योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-161, verse-18

यदिदं दृश्यते किंचित्तद्ब्रह्मैव निरामयम् ।
चिदाकाशमनाद्यन्तं तत्कथं किं प्रशाम्यति ॥ १८ ॥

yadidaṃ dṛśyate kiṃcittadbrahmaiva nirāmayam ,
cidākāśamanādyantaṃ tatkathaṃ kiṃ praśāmyati 18

18. yat idam dṛśyate kiṃcit tat brahma eva nirāmayam
cidākāśam anādyantam tat katham kim praśāmyati

18. yat idam kiṃcit dṛśyate tat brahma eva nirāmayam (asti).
tat cidākāśam anādyantam (asti).
katham kim praśāmyati?

18. Whatever little is perceived here, that is verily the flawless Brahman itself. How could that expanse of consciousness (cit-ākāśa), which is without beginning or end, possibly subside or cease?

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - which, whatever

• इदम् (idam) - this

• दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen, is perceived

• किंचित् (kiṁcit) - something, anything, a little

• तत् (tat) - that

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman, the ultimate reality

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• निरामयम् (nirāmayam) - flawless, free from illness/defect, pure

• चिदाकाशम् (cidākāśam) - The expansive and pervasive nature of consciousness (cit-ākāśa). (the space of consciousness; the ethereal consciousness)

• अनाद्यन्तम् (anādyantam) - without beginning or end; eternal

• तत् (tat) - that (referring to Brahman/consciousness)

• कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

• किम् (kim) - Used to emphasize the impossibility of something ceasing. (what? (often used as an interrogative particle))

• प्रशाम्यति (praśāmyati) - subsides, ceases, calms down completely

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - which, whatever

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, whatever

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen, is perceived

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

किंचित् (kiṁcit) - something, anything, a little

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiṃcit

kiṁcit - something, anything, a little, whatever

Compound type : indeclinable-compound (kim+cit)

• kim – what, which
  pronoun
• cit – indefinite particle (used with interrogative pronouns)
  indeclinable

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman, the ultimate reality

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - the ultimate reality, the absolute, the Supreme Being

Root: bṛh (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

निरामयम् (nirāmayam) - flawless, free from illness/defect, pure

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nirāmaya

nirāmaya - healthy, free from disease, flawless, pure

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+āmaya)

• nis – without, out, away (prefix)
  indeclinable
• āmaya – illness, disease, defect, suffering
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: am (class 1)

चिदाकाशम् (cidākāśam) - The expansive and pervasive nature of consciousness (cit-ākāśa). (the space of consciousness; the ethereal consciousness)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cidākāśa

cidākāśa - consciousness-space, the infinite expanse of consciousness

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cit+ākāśa)

• cit – consciousness, spirit, knowledge
  noun (feminine)
• ākāśa – space, ether, sky
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kāś (class 1)

अनाद्यन्तम् (anādyantam) - without beginning or end; eternal

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anādyanta

anādyanta - beginningless and endless, eternal

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (anādi+ananta)

• anādi – beginningless, eternal
  adjective
• ananta – endless, infinite, eternal
  adjective

तत् (tat) - that (referring to Brahman/consciousness)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

(indeclinable)

किम् (kim) - Used to emphasize the impossibility of something ceasing. (what? (often used as an interrogative particle))

(indeclinable)

प्रशाम्यति (praśāmyati) - subsides, ceases, calms down completely

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of praśam

Prefix: pra

Root: śam (class 4)

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