योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-212, verse-5

जगद्ब्रह्मजलावर्तो द्वित्वैकत्वे किलात्र के ।
क्वावर्तपयसोर्द्वित्वं द्वित्वाभावात्क्व चैकता ॥ ५ ॥

jagadbrahmajalāvarto dvitvaikatve kilātra ke ,
kvāvartapayasordvitvaṃ dvitvābhāvātkva caikatā 5

5. jagat brahmajalāvartaḥ dvitvaikatve kila atra ke
kva āvartapayasoḥ dvitvam dvitvābhāvāt kva ca ekatā

5. jagat brahmajalāvartaḥ (asti).
atra kila ke dvitvaikatve (staḥ)? āvartapayasoḥ dvitvam kva (asti)? dvitvābhāvāt ca ekatā kva (asti)?

5. This world is merely a whirlpool within the waters of Brahman (brahman). What concepts of duality or unity could possibly exist here? Where is there duality between a whirlpool and its water? And if duality is absent, where then is the question of unity?

Words meanings summery:

• जगत् (jagat) - the world, the universe, moving

• ब्रह्मजलावर्तः (brahmajalāvartaḥ) - a whirlpool of Brahman-water

• द्वित्वैकत्वे (dvitvaikatve) - Concepts of separateness and oneness. (duality and unity)

• किल (kila) - indeed, surely

• अत्र (atra) - In the context of the world being Brahman. (here, in this matter)

• के (ke) - What (dual nominative neuter, referring to 'dvitvaikatve'). (what (dual/plural nom. or gen./loc. sing. fem.))

• क्व (kva) - where, to what extent

• आवर्तपयसोः (āvartapayasoḥ) - of the whirlpool and the water

• द्वित्वम् (dvitvam) - duality, twoness

• द्वित्वाभावात् (dvitvābhāvāt) - due to the absence of duality

• क्व (kva) - where

• च (ca) - and, also

• एकता (ekatā) - unity, oneness

Words meanings and morphology

जगत् (jagat) - the world, the universe, moving

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - the world, universe, moving, living

Present Active Participle

From root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Subject.

ब्रह्मजलावर्तः (brahmajalāvartaḥ) - a whirlpool of Brahman-water

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brahmajalāvarta

brahmajalāvarta - whirlpool of the water of Brahman

Compound of 'brahman', 'jala', and 'āvarta'

Compound type : tatpurusha (brahman+jala+āvarta)

• brahman – Brahman, the Absolute, the ultimate reality
  noun (neuter)
  From root bṛh (to grow, expand)
  Root: bṛh (class 1)
• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• āvarta – whirlpool, eddy, circle, revolution
  noun (masculine)
  From prefix 'ā' + root 'vṛt' (to turn)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Predicate nominative.

द्वित्वैकत्वे (dvitvaikatve) - Concepts of separateness and oneness. (duality and unity)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of dvitvaikatva

dvitvaikatva - duality and unity, twoness and oneness

Compound of 'dvitva' (duality) and 'ekatva' (unity)

Compound type : dvandva (dvitva+ekatva)

• dvitva – duality, twoness
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from 'dvi' (two)
• ekatva – unity, oneness
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from 'eka' (one)

Note: Subject of the question.

किल (kila) - indeed, surely

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic/rhetorical particle.

अत्र (atra) - In the context of the world being Brahman. (here, in this matter)

(indeclinable)

From pronominal stem 'a'

Note: Locative adverb.

के (ke) - What (dual nominative neuter, referring to 'dvitvaikatve'). (what (dual/plural nom. or gen./loc. sing. fem.))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of kim

kim - what, who, which

Note: Interrogative pronoun.

क्व (kva) - where, to what extent

(indeclinable)

From pronominal stem 'ka'

Note: Interrogative adverb.

आवर्तपयसोः (āvartapayasoḥ) - of the whirlpool and the water

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, dual of āvarta-payas

āvarta-payas - whirlpool and water

Dvandva compound of 'āvarta' and 'payas'

Compound type : dvandva (āvarta+payas)

• āvarta – whirlpool, eddy
  noun (masculine)
  From prefix 'ā' + root 'vṛt' (to turn)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: vṛt (class 1)
• payas – water, milk
  noun (neuter)

Note: Possessive case for 'dvitvam'.

द्वित्वम् (dvitvam) - duality, twoness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dvitva

dvitva - duality, twoness

Derived from 'dvi' (two)

Note: Subject of the question.

द्वित्वाभावात् (dvitvābhāvāt) - due to the absence of duality

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of dvitvābhāva

dvitvābhāva - absence of duality

Compound of 'dvitva' (duality) and 'abhāva' (absence)

Compound type : tatpurusha (dvitva+abhāva)

• dvitva – duality, twoness
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from 'dvi' (two)
• abhāva – absence, non-existence
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix 'a-' + 'bhāva' (being, existence)
  Prefix: a
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Indicates reason.

क्व (kva) - where

(indeclinable)

From pronominal stem 'ka'

Note: Interrogative adverb.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

एकता (ekatā) - unity, oneness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ekatā

ekatā - unity, oneness, identity

From 'eka' (one) + suffix 'tā'

Note: Subject of the question.

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