योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-7, chapter-186, verse-85
सुषुप्तस्वप्नयोर्भातः प्रकाशतमसी यथा ।
एकस्यामेव निद्रायां सर्गासर्गौ तथा परे ॥ ८५ ॥
एकस्यामेव निद्रायां सर्गासर्गौ तथा परे ॥ ८५ ॥
suṣuptasvapnayorbhātaḥ prakāśatamasī yathā ,
ekasyāmeva nidrāyāṃ sargāsargau tathā pare 85
ekasyāmeva nidrāyāṃ sargāsargau tathā pare 85
85.
suṣuptasvapnayoḥ bhātaḥ prakāśatamasī yathā
ekasyām eva nidrāyām sargāsargau tathā pare
ekasyām eva nidrāyām sargāsargau tathā pare
85.
yathā prakāśatamasī suṣuptasvapnayoḥ bhātaḥ ekasyām eva nidrāyām,
tathā sargāsargau pare
tathā sargāsargau pare
85.
Just as light and darkness become manifest in the states of deep sleep (suṣupti) and dreaming (svapna) within a single (overarching) sleep, similarly, creation (sarga) and non-creation (asarga) exist in the Supreme (para).
Words meanings summery:
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- सुषुप्तस्वप्नयोः (suṣuptasvapnayoḥ) - in the states of deep sleep and dream (of deep sleep and dream)
- भातः (bhātaḥ) - become manifest (shining, manifested, appearing (dual))
- प्रकाशतमसी (prakāśatamasī) - light and darkness (light and darkness (dual))
- यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, in which way)
- एकस्याम् (ekasyām) - within a single (in one, in a single)
- एव (eva) - single (only, just, indeed, very)
- निद्रायाम् (nidrāyām) - sleep (in sleep)
- सर्गासर्गौ (sargāsargau) - creation (sarga) and non-creation (asarga) (creation and non-creation (dissolution))
- तथा (tathā) - similarly (similarly, so, thus)
- परे (pare) - in the Supreme (para) (in the Supreme, in the other)
Words meanings and morphology
सुषुप्तस्वप्नयोः (suṣuptasvapnayoḥ) - in the states of deep sleep and dream (of deep sleep and dream)
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, dual of suṣuptasvapna
suṣuptasvapna - deep sleep and dream
Compound type : dvandva (suṣupta+svapna)
- suṣupta – deep sleep, dreamless sleep (noun); deeply asleep (participle)
noun (neuter)
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root √svap (to sleep) with prefix su-, meaning 'well', 'deeply'
Prefix: su
Root: svap (class 2) - svapna – dream, sleep
noun (masculine)
Root: svap (class 2)
भातः (bhātaḥ) - become manifest (shining, manifested, appearing (dual))
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, dual of bhāta
bhāta - shone, appeared, manifest, light
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root √bhā 'to shine'
Root: bhā (class 2)
प्रकाशतमसी (prakāśatamasī) - light and darkness (light and darkness (dual))
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, dual of prakāśatamasa
prakāśatamasa - light and darkness
Compound type : dvandva (prakāśa+tamasa)
- prakāśa – light, splendor, manifestation
noun (masculine)
From root √kāś 'to shine' with prefix pra-
Prefix: pra
Root: kāś (class 1) - tamasa – darkness, gloom
noun (neuter)
यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, in which way)
(indeclinable)
एकस्याम् (ekasyām) - within a single (in one, in a single)
(adjective)
Locative, feminine, singular of eka
eka - one, single, unique
एव (eva) - single (only, just, indeed, very)
(indeclinable)
Emphatic particle
निद्रायाम् (nidrāyām) - sleep (in sleep)
(noun)
Locative, feminine, singular of nidrā
nidrā - sleep, slumber
From root √drā 'to sleep' with prefix ni-
Prefix: ni
Root: drā (class 2)
सर्गासर्गौ (sargāsargau) - creation (sarga) and non-creation (asarga) (creation and non-creation (dissolution))
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, dual of sargāsarga
sargāsarga - creation and non-creation/dissolution
Compound type : dvandva (sarga+asarga)
- sarga – creation, emanation
noun (masculine)
From root √sṛj 'to emit, create'
Root: sṛj (class 6) - asarga – non-creation, dissolution, destruction
noun (masculine)
Negative particle 'a' + sarga
तथा (tathā) - similarly (similarly, so, thus)
(indeclinable)
परे (pare) - in the Supreme (para) (in the Supreme, in the other)
(adjective)
Locative, neuter, singular of para
para - supreme, higher, other, ultimate
Note: Here referring to the supreme reality (Brahman).