योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-167, verse-40

यथा भाति चिदाकाशं तथेदमवभासते ।
व्योम व्योम्न्येव नीरूपं नेदं पृथ्व्यादि सत्क्वचित् ॥ ४० ॥

yathā bhāti cidākāśaṃ tathedamavabhāsate ,
vyoma vyomnyeva nīrūpaṃ nedaṃ pṛthvyādi satkvacit 40

40. yathā bhāti cidākāśam tathā idam avabhāsate vyoma
vyomni eva nīrūpam na idam pṛthvyādi sat kvacit

40. yathā cidākāśam bhāti,
tathā idam avabhāsate.
idam nīrūpam vyomni eva vyoma [asti].
pṛthvyādi [ca] kvacit na sat.

40. Just as the conscious space (cidākāśa) shines forth, so too does this (world) appear. It is merely formless space within space; this 'earth and so on' does not exist anywhere as a reality.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

• भाति (bhāti) - it shines, appears

• चिदाकाशम् (cidākāśam) - conscious space, sky of consciousness

• तथा (tathā) - so, in that way

• इदम् (idam) - (this world) (this (neuter))

• अवभासते (avabhāsate) - it appears, shines forth

• व्योम (vyoma) - sky, space, ether

• व्योम्नि (vyomni) - in the sky, in space

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• नीरूपम् (nīrūpam) - formless, bodiless

• न (na) - not, no

• इदम् (idam) - (this earth, etc.) (this (neuter))

• पृथ्व्यादि (pṛthvyādi) - earth and so on

• सत् (sat) - existing, real, true

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - anywhere, at some time, sometimes

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

(indeclinable)

भाति (bhāti) - it shines, appears

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of bhā

Root: bhā (class 2)

चिदाकाशम् (cidākāśam) - conscious space, sky of consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cidākāśa

cidākāśa - conscious space, sky of consciousness

Compound type : karmadhāraya (cit+ākāśa)

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

तथा (tathā) - so, in that way

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - (this world) (this (neuter))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

अवभासते (avabhāsate) - it appears, shines forth

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of avabhā

Prefix: ava

Root: bhā (class 2)

व्योम (vyoma) - sky, space, ether

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vyoman

vyoman - sky, atmosphere, space, ether

व्योम्नि (vyomni) - in the sky, in space

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vyoman

vyoman - sky, atmosphere, space, ether

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

नीरूपम् (nīrūpam) - formless, bodiless

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nīrūpa

nīrūpa - formless, bodiless, without form or shape

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+rūpa)

• nis – without, out, away
  prefix
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance, nature
  noun (neuter)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - (this earth, etc.) (this (neuter))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

पृथ्व्यादि (pṛthvyādi) - earth and so on

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pṛthvyādi

pṛthvyādi - earth and so on, beginning with earth

Compound type : dvandva (pṛthvī+ādi)

• pṛthvī – earth
  noun (feminine)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etc.
  noun (masculine)

सत् (sat) - existing, real, true

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sat

sat - existing, real, true, good

Present Active Participle

present active participle of 'as' (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

क्वचित् (kvacit) - anywhere, at some time, sometimes

(indeclinable)