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7,175

योगवासिष्ठः       yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-175, verse-22

नेह पृथ्व्यादि नो देहो न चैवान्यास्ति दृश्यता ।
जगत्तया केवलं खं मनः कचकचायते ॥ २२ ॥
neha pṛthvyādi no deho na caivānyāsti dṛśyatā ,
jagattayā kevalaṃ khaṃ manaḥ kacakacāyate 22
22. na iha pṛthvyādi na u dehaḥ na ca eva anyā asti
dṛśyatā jagat-tayā kevalam kham manas kaca-kacāyate
22. iha na pṛthvyādi,
na u dehaḥ,
na ca eva anyā dṛśyatā asti.
kevalam manas kham jagat-tayā kaca-kacāyate
22. Here, there is no earth (pṛthvī) or other gross elements, no body, nor indeed any other perceptible object. The mind (manas) alone, as pure space (kha), incessantly projects the world (jagat).

Words meanings summery:

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  • (na) - negates the presence of earth and other elements (not, no)
  • इह (iha) - in this ultimate reality or state of awareness (here, in this world, in this context)
  • पृथ्व्यादि (pṛthvyādi) - the five gross elements (earth, water, fire, air, ether) which constitute the material world (earth and so forth, the elements starting with earth)
  • (na) - negates the presence of the body (not, no)
  • (u) - connects the negation of earth with the negation of body (and, also, indeed)
  • देहः (dehaḥ) - refers to the physical organism, negated in the ultimate reality (body, physical form)
  • (na) - negates the presence of any other perceptible thing (not, no)
  • (ca) - connects the series of negations (and, also)
  • एव (eva) - emphasizes the absence of any other perceptible reality (indeed, certainly, only)
  • अन्या (anyā) - refers to any other distinct thing (other, another)
  • अस्ति (asti) - verb of existence, indicating presence or being (is, exists)
  • दृश्यता (dṛśyatā) - any object or phenomenon that can be perceived or seen (perceptibility, visible object/phenomenon)
  • जगत्-तया (jagat-tayā) - through its capacity to appear as the world or through its essence as world-manifestation (by means of world-ness, as the world)
  • केवलम् (kevalam) - emphasizes that the mind alone, in its essential nature, acts as space (merely, only, purely)
  • खम् (kham) - the subtle, all-pervading, non-material substratum, here identified with the mind (space, ether, void)
  • मनस् (manas) - the faculty of mind, which projects the illusion of the world (mind, intellect)
  • कच-कचायते (kaca-kacāyate) - metaphorically refers to the mind's ceaseless activity of creating and projecting the world-appearance, its incessant 'chatter' (makes a rattling/rustling sound, buzzes, projects incessantly)

Words meanings and morphology

(na) - negates the presence of earth and other elements (not, no)
(indeclinable)
इह (iha) - in this ultimate reality or state of awareness (here, in this world, in this context)
(indeclinable)
पृथ्व्यादि (pṛthvyādi) - the five gross elements (earth, water, fire, air, ether) which constitute the material world (earth and so forth, the elements starting with earth)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of pṛthvyādi
pṛthvyādi - earth and so forth (referring to the gross elements)
Compound type : dvandva (pṛthvī+ādi)
  • pṛthvī – earth, ground
    noun (feminine)
    Root: pṛth (class 5)
  • ādi – beginning, etcetera, and so forth
    noun (masculine)
    Root: ad (class 2)
(na) - negates the presence of the body (not, no)
(indeclinable)
(u) - connects the negation of earth with the negation of body (and, also, indeed)
(indeclinable)
देहः (dehaḥ) - refers to the physical organism, negated in the ultimate reality (body, physical form)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of deha
deha - body, physical form, embodiment
Root: dih (class 1)
(na) - negates the presence of any other perceptible thing (not, no)
(indeclinable)
(ca) - connects the series of negations (and, also)
(indeclinable)
एव (eva) - emphasizes the absence of any other perceptible reality (indeed, certainly, only)
(indeclinable)
अन्या (anyā) - refers to any other distinct thing (other, another)
(pronoun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of anya
anya - other, another, different
अस्ति (asti) - verb of existence, indicating presence or being (is, exists)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as
Present Indicative
3rd person singular, present active, parasmaipada
Root: as (class 2)
दृश्यता (dṛśyatā) - any object or phenomenon that can be perceived or seen (perceptibility, visible object/phenomenon)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of dṛśyatā
dṛśyatā - visibility, perceptibility, visible object
Derived from dṛśya (visible) + tā (suffix for 'ness')
Root: dṛś (class 1)
जगत्-तया (jagat-tayā) - through its capacity to appear as the world or through its essence as world-manifestation (by means of world-ness, as the world)
(noun)
Instrumental, feminine, singular of jagat-tā
jagat-tā - world-ness, the state of being the world
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jagat+tā)
  • jagat – world, universe
    noun (neuter)
    Root: gam (class 1)
  • tā – suffix denoting 'ness' or 'state of being'
    suffix (feminine)
केवलम् (kevalam) - emphasizes that the mind alone, in its essential nature, acts as space (merely, only, purely)
(indeclinable)
Note: Functions as an adverb.
खम् (kham) - the subtle, all-pervading, non-material substratum, here identified with the mind (space, ether, void)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of kha
kha - space, ether, sky, void, zero
मनस् (manas) - the faculty of mind, which projects the illusion of the world (mind, intellect)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of manas
manas - mind, intellect, thought, understanding, spirit
Root: man (class 4)
कच-कचायते (kaca-kacāyate) - metaphorically refers to the mind's ceaseless activity of creating and projecting the world-appearance, its incessant 'chatter' (makes a rattling/rustling sound, buzzes, projects incessantly)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of kaca-kacāyate
Denominative verb, Present Indicative
Derived from the onomatopoeic base 'kaca-kaca', 3rd person singular, present middle, ātmanepada.