योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-175, verse-30

ब्रह्मोन्मेषनिमेषात्म स्पन्दास्पन्दात्म वातवत् ।
निमेषो यादृगेवास्य समुन्मेषस्तथा जगत् ॥ ३० ॥

brahmonmeṣanimeṣātma spandāspandātma vātavat ,
nimeṣo yādṛgevāsya samunmeṣastathā jagat 30

30. brahma unmeṣa nimeṣa ātma spanda aspanda ātma
vātavat nimeṣaḥ yādṛk eva asya samunmeṣaḥ tathā jagat

30. brahma unmeṣa nimeṣa ātma spanda aspanda ātma
vātavat asya nimeṣaḥ yādṛk eva tathā jagat samunmeṣaḥ

30. Brahman (brahma) has the nature of unfolding and withdrawing, and of movement and stillness, just like the wind. Whatever the nature of its 'closing' (nimeṣa) is, such is the entire world (jagat) in its complete manifestation (samunmeṣa).

Words meanings summery:

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman, the Absolute Reality

• उन्मेष (unmeṣa) - unfolding, opening (of eyes), manifestation

• निमेष (nimeṣa) - closing (of eyes), withdrawal, disappearance

• आत्म (ātma) - whose nature is, consisting of

• स्पन्द (spanda) - movement, vibration

• अस्पन्द (aspanda) - non-movement, stillness

• आत्म (ātma) - whose nature is, consisting of

• वातवत् (vātavat) - like the wind, similar to wind

• निमेषः (nimeṣaḥ) - closing (of eyes), withdrawal, disappearance

• यादृक् (yādṛk) - of what kind, as, such as

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, just, only

• अस्य (asya) - of Brahman's (of this, his (Brahman's))

• समुन्मेषः (samunmeṣaḥ) - complete unfolding, full manifestation, blooming

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, similarly

• जगत् (jagat) - the world, universe, all that moves

Words meanings and morphology

ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman, the Absolute Reality

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman, the Absolute, the ultimate reality, the universal spirit

from root bṛh (to grow, expand)

Root: bṛh (class 1)

उन्मेष (unmeṣa) - unfolding, opening (of eyes), manifestation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of unmeṣa

unmeṣa - opening of the eyes, unfolding, manifestation, blooming

from ud-miṣ (to open)

Prefix: ud

Root: miṣ (class 4)

निमेष (nimeṣa) - closing (of eyes), withdrawal, disappearance

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nimeṣa

nimeṣa - closing of the eyes, winking, withdrawal, disappearance

from ni-miṣ (to close)

Prefix: ni

Root: miṣ (class 4)

आत्म (ātma) - whose nature is, consisting of

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - Self, soul, essence, nature

When used as the final member of a bahuvrīhi compound, ātma indicates 'whose nature is X' or 'consisting of X'.

Note: Forms part of the adjective unmeṣanimeṣātma, which qualifies brahma.

स्पन्द (spanda) - movement, vibration

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of spanda

spanda - movement, vibration, throbbing, pulsation

from root spand (to throb, vibrate)

Root: spand (class 1)

अस्पन्द (aspanda) - non-movement, stillness

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aspanda

aspanda - non-movement, stillness, immobility

compound of 'a' (negation) and 'spanda' (movement)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+spanda)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• spanda – movement, vibration
  noun (masculine)
  from root spand
  Root: spand (class 1)

आत्म (ātma) - whose nature is, consisting of

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - Self, soul, essence, nature

When used as the final member of a bahuvrīhi compound, ātma indicates 'whose nature is X' or 'consisting of X'.

Note: Forms part of the adjective spandāspandātma, which qualifies brahma.

वातवत् (vātavat) - like the wind, similar to wind

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vātavat

vātavat - like the wind, windy, having wind

from vāta (wind) + vat (like, possessing)

Note: Qualifies Brahman.

निमेषः (nimeṣaḥ) - closing (of eyes), withdrawal, disappearance

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nimeṣa

nimeṣa - closing of the eyes, winking, withdrawal, disappearance

from ni-miṣ (to close)

Prefix: ni

Root: miṣ (class 4)

यादृक् (yādṛk) - of what kind, as, such as

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yādṛś

yādṛś - of what appearance or nature, of what kind, such as

from yad (what) + dṛś (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, just, only

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - of Brahman's (of this, his (Brahman's))

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, that

demonstrative pronoun

समुन्मेषः (samunmeṣaḥ) - complete unfolding, full manifestation, blooming

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samunmeṣa

samunmeṣa - complete opening, full manifestation, blossoming, unfolding

from sam-ud-miṣ (to open fully)

Prefixes: sam+ud

Root: miṣ (class 4)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, similarly

(indeclinable)

correlative to yathā (implied by yādṛk)

जगत् (jagat) - the world, universe, all that moves

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - the world, the universe, all that moves; moving, living

Present Active Participle

from root gam (to go, move)

Root: gam (class 1)