योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-191, verse-20

यदिदं जगदित्येव
शून्यत्वाम्बरयोरिव ॥ २० ॥

yadidaṃ jagadityeva
śūnyatvāmbarayoriva 20

20. yat idam jagat iti eva
śūnyatvāmbara-yoḥ iva

20. yat idam jagat iti eva
śūnyatvāmbara-yoḥ iva

20. That which is indeed known as this world, is like that of emptiness and space.

20. מה שנקרא עולם אינו אלא כמו האחדות שבין הריק לבין השמיים.

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - that which (which, that which, because)

• इदम् (idam) - this (world) (this, this one)

• जगत् (jagat) - the world (as perceived reality) (world, universe, moving)

• इति (iti) - as (this world) (thus, so, in this way, (marks direct speech or thought))

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

• शून्यत्वाम्बर-योः (śūnyatvāmbara-yoḥ) - like (that) of emptiness and space (of emptiness and space)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - that which (which, that which, because)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Note: Can also be accusative singular neuter.

इदम् (idam) - this (world) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Can also be accusative singular neuter.

जगत् (jagat) - the world (as perceived reality) (world, universe, moving)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, alive

Present Active Participle

Derived from root gam (to go) + śatṛ suffix, meaning 'that which moves'.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Used as predicate noun.

इति (iti) - as (this world) (thus, so, in this way, (marks direct speech or thought))

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

शून्यत्वाम्बर-योः (śūnyatvāmbara-yoḥ) - like (that) of emptiness and space (of emptiness and space)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, dual of śūnyatvāmbara

śūnyatvāmbara - emptiness and space

Compound type : dvandva (śūnyatva+ambara)

• śūnyatva – emptiness, voidness, nothingness
  noun (neuter)
  śūnya (empty) + tva (suffix for 'ness')
• ambara – sky, space, ether
  noun (neuter)

Note: Could also be locative dual.

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

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