योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-178, verse-25

अन्तःकरणभूतादि मृत्काष्ठदृषदादि वा ।
सर्वं शून्यमशून्यं च चेतनं विद्धि नेतरत् ॥ २५ ॥

antaḥkaraṇabhūtādi mṛtkāṣṭhadṛṣadādi vā ,
sarvaṃ śūnyamaśūnyaṃ ca cetanaṃ viddhi netarat 25

25. antaḥkaraṇabhūta ādi mṛtkāṣṭhadṛṣat ādi vā sarvam
śūnyam aśūnyam ca cetanam viddhi na itarat

25. antaḥkaraṇabhūta ādi mṛtkāṣṭhadṛṣat ādi vā sarvam śūnyam ca aśūnyam ca cetanam viddhi,
na itarat

25. Know that everything—whether it be the inner faculties and elements, or clay, wood, and stone, whether it appears void or non-void—is consciousness (cetana), and nothing else.

Words meanings summery:

• अन्तःकरणभूत आदि (antaḥkaraṇabhūta ādi) - inner faculties (mind, intellect, ego) and the basic elements (like earth, water, fire, air, ether), and so on (beginning with inner organs and elements)

• मृत्काष्ठदृषत् आदि (mṛtkāṣṭhadṛṣat ādi) - gross objects like clay, wood, and stone, and so on (beginning with clay, wood, and stone)

• वा (vā) - or, either...or

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - everything (including both subtle and gross aspects) (all, whole, everything)

• शून्यम् (śūnyam) - empty, void, vacant

• अशून्यम् (aśūnyam) - not empty, non-void, full

• च (ca) - and, also

• चेतनम् (cetanam) - consciousness (cetana) (consciousness, sentient, conscious being)

• विद्धि (viddhi) - know!, understand!

• न (na) - not, no

• इतरत् (itarat) - nothing else (other, different)

Words meanings and morphology

अन्तःकरणभूत आदि (antaḥkaraṇabhūta ādi) - inner faculties (mind, intellect, ego) and the basic elements (like earth, water, fire, air, ether), and so on (beginning with inner organs and elements)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of antaḥkaraṇabhūtādi

antaḥkaraṇabhūtādi - beginning with inner organs and elements

Compound type : bahuvrīhi or tatpuruṣa with ādi (antas-karaṇa+bhūta+ādi)

• antas-karaṇa – inner organ (mind, intellect, ego)
  noun (neuter)
• bhūta – element, being, past
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'bhū' (to be, to become)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• ādi – beginning, etcetera, and so on
  indeclinable

Note: Acts as a collective noun here, object of 'viddhi'.

मृत्काष्ठदृषत् आदि (mṛtkāṣṭhadṛṣat ādi) - gross objects like clay, wood, and stone, and so on (beginning with clay, wood, and stone)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mṛtkāṣṭhadṛṣadādi

mṛtkāṣṭhadṛṣadādi - beginning with clay, wood, and stone

Compound type : bahuvrīhi or tatpuruṣa with ādi (mṛt+kāṣṭha+dṛṣad+ādi)

• mṛt – clay, earth, soil
  noun (feminine)
• kāṣṭha – wood, log, timber
  noun (neuter)
• dṛṣad – stone, rock
  noun (feminine)
• ādi – beginning, etcetera, and so on
  indeclinable

Note: Acts as a collective noun here, object of 'viddhi'.

वा (vā) - or, either...or

(indeclinable)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - everything (including both subtle and gross aspects) (all, whole, everything)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, whole, every, entire

Note: Object of 'viddhi'.

शून्यम् (śūnyam) - empty, void, vacant

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śūnya

śūnya - empty, void, vacant, null

Root: śū

Note: Qualifies 'sarvam'.

अशून्यम् (aśūnyam) - not empty, non-void, full

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of aśūnya

aśūnya - not empty, non-void, full, inhabited

Negative compound of 'śūnya'

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+śūnya)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• śūnya – empty, void, vacant, null
  adjective
  Root: śū

Note: Qualifies 'sarvam'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'śūnyam' and 'aśūnyam'.

चेतनम् (cetanam) - consciousness (cetana) (consciousness, sentient, conscious being)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of cetana

cetana - consciousness, sentient, conscious, intelligent

From root 'cit' (to perceive, to understand)

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Predicate object of 'viddhi'.

विद्धि (viddhi) - know!, understand!

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (Lot) of vid

Imperative

2nd person singular, imperative mood, active voice of root 'vid'

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Null subject is implied 'you'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates 'itarat'.

इतरत् (itarat) - nothing else (other, different)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of itara

itara - other, different, another

Note: Acts as object of implied 'to be'. 'Know it not to be other (than consciousness).'

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