योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-22, verse-54

सत्तैवैषा विदो यत्सा भवत्युन्मिषिता जगत् ।
परं तत्त्वं निमिषता दृगिवानामकं ततम् ॥ ५४ ॥

sattaivaiṣā vido yatsā bhavatyunmiṣitā jagat ,
paraṃ tattvaṃ nimiṣatā dṛgivānāmakaṃ tatam 54

54. sattā eva eṣā vidaḥ yat sā bhavati unmiṣitā jagat
param tattvam nimiṣatā dṛk iva anāmakaṃ tatam

54. This very existence belongs to consciousness (vid); it is through consciousness's unfolding that the world becomes manifest. However, the supreme reality (tattva), by the closing (of perception), is pervasive and unnamed, like an unmoving eye.

Words meanings summery:

• सत्ता (sattā) - existence, being, reality

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

• एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

• विदः (vidaḥ) - of knowledge, of consciousness, of wisdom (vid)

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

• सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

• भवति (bhavati) - becomes, exists, is

• उन्मिषिता (unmiṣitā) - opened, manifested, bloomed

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

• परम् (param) - supreme, highest, ultimate

• तत्त्वम् (tattvam) - reality, truth, principle, essence (tattva)

• निमिषता (nimiṣatā) - by closing, by winking (of perception)

• दृक् (dṛk) - eye, sight, vision

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अनामकं (anāmakaṁ) - nameless, without a name

• ततम् (tatam) - pervaded, spread, extended, pervasive

Words meanings and morphology

सत्ता (sattā) - existence, being, reality

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sattā

sattā - existence, being, reality

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

(indeclinable)

एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this

विदः (vidaḥ) - of knowledge, of consciousness, of wisdom (vid)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of vid

vid - knowledge, consciousness, wisdom

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

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she

भवति (bhavati) - becomes, exists, is

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

उन्मिषिता (unmiṣitā) - opened, manifested, bloomed

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of unmiṣita

unmiṣita - opened, manifested, bloomed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root `miṣ` with upasarga `ud` (un)

Prefix: ud

Root: miṣ

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe

परम् (param) - supreme, highest, ultimate

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, other

तत्त्वम् (tattvam) - reality, truth, principle, essence (tattva)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tattva

tattva - reality, truth, principle, essence

निमिषता (nimiṣatā) - by closing, by winking (of perception)

(adjective)

Instrumental, singular of nimiṣat

nimiṣat - closing, winking

Present Active Participle

Derived from root `miṣ` with upasarga `ni`

Prefix: ni

Root: miṣ

दृक् (dṛk) - eye, sight, vision

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dṛś

dṛś - eye, sight, vision

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अनामकं (anāmakaṁ) - nameless, without a name

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anāmaka

anāmaka - nameless, without a name

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+nāmaka)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• nāmaka – having a name, named
  adjective

ततम् (tatam) - pervaded, spread, extended, pervasive

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tata

tata - pervaded, spread, extended

Past Passive Participle

Root: tan (class 8)

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