योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-176, verse-11

अस्ति खे खादनन्यात्मा चिद्व्योमपरमाणुकः ।
शून्यरूपमिवाकाशे शुद्धः स्पन्द इवानिले ॥ ११ ॥

asti khe khādananyātmā cidvyomaparamāṇukaḥ ,
śūnyarūpamivākāśe śuddhaḥ spanda ivānile 11

11. asti khe khāt ananya-ātmā cit-vyoma-paramāṇukaḥ
śūnyarūpam iva ākāśe śuddhaḥ spandaḥ iva anile

11. khe asti yaḥ khāt ananya-ātmā cit-vyoma-paramāṇukaḥ
saḥ ākāśe śūnyarūpam iva anile śuddhaḥ spandaḥ iva

11. There exists in space (ākāśa) that whose nature (ātman) is not separate from space, an atomic particle of consciousness-ether (cit-vyoma-paramāṇuka). It is like an empty form in space, or a pure vibration in the wind.

Words meanings summery:

• अस्ति (asti) - exists (is, exists)

• खे (khe) - in space (ākāśa) (in space, in the ether)

• खात् (khāt) - from space, or compared to space (from space, than space)

• अनन्य-आत्मा (ananya-ātmā) - whose nature (ātman) is not separate (whose nature is not different, identical in nature)

• चित्-व्योम-परमाणुकः (cit-vyoma-paramāṇukaḥ) - an atomic particle of consciousness-ether (atomic particle of consciousness-ether)

• शून्यरूपम् (śūnyarūpam) - like an empty form (empty form, having the nature of emptiness)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as if, similar to)

• आकाशे (ākāśe) - in space (ākāśa) (in space, in the ether)

• शुद्धः (śuddhaḥ) - pure (pure, clean, clear)

• स्पन्दः (spandaḥ) - vibration, pulsation (vibration, throb, pulsation, movement)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as if, similar to)

• अनिले (anile) - in the wind (in the wind, in air)

Words meanings and morphology

अस्ति (asti) - exists (is, exists)

(verb)

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

Present tense, third person singular, active voice.

Root: as (class 2)

खे (khe) - in space (ākāśa) (in space, in the ether)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kha

kha - sky, space, ether; zero

खात् (khāt) - from space, or compared to space (from space, than space)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of kha

kha - sky, space, ether; zero

अनन्य-आत्मा (ananya-ātmā) - whose nature (ātman) is not separate (whose nature is not different, identical in nature)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ananya-ātman

ananya-ātman - whose self/nature is not other; identical in nature

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (na+anya+ātman)

• na – not, no
  indeclinable
• anya – other, different
  adjective (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature
  noun (masculine)

चित्-व्योम-परमाणुकः (cit-vyoma-paramāṇukaḥ) - an atomic particle of consciousness-ether (atomic particle of consciousness-ether)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cit-vyoma-paramāṇuka

cit-vyoma-paramāṇuka - atomic particle of consciousness-space/ether

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cit+vyoman+paramāṇuka)

• cit – consciousness, intelligence
  noun (feminine)
• vyoman – sky, ether, space
  noun (neuter)
• paramāṇuka – atomic particle, atom
  noun (masculine)
  From 'parama' (supreme) + 'aṇu' (atom).

शून्यरूपम् (śūnyarūpam) - like an empty form (empty form, having the nature of emptiness)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śūnyarūpa

śūnyarūpa - having the form of emptiness, empty form

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śūnya+rūpa)

• śūnya – empty, void, hollow
  adjective (neuter)
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance, nature
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - like (like, as if, similar to)

(indeclinable)

आकाशे (ākāśe) - in space (ākāśa) (in space, in the ether)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - space, ether, sky; the subtle element of space

शुद्धः (śuddhaḥ) - pure (pure, clean, clear)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śuddha

śuddha - pure, clean, clear, spotless, innocent

Past Passive Participle (of śudh)

Root: śudh (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'spandaḥ'.

स्पन्दः (spandaḥ) - vibration, pulsation (vibration, throb, pulsation, movement)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of spanda

spanda - vibration, throb, pulsation, quiver, movement

From root spand (to tremble, vibrate).

Root: spand (class 1)

इव (iva) - like (like, as if, similar to)

(indeclinable)

अनिले (anile) - in the wind (in the wind, in air)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of anila

anila - wind, air; the god of wind

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