योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-168, verse-53

क्व स्मृतिः क्व च वा स्वप्नः क्व कालाः कलनाश्च काः ।
चिदाभानमिदं भाति शान्तं शून्यमिवाम्बरे ॥ ५३ ॥

kva smṛtiḥ kva ca vā svapnaḥ kva kālāḥ kalanāśca kāḥ ,
cidābhānamidaṃ bhāti śāntaṃ śūnyamivāmbare 53

53. kva smṛtiḥ kva ca vā svapnaḥ kva kālāḥ kalanāḥ ca
kāḥ cidābhānam idam bhāti śāntam śūnyam iva ambare

53. smṛtiḥ kva? ca vā svapnaḥ kva? kālāḥ kva? ca kalanāḥ kāḥ? idam cidābhānam ambare śūnyam iva śāntam bhāti.

53. Where is memory (smṛti)? And where is dream? Where are the times, and what are the mental conceptions (kalanā)? This conscious manifestation (cidābhāna) shines forth peacefully, like emptiness in the sky.

Words meanings summery:

• क्व (kva) - where?

• स्मृतिः (smṛtiḥ) - memory, recollection

• क्व (kva) - where?

• च (ca) - and

• वा (vā) - or, optionally

• स्वप्नः (svapnaḥ) - dream, sleep

• क्व (kva) - where?

• कालाः (kālāḥ) - times, periods

• कलनाः (kalanāḥ) - mental constructions or apprehensions (calculations, conceptions, imaginations)

• च (ca) - and

• काः (kāḥ) - what? (feminine plural)

• चिदाभानम् (cidābhānam) - conscious manifestation, appearance of consciousness

• इदम् (idam) - this

• भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears, manifests

• शान्तम् (śāntam) - peaceful, tranquil, calm

• शून्यम् (śūnyam) - void, emptiness, space

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• अम्बरे (ambare) - in the sky, in space

Words meanings and morphology

क्व (kva) - where?

(indeclinable)

स्मृतिः (smṛtiḥ) - memory, recollection

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of smṛti

smṛti - memory, recollection, tradition, a code of law (smṛti)

From √smṛ (to remember).

Root: smṛ (class 1)

क्व (kva) - where?

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, optionally

(indeclinable)

स्वप्नः (svapnaḥ) - dream, sleep

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - dream, sleep

From √svap (to sleep).

Root: svap (class 2)

क्व (kva) - where?

(indeclinable)

कालाः (kālāḥ) - times, periods

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kāla

kāla - time, period, season, death

कलनाः (kalanāḥ) - mental constructions or apprehensions (calculations, conceptions, imaginations)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kalanā

kalanā - calculation, apprehension, conception, imagination, measuring

From √kal (to count, to calculate, to perceive).

Root: kal (class 10)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

काः (kāḥ) - what? (feminine plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kim

kim - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun)

चिदाभानम् (cidābhānam) - conscious manifestation, appearance of consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cidābhāna

cidābhāna - appearance of consciousness, conscious light

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (cit+ābhāna)

• cit – consciousness, intelligence
  noun (feminine)
• ābhāna – appearance, manifestation, shining, light
  noun (neuter)
  From √bhā (to shine) with prefix 'ā'.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: bhā (class 2)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, here

भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears, manifests

(verb)

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

Present Indicative

Root verb, Atmanepada in some forms, Parasmaipada here.

Root: bhā (class 2)

शान्तम् (śāntam) - peaceful, tranquil, calm

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śānta

śānta - peaceful, tranquil, calm, extinguished

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle derived from the root √śam (to be calm, to cease).

Root: śam (class 4)

शून्यम् (śūnyam) - void, emptiness, space

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śūnya

śūnya - empty, void, null, absent, space, zero

From √śū (to swell, grow, be empty).

Root: śū (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

अम्बरे (ambare) - in the sky, in space

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ambara

ambara - sky, atmosphere, clothing