योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-207, verse-28

शरीरमस्तु वा मास्तु यत्र यत्रास्ति चिन्नभः ।
वेत्त्यात्मानं तत्र तत्र द्वैताद्वैतमयं जगत् ॥ २८ ॥

śarīramastu vā māstu yatra yatrāsti cinnabhaḥ ,
vettyātmānaṃ tatra tatra dvaitādvaitamayaṃ jagat 28

28. śarīram astu vā mā astu yatra yatra asti cinnabhaḥ
vetti ātmānam tatra tatra dvaitādvaitamayam jagat

28. śarīram astu vā mā astu yatra yatra cinnabhaḥ asti
tatra tatra jagat ātmānam dvaitādvaitamayam vetti

28. Whether a body exists or not, wherever the expanse of consciousness (cit-nabha) is present, there the world perceives the Self (ātman) as embodying both duality and non-duality.

Words meanings summery:

• शरीरम् (śarīram) - referring to the physical form of an individual (body)

• अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

• वा (vā) - or

• मा (mā) - used with imperative to express prohibition (not, do not)

• अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

• यत्र (yatra) - where, wherever

• यत्र (yatra) - where, wherever

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• चिन्नभः (cinnabhaḥ) - referring to the boundless, pervasive, and subtle nature of consciousness (cit), likened to the sky or ether (nabhas) (the ether of consciousness, the expanse of consciousness)

• वेत्ति (vetti) - implies awareness or understanding on the part of the world (as an aspect of consciousness) (knows, perceives, understands)

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - referring to the supreme universal Self (ātman) that is the underlying reality of all existence (the Self, the soul, the essence)

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• द्वैताद्वैतमयम् (dvaitādvaitamayam) - describing the paradoxical nature of ultimate reality, which appears as dual but is fundamentally non-dual (consisting of duality and non-duality, characterized by both duality and non-duality)

• जगत् (jagat) - referring to the phenomenal reality perceived by sentient beings, implicitly as an aspect of consciousness (the world, the universe)

Words meanings and morphology

शरीरम् (śarīram) - referring to the physical form of an individual (body)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, corporeal frame

अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

मा (mā) - used with imperative to express prohibition (not, do not)

(indeclinable)

अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

यत्र (yatra) - where, wherever

(indeclinable)

Note: Used repetitively for emphasis 'wherever... wherever'

यत्र (yatra) - where, wherever

(indeclinable)

Note: Used repetitively for emphasis 'wherever... wherever'

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

चिन्नभः (cinnabhaḥ) - referring to the boundless, pervasive, and subtle nature of consciousness (cit), likened to the sky or ether (nabhas) (the ether of consciousness, the expanse of consciousness)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cinnabhas

cinnabhas - ether of consciousness, space of consciousness

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (cit+nabhas)

• cit – consciousness, thought, intelligence
  noun (feminine)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• nabhas – sky, atmosphere, ether, space
  noun (neuter)

वेत्ति (vetti) - implies awareness or understanding on the part of the world (as an aspect of consciousness) (knows, perceives, understands)

(verb)

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

Root: vid (class 2)

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - referring to the supreme universal Self (ātman) that is the underlying reality of all existence (the Self, the soul, the essence)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - Self, soul, essence, individual soul, universal soul (ātman)

Root: an (class 2)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

Note: Used repetitively for emphasis 'there... there'

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

Note: Used repetitively for emphasis 'there... there'

द्वैताद्वैतमयम् (dvaitādvaitamayam) - describing the paradoxical nature of ultimate reality, which appears as dual but is fundamentally non-dual (consisting of duality and non-duality, characterized by both duality and non-duality)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dvaitādvaitamaya

dvaitādvaitamaya - consisting of duality and non-duality

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (dvaita+advaita+maya)

• dvaita – duality, dualism
  noun (neuter)
• advaita – non-duality, monism
  noun (neuter)
• maya – consisting of, made of, full of
  suffix (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'ātmānam'

जगत् (jagat) - referring to the phenomenal reality perceived by sentient beings, implicitly as an aspect of consciousness (the world, the universe)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, that which moves

present active participle of 'gam' (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)