योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-173, verse-5

आकाशस्य यथा शून्ये शून्यतायां यथाग्रहः ।
सर्वात्मनस्तथा द्रव्ये द्रव्यतायां तथाग्रहः ॥ ५ ॥

ākāśasya yathā śūnye śūnyatāyāṃ yathāgrahaḥ ,
sarvātmanastathā dravye dravyatāyāṃ tathāgrahaḥ 5

5. ākāśasya yathā śūnye śūnyatāyām yathā grahaḥ
sarvātmanaḥ tathā dravye dravyatāyām tathā grahaḥ

5. ākāśasya yathā śūnye śūnyatāyām grahaḥ,
tathā sarvātmanaḥ dravye dravyatāyām grahaḥ

5. Just as one perceives "emptiness" in the void (śūnya) for space (ākāśa), so too does the universal Self (ātman) perceive "substance-ness" in a substance.

Words meanings summery:

• आकाशस्य (ākāśasya) - of space (ākāśa), of ether

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• शून्ये (śūnye) - in the void, in the empty (space)

• शून्यतायाम् (śūnyatāyām) - in (the state of) emptiness, in the quality of being void

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• ग्रहः (grahaḥ) - apprehension, perception, grasp

• सर्वात्मनः (sarvātmanaḥ) - of the universal Self (ātman), of the Self of all

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so too

• द्रव्ये (dravye) - in the substance, in the material

• द्रव्यतायाम् (dravyatāyām) - in (the state of) substance-ness, in the quality of being a substance

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so too

• ग्रहः (grahaḥ) - apprehension, perception, grasp

Words meanings and morphology

आकाशस्य (ākāśasya) - of space (ākāśa), of ether

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - space, ether, sky, vacuity

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

शून्ये (śūnye) - in the void, in the empty (space)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śūnya

śūnya - empty, void, null; a void, space, zero

शून्यतायाम् (śūnyatāyām) - in (the state of) emptiness, in the quality of being void

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of śūnyatā

śūnyatā - emptiness, voidness, nothingness

derived from śūnya (empty) + tā (suffix for abstract noun)

Compound type : tatpurusha (śūnya+tā)

• śūnya – empty, void, nothing
  adjective
• tā – suffix forming abstract nouns ('-ness', '-ity')
  indeclinable (feminine)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

ग्रहः (grahaḥ) - apprehension, perception, grasp

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of graha

graha - grasping, seizing, taking, apprehension, perception, planet

Root: grah (class 9)

सर्वात्मनः (sarvātmanaḥ) - of the universal Self (ātman), of the Self of all

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sarvātman

sarvātman - the universal Self (ātman), the Self of all, the omnipresent soul

Compound type : tatpurusha (sarva+ātman)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective
• ātman – Self, soul, essence, spirit
  noun (masculine)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so too

(indeclinable)

द्रव्ये (dravye) - in the substance, in the material

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of dravya

dravya - substance, material, thing, object

द्रव्यतायाम् (dravyatāyām) - in (the state of) substance-ness, in the quality of being a substance

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of dravyatā

dravyatā - substantiality, the quality of being a substance

derived from dravya (substance) + tā (suffix for abstract noun)

Compound type : tatpurusha (dravya+tā)

• dravya – substance, material
  noun (neuter)
• tā – suffix forming abstract nouns ('-ness', '-ity')
  indeclinable (feminine)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so too

(indeclinable)

ग्रहः (grahaḥ) - apprehension, perception, grasp

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of graha

graha - grasping, seizing, taking, apprehension, perception, planet

Root: grah (class 9)