योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-166, verse-18

खं वायुः सलिलं तेजो वसुधेत्यभिधा कृता ।
नासीत्तत्र स्वलेखानां जीव इत्येव वै तया ॥ १८ ॥

khaṃ vāyuḥ salilaṃ tejo vasudhetyabhidhā kṛtā ,
nāsīttatra svalekhānāṃ jīva ityeva vai tayā 18

18. kham vāyuḥ salilam tejaḥ vasudhā iti abhidhā kṛtā
na āsīt tatra svalekhānām jīvaḥ iti eva vai tayā

18. kham vāyuḥ salilam tejaḥ vasudhā iti abhidhā kṛtā.
tatra svalekhānām jīvaḥ iti eva vai tayā na āsīt.

18. Space, air, water, fire, and earth – thus was the appellation made. Yet, among its own manifestations, a separate living being (jīva) was indeed not designated by it.

Words meanings summery:

• खम् (kham) - space (one of the five elements) (space, ether, sky)

• वायुः (vāyuḥ) - air (one of the five elements) (air, wind)

• सलिलम् (salilam) - water (one of the five elements) (water)

• तेजः (tejaḥ) - fire or light (one of the five elements) (light, radiance, energy, fire)

• वसुधा (vasudhā) - earth (one of the five elements) (earth, the holder of wealth)

• इति (iti) - thus (thus, in this manner, so)

• अभिधा (abhidhā) - appellation, designation (name, appellation, designation)

• कृता (kṛtā) - made, given (made, done, performed)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• आसीत् (āsīt) - was (was, existed)

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that context (there, in that place, in that matter)

• स्वलेखानाम् (svalekhānām) - among its own manifestations or creations (of its own writings/marks/forms)

• जीवः (jīvaḥ) - a living being (jīva), an individual soul (living being, soul, life principle)

• इति (iti) - thus, meaning that (thus, in this manner, so)

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

• वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, certainly, truly)

• तया (tayā) - by it (referring to the ultimate reality or power responsible for designation) (by her, by it)

Words meanings and morphology

खम् (kham) - space (one of the five elements) (space, ether, sky)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kha

kha - space, ether, sky, Brahman

वायुः (vāyuḥ) - air (one of the five elements) (air, wind)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāyu

vāyu - air, wind, breath, god of wind

Root: vā (class 2)

सलिलम् (salilam) - water (one of the five elements) (water)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of salila

salila - water

तेजः (tejaḥ) - fire or light (one of the five elements) (light, radiance, energy, fire)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tejas

tejas - light, radiance, brilliance, energy, fire

Root: tij (class 1)

वसुधा (vasudhā) - earth (one of the five elements) (earth, the holder of wealth)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vasudhā

vasudhā - earth, the holder of wealth

from vasu (wealth) + dhā (to hold)

Root: dhā (class 3)

इति (iti) - thus (thus, in this manner, so)

(indeclinable)

अभिधा (abhidhā) - appellation, designation (name, appellation, designation)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of abhidhā

abhidhā - name, appellation, designation, word, sound

from abhi (towards) + dhā (to place, lay)

Prefix: abhi

Root: dhā (class 3)

कृता (kṛtā) - made, given (made, done, performed)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṛta

kṛta - made, done, performed

Past Passive Participle

from root kṛ (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with 'abhidhā'.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation particle.

आसीत् (āsīt) - was (was, existed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of as

imperfect 3rd singular

from root as (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that context (there, in that place, in that matter)

(indeclinable)

from pronoun tad (that) + suffix -tra

स्वलेखानाम् (svalekhānām) - among its own manifestations or creations (of its own writings/marks/forms)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of svalekha

svalekha - own writing, own mark, own manifestation

compound of sva (own) + lekha (writing, mark, drawing, form)

Compound type : Tatpurusha (sva+lekha)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun (masculine)
• lekha – line, mark, writing, drawing, form
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to the forms mentioned in the previous verse.

जीवः (jīvaḥ) - a living being (jīva), an individual soul (living being, soul, life principle)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - living being, soul, individual self, life principle

from root jīv (to live)

Root: jīv (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus, meaning that (thus, in this manner, so)

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasis particle.

वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, certainly, truly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasis particle.

तया (tayā) - by it (referring to the ultimate reality or power responsible for designation) (by her, by it)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that