योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-174, verse-18

दृश्यात्यन्तासंभवात्म तदेवाद्यं हि वेदनम् ।
तत्सर्वं तन्न किंचिच्च तद्वदेवाङ्ग वेत्ति तत् ॥ १८ ॥

dṛśyātyantāsaṃbhavātma tadevādyaṃ hi vedanam ,
tatsarvaṃ tanna kiṃcicca tadvadevāṅga vetti tat 18

18. dṛśya atyanta asaṃbhava ātma tat eva ādyam hi vedanam
tat sarvam tat na kiṃcit ca tat vat eva aṅga vetti tat

18. dṛśya atyanta asaṃbhava ātma tat eva hi ādyam vedanam
tat sarvam tat ca na kiṃcit aṅga tat vat eva tat vetti

18. That indeed is the primordial knowledge (vedanam) whose nature (ātma) is the absolute impossibility of the objective world (dṛśya). It is everything, and it is also nothing; O dear one, it knows itself just as it is.

Words meanings summery:

• दृश्य (dṛśya) - visible, to be seen, objective world

• अत्यन्त (atyanta) - excessive, extreme, absolute

• असंभव (asaṁbhava) - impossibility, non-existence, absence

• आत्म (ātma) - self, soul, nature

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• आद्यम् (ādyam) - first, primordial, original

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• वेदनम् (vedanam) - knowledge, consciousness, knowing

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole, everything

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• न (na) - not, no

• किंचित् (kiṁcit) - nothing (when preceded by 'na') (something, anything)

• च (ca) - and, also

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• वत् (vat) - like, similar to

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• अङ्ग (aṅga) - O dear one, O friend

• वेत्ति (vetti) - knows, perceives

• तत् (tat) - that, it

Words meanings and morphology

दृश्य (dṛśya) - visible, to be seen, objective world

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dṛśya

dṛśya - visible, to be seen, objective, object of sight, objective world

Gerundive / Future Passive Participle

from root dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

अत्यन्त (atyanta) - excessive, extreme, absolute

(adjective)

of atyanta

atyanta - excessive, extreme, absolute, endless, continuous

असंभव (asaṁbhava) - impossibility, non-existence, absence

(noun)

masculine, singular of asaṃbhava

asaṁbhava - impossibility, non-existence, absence, unsuitability

Compound type : tatpurusha (a+saṃbhava)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• saṃbhava – possibility, occurrence, origin, existence
  noun (masculine)

आत्म (ātma) - self, soul, nature

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, individual soul, supreme soul, nature, essence

Note: Used here as the final member of a Tatpurusha compound 'dṛśyātyantāsaṃbhavātma', meaning 'whose nature is...'

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, this

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

आद्यम् (ādyam) - first, primordial, original

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ādya

ādya - first, primordial, original, initial, earliest

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

वेदनम् (vedanam) - knowledge, consciousness, knowing

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vedana

vedana - knowing, perceiving, knowledge, consciousness, sensation, feeling

from root vid (to know)

Root: vid (class 2)

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, this

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole, everything

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire, universal

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, this

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

किंचित् (kiṁcit) - nothing (when preceded by 'na') (something, anything)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiṃcit

kiṁcit - something, anything, a little, some

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, this

वत् (vat) - like, similar to

(indeclinable)

suffix forming adverbs of comparison

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

अङ्ग (aṅga) - O dear one, O friend

(indeclinable)

वेत्ति (vetti) - knows, perceives

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 2)

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, this