योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-187, verse-4

सर्वशक्तेर्यथा यद्यद्भाति तत्तत्तथैव सत् ।
संविन्सारतया यायात्कथं भातमभातताम् ॥ ४ ॥

sarvaśakteryathā yadyadbhāti tattattathaiva sat ,
saṃvinsāratayā yāyātkathaṃ bhātamabhātatām 4

4. sarvaśakteḥ yathā yadyat bhāti tattat tathaiva
sat saṃvinsāratayā yāyāt katham bhātam abhātatām

4. sarvaśakteḥ yadyat yathā bhāti tattat tathaiva sat (asti)
saṃvinsāratayā (yat) bhātam abhātatām katham yāyāt

4. Whatever appears from the all-powerful (śakti) is, in that very way, truly existent. As it is essentially consciousness (saṃvit), how could that which has manifested ever become unmanifest?

Words meanings summery:

• सर्वशक्तेः (sarvaśakteḥ) - of the Supreme Power (śakti) (of the all-powerful, of universal power)

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

• यद्यत् (yadyat) - whatever, whichever

• भाति (bhāti) - appears, shines, manifests

• तत्तत् (tattat) - that, that (emphatic)

• तथैव (tathaiva) - in that very way, just so

• सत् (sat) - truly existent, real (existent, real, true, good)

• संविन्सारतया (saṁvinsāratayā) - As it is essentially consciousness (saṃvit) (by the essence of consciousness, by virtue of consciousness being the essence)

• यायात् (yāyāt) - could ever become (may go, should go, would go)

• कथम् (katham) - how (how, why)

• भातम् (bhātam) - that which has manifested (that which has appeared, manifested, shining)

• अभातताम् (abhātatām) - to the unmanifest state (to the state of non-appearance, to unmanifestation)

Words meanings and morphology

सर्वशक्तेः (sarvaśakteḥ) - of the Supreme Power (śakti) (of the all-powerful, of universal power)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of sarvaśakti

sarvaśakti - all power, universal power, omnipotence

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarva+śakti)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective
• śakti – power, energy, capability, creative power
  noun (feminine)
  Root: śak (class 5)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

(indeclinable)

यद्यत् (yadyat) - whatever, whichever

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yadyat

yadyat - whatever, whichever (emphatic repetition of yad)

Note: Reduplicated for emphasis: 'whatever'.

भाति (bhāti) - appears, shines, manifests

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhā

root verb

Root: bhā (class 2)

तत्तत् (tattat) - that, that (emphatic)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tattat

tattat - that, that (emphatic repetition of tat)

Note: Reduplicated for emphasis: 'that very thing'.

तथैव (tathaiva) - in that very way, just so

(indeclinable)

sandhi of tathā + eva

सत् (sat) - truly existent, real (existent, real, true, good)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sat

sat - existent, real, true, good (present participle of as, to be)

Present Active Participle

From root as (to be), class 2

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Functions as a predicate adjective here, implying 'is existent'.

संविन्सारतया (saṁvinsāratayā) - As it is essentially consciousness (saṃvit) (by the essence of consciousness, by virtue of consciousness being the essence)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of saṃvinsāratā

saṁvinsāratā - the state of having consciousness as essence

suffix -tā to saṃvinsāra

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃvit+sāra+tā)

• saṃvit – consciousness, knowledge
  noun (feminine)
  from sam + vid
  Prefix: sam
  Root: vid (class 2)
• sāra – essence, core, pith, strength
  noun (masculine)
• tā – suffix forming abstract nouns, 'the state of being'
  suffix (feminine)

Note: Formed from saṃvit (consciousness) + sāra (essence) + tā (abstract suffix), then instrumental singular.

यायात् (yāyāt) - could ever become (may go, should go, would go)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of yā

root verb

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Expresses potentiality or possibility.

कथम् (katham) - how (how, why)

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative adverb.

भातम् (bhātam) - that which has manifested (that which has appeared, manifested, shining)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhāta

bhāta - shone, appeared, manifested

Past Passive Participle

from root bhā (to shine, appear)

Root: bhā (class 2)

अभातताम् (abhātatām) - to the unmanifest state (to the state of non-appearance, to unmanifestation)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of abhātatā

abhātatā - non-appearance, unmanifestation

negation (a) + bhātatā

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+bhātatā)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negation prefix
• bhātatā – the state of appearing, manifestation
  noun (feminine)
  from bhāta + tā

Note: Accusative of destination.