योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-7, chapter-161, verse-38
नास्त्येव विद्याऽविद्या वा चिदेवेयं कचत्यजा ।
ख एव खाकृतिः स्वप्न इव सर्गस्वदेहिनी ॥ ३८ ॥
ख एव खाकृतिः स्वप्न इव सर्गस्वदेहिनी ॥ ३८ ॥
nāstyeva vidyā'vidyā vā cideveyaṃ kacatyajā ,
kha eva khākṛtiḥ svapna iva sargasvadehinī 38
kha eva khākṛtiḥ svapna iva sargasvadehinī 38
38.
na asti eva vidyā avidyā vā cit eva iyam kacati
ajā khaḥ eva kha ākṛtiḥ svapnaḥ iva sargasvadehinī
ajā khaḥ eva kha ākṛtiḥ svapnaḥ iva sargasvadehinī
38.
vidyā avidyā vā eva na asti; iyam ajā sargasvadehinī cit
eva kacati; (sā) khaḥ eva kha ākṛtiḥ iva; (sā) svapnaḥ iva
eva kacati; (sā) khaḥ eva kha ākṛtiḥ iva; (sā) svapnaḥ iva
38.
Neither knowledge nor nescience (avidyā) exists at all; this unborn consciousness (cit) itself manifests. It is like space (kha) which is of the very form of space, and like a dream, whose very body is creation (sarga).
Words meanings summery:
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- न (na) - not, no
- अस्ति (asti) - is, exists
- एव (eva) - certainly, only, indeed
- विद्या (vidyā) - knowledge
- अविद्या (avidyā) - nescience, ignorance
- वा (vā) - or, either...or
- चित् (cit) - consciousness, spirit
- एव (eva) - certainly, only, indeed
- इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)
- कचति (kacati) - shines, appears, manifests
- अजा (ajā) - unborn (feminine)
- खः (khaḥ) - space, ether, sky
- एव (eva) - certainly, only, indeed
- ख (kha) - space, ether (as part of a compound)
- आकृतिः (ākṛtiḥ) - form, shape
- स्वप्नः (svapnaḥ) - dream, sleep
- इव (iva) - like, as, as if
- सर्गस्वदेहिनी (sargasvadehinī) - whose body is creation, having creation as its own body
Words meanings and morphology
न (na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
अस्ति (asti) - is, exists
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as
Root: as (class 2)
एव (eva) - certainly, only, indeed
(indeclinable)
विद्या (vidyā) - knowledge
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of vidyā
vidyā - knowledge, learning, science, true knowledge
अविद्या (avidyā) - nescience, ignorance
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of avidyā
avidyā - nescience, ignorance, illusion, spiritual ignorance
वा (vā) - or, either...or
(indeclinable)
चित् (cit) - consciousness, spirit
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of cit
cit - consciousness, spirit, intelligence, thought
एव (eva) - certainly, only, indeed
(indeclinable)
इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)
(pronoun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of idam
idam - this, this one
कचति (kacati) - shines, appears, manifests
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kac
Root: kac (class 1)
अजा (ajā) - unborn (feminine)
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of aja
aja - unborn, not born, primordial
खः (khaḥ) - space, ether, sky
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kha
kha - space, ether, sky, vacuum, sensory organ
एव (eva) - certainly, only, indeed
(indeclinable)
ख (kha) - space, ether (as part of a compound)
(noun)
neuter, singular of kha
kha - space, ether, sky, vacuum
आकृतिः (ākṛtiḥ) - form, shape
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of ākṛti
ākṛti - form, shape, appearance, figure
Root: kṛ (class 8)
Note: Part of compound 'kha-ākṛtiḥ' (form of space).
स्वप्नः (svapnaḥ) - dream, sleep
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of svapna
svapna - dream, sleep, dreaming
Root: svap (class 2)
इव (iva) - like, as, as if
(indeclinable)
सर्गस्वदेहिनी (sargasvadehinī) - whose body is creation, having creation as its own body
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of sargasvadehin
sargasvadehin - having creation as one's own body
Compound type : Bahuvrihi (sarga+sva+dehin)
- sarga – creation, emanation, world
noun (masculine)
Root: sṛj (class 6) - sva – one's own, self
pronoun (neuter) - dehin – possessing a body, embodied, living being
adjective (masculine)
derived from 'deha' (body) with suffix 'ini'