योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-190, verse-25

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
द्रष्टा न याति दृश्यत्वं दृश्यस्यासंभवादतः ।
द्रष्टैव केवलो भाति सर्वात्मैकघनाकृतिः ॥ २५ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
draṣṭā na yāti dṛśyatvaṃ dṛśyasyāsaṃbhavādataḥ ,
draṣṭaiva kevalo bhāti sarvātmaikaghanākṛtiḥ 25

25. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca draṣṭā na yāti dṛśyatvam dṛśyasya
asaṃbhavāt ataḥ draṣṭā eva kevalaḥ bhāti sarvātmaikaghanākṛtiḥ

25. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca draṣṭā dṛśyatvam na yāti ataḥ dṛśyasya
asaṃbhavāt kevalaḥ draṣṭā eva sarvātmaikaghanākṛtiḥ bhāti

25. Shri Vasistha said: The seer (draṣṭā) does not become the seen, because the seen (object) is impossible (does not truly exist). Therefore, only the seer shines forth, appearing as a single, solid mass of the universal self (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - The sage Vasistha, the speaker (Shri Vasistha)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• द्रष्टा (draṣṭā) - the perceiving subject, the conscious principle (seer, observer)

• न (na) - not

• याति (yāti) - becomes, turns into (goes, comes, attains, becomes)

• दृश्यत्वम् (dṛśyatvam) - the object of perception (the state of being seen, the seen object)

• दृश्यस्य (dṛśyasya) - of the object of perception (of the seen, of the visible)

• असंभवात् (asaṁbhavāt) - due to the lack of real existence of the perceived world (from impossibility, due to non-existence)

• अतः (ataḥ) - therefore, hence, from this

• द्रष्टा (draṣṭā) - the perceiving subject, the conscious principle (seer, observer)

• एव (eva) - emphasizes that *only* the seer is real (indeed, only, just)

• केवलः (kevalaḥ) - only the pure seer (sole, only, pure, alone)

• भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears, is manifest

• सर्वात्मैकघनाकृतिः (sarvātmaikaghanākṛtiḥ) - describes the nature of the shining seer as the non-dual, universal consciousness (having the form of a single solid mass of the universal self (ātman))

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - The sage Vasistha, the speaker (Shri Vasistha)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - Venerable Vasistha; a revered sage

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of uvāca

perfect active

3rd person singular perfect active of √vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

द्रष्टा (draṣṭā) - the perceiving subject, the conscious principle (seer, observer)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of draṣṭṛ

draṣṭṛ - seer, observer, witness

agent noun

agent noun from √dṛś (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

याति (yāti) - becomes, turns into (goes, comes, attains, becomes)

(verb)

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

present active

3rd person singular present active of √yā (to go)

Root: yā (class 2)

दृश्यत्वम् (dṛśyatvam) - the object of perception (the state of being seen, the seen object)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dṛśyatva

dṛśyatva - visibility, the state of being seen, the seen object

abstract noun formed from dṛśya (visible) + -tva (suffix)

Compound type : tatpurusha (dṛśya+tva)

• dṛśya – visible, to be seen, object of sight
  adjective (neuter)
  gerundive
  gerundive of √dṛś (to see)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• tva – suffix forming abstract nouns
  suffix (neuter)

दृश्यस्य (dṛśyasya) - of the object of perception (of the seen, of the visible)

(adjective)

Genitive, neuter, singular of dṛśya

dṛśya - visible, to be seen, object of sight

gerundive

gerundive of √dṛś (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

असंभवात् (asaṁbhavāt) - due to the lack of real existence of the perceived world (from impossibility, due to non-existence)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of asaṃbhava

asaṁbhava - impossibility, non-existence, unreality

compound of 'a' (not) and 'saṃbhava' (existence, possibility)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+saṃbhava)

• a – not, non-
  prefix
• saṃbhava – existence, origin, possibility, birth
  noun (masculine)
  from saṃ-√bhū (to exist, be produced)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: bhū (class 1)

अतः (ataḥ) - therefore, hence, from this

(indeclinable)

derived from idam (this) with suffix -tas

द्रष्टा (draṣṭā) - the perceiving subject, the conscious principle (seer, observer)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of draṣṭṛ

draṣṭṛ - seer, observer, witness

agent noun

agent noun from √dṛś (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

एव (eva) - emphasizes that *only* the seer is real (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

केवलः (kevalaḥ) - only the pure seer (sole, only, pure, alone)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kevala

kevala - sole, only, pure, alone, whole

भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears, is manifest

(verb)

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

present active

3rd person singular present active of √bhā (to shine)

Root: bhā (class 2)

सर्वात्मैकघनाकृतिः (sarvātmaikaghanākṛtiḥ) - describes the nature of the shining seer as the non-dual, universal consciousness (having the form of a single solid mass of the universal self (ātman))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarvātmaikaghanākṛti

sarvātmaikaghanākṛti - having the form of a single, solid mass of the universal self (ātman)

Bahuvrihi compound

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sarva+ātman+eka+ghana+ākṛti)

• sarva – all, every, universal
  pronoun (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, individual soul, universal self (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
• eka – one, single, unique
  numeral (masculine)
• ghana – solid, dense, compact, mass
  adjective (masculine)
• ākṛti – form, shape, appearance, figure
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ (class 8)