations waking (jāgrat), dream (svapna), and deep sleep (suṣupti) (named waking, dream, and deep sleep)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of jāgratasvapnasuṣuptyākhya

jāgratasvapnasuṣuptyākhya - named waking, dream, and deep sleep

Compound, nominative plural feminine

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (jāgrat+svapna+suṣupti+ākhyā)

• jāgrat – waking, waking state
  noun (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  from root jāgṛ (to wake)
  Root: jāgṛ (class 2)
• svapna – dream, sleep
  noun (masculine)
  from root svap (to sleep)
  Root: svap (class 2)
• suṣupti – deep sleep
  noun (feminine)
  from su (prefix) + root svap (to sleep)
  Prefix: su
  Root: svap (class 2)
• ākhyā – name, designation
  noun (feminine)
  from prefix ā + root khyā (to tell, to name)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Compound.

पर्यायरचनाः (paryāyaracanāḥ) - successive arrangements (successive arrangements, alternate formations, sequential manifestations)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of paryāyaracanā

paryāyaracanā - successive arrangement, alternate formation

Compound, nominative plural feminine

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (paryāya+racanā)

• paryāya – succession, turn, alternative
  noun (masculine)
  from prefix pari + root i (to go)
  Prefix: pari
  Root: i (class 2)
• racanā – arrangement, formation, composition
  noun (feminine)
  from root rac (to arrange, to make)
  Root: rac (class 10)

Note: Compound.

इह (iha) - here, in this context (here, in this world, in this case)

(indeclinable)

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