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योगवासिष्ठः       yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-213, verse-18

गुरुरुवाच ।
चिदाकाशमिदं पुत्र स्वच्छं कचकचायते ।
यन्नाम तज्जगद्भाति जगदन्यन्न विद्यते ॥ १८ ॥
gururuvāca ,
cidākāśamidaṃ putra svacchaṃ kacakacāyate ,
yannāma tajjagadbhāti jagadanyanna vidyate 18
18. guruḥ uvāca cidākāśam idam putra svacchaṃ kacakacāyate
yat nāma tat jagat bhāti jagat anyat na vidyate
18. guruḥ uvāca putra idam svacchaṃ cidākāśam kacakacāyate
yat nāma tat jagat bhāti anyat jagat na vidyate
18. The Guru said: "O son, this pure consciousness-space (cidākāśa) effulges. What is named as the world shines forth from it; no other world truly exists."

Words meanings summery:

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  • गुरुः (guruḥ) - The spiritual preceptor (a teacher, preceptor, spiritual guide)
  • उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)
  • चिदाकाशम् (cidākāśam) - the consciousness-space (cidākāśa) (consciousness-space, the ether of consciousness)
  • इदम् (idam) - this
  • पुत्र (putra) - O son (son, child)
  • स्वच्छं (svacchaṁ) - pure (pure, clear, clean)
  • कचकचायते (kacakacāyate) - effulges (shines brightly, effulges, glitters)
  • यत् (yat) - what (which, what)
  • नाम (nāma) - is named (name, by name, indeed)
  • तत् (tat) - that
  • जगत् (jagat) - world (world, universe, living beings)
  • भाति (bhāti) - shines forth / appears (shines, appears, exists)
  • जगत् (jagat) - world (world, universe, living beings)
  • अन्यत् (anyat) - other (other, different)
  • (na) - not (not, no)
  • विद्यते (vidyate) - exists (exists, is found)

Words meanings and morphology

गुरुः (guruḥ) - The spiritual preceptor (a teacher, preceptor, spiritual guide)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of guru
guru - a teacher, preceptor, spiritual guide; heavy, venerable, important
उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac
Perfect Active
Perfect third person singular of √vac
Root: vac (class 2)
चिदाकाशम् (cidākāśam) - the consciousness-space (cidākāśa) (consciousness-space, the ether of consciousness)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of cidākāśa
cidākāśa - consciousness-space, the ether of consciousness
Compound type : karmadhāraya (cit+ākāśa)
  • cit – consciousness, thought, understanding
    noun (feminine)
  • ākāśa – space, ether, sky
    noun (masculine)
    Prefix: ā
    Root: kāś (class 1)
इदम् (idam) - this
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of idam
idam - this, here, now
पुत्र (putra) - O son (son, child)
(noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of putra
putra - son, child
स्वच्छं (svacchaṁ) - pure (pure, clear, clean)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of svaccha
svaccha - pure, clear, clean, transparent
Derived from su-accha (su + akṣa), good-eyed / su + ccha (derived from śac = pure)
Note: Agrees with `cidākāśam`.
कचकचायते (kacakacāyate) - effulges (shines brightly, effulges, glitters)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of kacakacāya
Denominative
Denominative from onomatopoeic *kaca-kaca*, in the atmanepada. Present 3rd person singular.
Root: kacakacāya
Note: Denominative verb from an onomatopoeic root.
यत् (yat) - what (which, what)
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of yad
yad - which, what, that
Note: Relative pronoun, agrees with `nāma`.
नाम (nāma) - is named (name, by name, indeed)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of nāman
nāman - name, appellation
Note: Can also be used as an indeclinable for 'indeed', but here it refers to 'name' or 'being named'.
तत् (tat) - that
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
Note: Correlative pronoun to `yat`.
जगत् (jagat) - world (world, universe, living beings)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat
jagat - world, universe, moving
Present Active Participle
Present active participle of √gam, 'to go', here substantivized
Root: gam (class 1)
भाति (bhāti) - shines forth / appears (shines, appears, exists)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of bhā
Present Active
Present 3rd person singular of √bhā
Root: bhā (class 2)
जगत् (jagat) - world (world, universe, living beings)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat
jagat - world, universe, moving
Present Active Participle
Present active participle of √gam, 'to go', here substantivized
Root: gam (class 1)
अन्यत् (anyat) - other (other, different)
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of anya
anya - other, different
Note: Agrees with `jagat`.
(na) - not (not, no)
(indeclinable)
Note: Negation.
विद्यते (vidyate) - exists (exists, is found)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of vid
Present Middle
Present 3rd person singular of √vid (class 4 Atmanepada), 'to be, exist'
Root: vid (class 4)