योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-193, verse-4

यथा व्योमनि व्योमत्वं दृषत्त्वं दृषदि स्थितम् ।
जलत्वं च जलस्यान्तर्जगत्त्वं चिद्धने तथा ॥ ४ ॥

yathā vyomani vyomatvaṃ dṛṣattvaṃ dṛṣadi sthitam ,
jalatvaṃ ca jalasyāntarjagattvaṃ ciddhane tathā 4

4. yathā vyomani vyomatvam dṛṣattvam dṛṣadi sthitam
jalatvam ca jalasya antar jagattvam ciddhane tathā

4. yathā vyomatvam vyomani sthitam dṛṣattvam dṛṣadi
ca jalatvam jalasya antar tathā jagattvam ciddhane

4. Just as sky-ness (vyomatva) resides in the sky (vyoman), stone-ness (dṛṣattva) in a stone, and water-ness (jalatva) within water, so too, world-ness (jagattva) resides within dense consciousness (cit-ghana).

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as

• व्योमनि (vyomani) - in the sky, in space

• व्योमत्वम् (vyomatvam) - sky-ness, the nature of space

• दृषत्त्वम् (dṛṣattvam) - stone-ness, the nature of stone

• दृषदि (dṛṣadi) - in a stone, in a rock

• स्थितम् (sthitam) - situated, existing, resides

• जलत्वम् (jalatvam) - water-ness, the nature of water

• च (ca) - and

• जलस्य (jalasya) - of water

• अन्तर् (antar) - within, inside

• जगत्त्वम् (jagattvam) - world-ness, the nature of the world

• चिद्धने (ciddhane) - in dense consciousness, in the mass of consciousness

• तथा (tathā) - so, in the same way, thus

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - as, just as

(indeclinable)

व्योमनि (vyomani) - in the sky, in space

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vyoman

vyoman - sky, space, atmosphere, ether

व्योमत्वम् (vyomatvam) - sky-ness, the nature of space

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vyomatva

vyomatva - the quality or state of being sky or space

Derived from 'vyoman' + suffix '-tva'

Compound type : tatpurusha (vyoman+tva)

• vyoman – sky, space, atmosphere
  noun (neuter)
• tva – suffix denoting 'ness' or 'hood', forming abstract nouns
  suffix (neuter)

दृषत्त्वम् (dṛṣattvam) - stone-ness, the nature of stone

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dṛṣattva

dṛṣattva - the quality or state of being a stone

Derived from 'dṛṣad' + suffix '-tva'

Compound type : tatpurusha (dṛṣad+tva)

• dṛṣad – stone, rock
  noun (feminine)
• tva – suffix denoting 'ness' or 'hood', forming abstract nouns
  suffix (neuter)

दृषदि (dṛṣadi) - in a stone, in a rock

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of dṛṣad

dṛṣad - stone, rock

स्थितम् (sthitam) - situated, existing, resides

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sthita

sthita - stood, situated, existing, firm

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'sthā' (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'vyomatvam' and 'dṛṣattvam'.

जलत्वम् (jalatvam) - water-ness, the nature of water

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jalatva

jalatva - the quality or state of being water

Derived from 'jala' + suffix '-tva'

Compound type : tatpurusha (jala+tva)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• tva – suffix denoting 'ness' or 'hood', forming abstract nouns
  suffix (neuter)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

जलस्य (jalasya) - of water

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of jala

jala - water

अन्तर् (antar) - within, inside

(indeclinable)

जगत्त्वम् (jagattvam) - world-ness, the nature of the world

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagattva

jagattva - the quality or state of being the world

Derived from 'jagat' + suffix '-tva'

Compound type : tatpurusha (jagat+tva)

• jagat – world, universe
  noun (neuter)
• tva – suffix denoting 'ness' or 'hood', forming abstract nouns
  suffix (neuter)

चिद्धने (ciddhane) - in dense consciousness, in the mass of consciousness

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of citghana

citghana - dense consciousness, mass of consciousness

Compound type : tatpurusha (cit+ghana)

• cit – consciousness, awareness, intelligence
  noun (feminine)
• ghana – dense, thick, compact; a mass, block
  adjective (masculine)

तथा (tathā) - so, in the same way, thus

(indeclinable)