योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-181, verse-19

केवलं शून्यमेवाति तदरण्यमनन्तकम् ।
तापोपतप्तमभितो भूमौ स्थितमिवाम्बरम् ॥ १९ ॥

kevalaṃ śūnyamevāti tadaraṇyamanantakam ,
tāpopataptamabhito bhūmau sthitamivāmbaram 19

19. kevalam śūnyam eva ati tat araṇyam anantakam tāpa
upataptam abhitaḥ bhūmau sthitam iva ambaram

19. tat anantakam araṇyam kevalam śūnyam eva ati
abhitaḥ tāpa upataptam bhūmau sthitam iva ambaram

19. That boundless wilderness was nothing but utter emptiness, everywhere tormented by heat, like the sky itself fallen upon the earth.

Words meanings summery:

• केवलम् (kevalam) - merely, only, solely

• शून्यम् (śūnyam) - emptiness, void, nothingness

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

• अति (ati) - surpasses, exceeds, is extremely

• तत् (tat) - that

• अरण्यम् (araṇyam) - wilderness, forest

• अनन्तकम् (anantakam) - endless, infinite, boundless

• ताप (tāpa) - heat, suffering, torment

• उपतप्तम् (upataptam) - afflicted by heat (tormented, afflicted, distressed)

• अभितः (abhitaḥ) - all around, everywhere, on both sides

• भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground, on the earth

• स्थितम् (sthitam) - situated, standing, placed

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अम्बरम् (ambaram) - sky, atmosphere, cloth

Words meanings and morphology

केवलम् (kevalam) - merely, only, solely

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kevala

kevala - single, alone, whole, mere, pure

शून्यम् (śūnyam) - emptiness, void, nothingness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śūnya

śūnya - empty, void, naught, zero, desert

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

(indeclinable)

अति (ati) - surpasses, exceeds, is extremely

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अरण्यम् (araṇyam) - wilderness, forest

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of araṇya

araṇya - wilderness, forest, uninhabited place, desert

अनन्तकम् (anantakam) - endless, infinite, boundless

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anantaka

anantaka - endless, infinite, boundless

Adjective formed with suffix -ka from ananta (endless), which itself is a negational compound (na anta).

ताप (tāpa) - heat, suffering, torment

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tāpa

tāpa - heat, burning, pain, suffering, torment

Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Used as the first member of a compound 'tāpa-upataptam'.

उपतप्तम् (upataptam) - afflicted by heat (tormented, afflicted, distressed)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of upatapta

upatapta - heated, tormented, distressed, afflicted

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root √tap (to heat, torment) with prefix upa-.

Prefix: upa

Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'araṇyam'.

अभितः (abhitaḥ) - all around, everywhere, on both sides

(indeclinable)

भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground, on the earth

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land, soil, place

स्थितम् (sthitam) - situated, standing, placed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sthita

sthita - standing, situated, existing, firm, established

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root √sthā (to stand, remain).

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'ambaram'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अम्बरम् (ambaram) - sky, atmosphere, cloth

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ambara

ambara - sky, atmosphere, clothing, anything surrounding