योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-26, verse-17

शून्यमात्रं यथा व्योम स्पन्दमात्रं यथानिलः ।
जलमात्रं यथोर्म्यादि संविन्मात्रं तथा जगत् ॥ १७ ॥

śūnyamātraṃ yathā vyoma spandamātraṃ yathānilaḥ ,
jalamātraṃ yathormyādi saṃvinmātraṃ tathā jagat 17

17. śūnyamātram yathā vyoma spandamātram yathā anilaḥ
jalamātram yathā ūrmyādi saṃvit mātram tathā jagat

17. yathā vyoma śūnyamātram,
yathā anilaḥ spandamātram,
yathā ūrmyādi jalamātram,
tathā jagat saṃvit mātram

17. Just as space (vyoma) is merely emptiness, just as the wind (anila) is merely vibration, and just as waves and so forth are merely water, similarly the world (jagat) is merely consciousness (saṃvit).

Words meanings summery:

• शून्यमात्रम् (śūnyamātram) - merely emptiness (merely emptiness, just void)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in the way that)

• व्योम (vyoma) - space (sky, space, atmosphere)

• स्पन्दमात्रम् (spandamātram) - merely vibration (merely vibration, just pulsation)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in the way that)

• अनिलः (anilaḥ) - the wind (wind, air)

• जलमात्रम् (jalamātram) - merely water (merely water, just water)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in the way that)

• ऊर्म्यादि (ūrmyādi) - waves and so forth (waves and so forth, beginning with waves)

• संवित् (saṁvit) - consciousness (consciousness, knowledge)

• मात्रम् (mātram) - merely (merely, only, just)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (similarly, so, thus, in that way)

• जगत् (jagat) - the manifest world (world, universe, what moves)

Words meanings and morphology

शून्यमात्रम् (śūnyamātram) - merely emptiness (merely emptiness, just void)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śūnyamātra

śūnyamātra - merely empty, only void

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śūnya+mātra)

• śūnya – empty, void, null, nothingness
  adjective (neuter)
• mātra – only, merely, just, measure
  indeclinable
  Suffix indicating 'only' or 'mere'.

Note: Predicative adjective for 'vyoma'.

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in the way that)

(indeclinable)

व्योम (vyoma) - space (sky, space, atmosphere)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vyoman

vyoman - sky, space, atmosphere, ether

Note: Subject of the simile.

स्पन्दमात्रम् (spandamātram) - merely vibration (merely vibration, just pulsation)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of spandamātra

spandamātra - merely vibrating, only pulsation

Compound type : karmadhāraya (spanda+mātra)

• spanda – vibration, pulsation, tremor
  noun (masculine)
  From root spand (to throb, vibrate).
  Root: spand (class 1)
• mātra – only, merely, just, measure
  indeclinable
  Suffix indicating 'only' or 'mere'.

Note: Predicative adjective for 'anilaḥ'.

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in the way that)

(indeclinable)

अनिलः (anilaḥ) - the wind (wind, air)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anila

anila - wind, air, breeze

Note: Subject of the simile.

जलमात्रम् (jalamātram) - merely water (merely water, just water)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jalamātra

jalamātra - merely water, only water

Compound type : karmadhāraya (jala+mātra)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• mātra – only, merely, just, measure
  indeclinable
  Suffix indicating 'only' or 'mere'.

Note: Predicative adjective for 'ūrmyādi'.

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in the way that)

(indeclinable)

ऊर्म्यादि (ūrmyādi) - waves and so forth (waves and so forth, beginning with waves)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ūrmyādi

ūrmyādi - waves and the like, beginning with waves

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ūrmi+ādi)

• ūrmi – wave, ripple
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, et cetera, and so forth
  indeclinable
  Suffix indicating 'and so on'.

Note: Subject of the simile.

संवित् (saṁvit) - consciousness (consciousness, knowledge)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃvit

saṁvit - consciousness, knowledge, understanding

From root vid (to know) with upasarga sam-.

Prefix: sam

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Part of the compound 'saṃvinmātram'.

मात्रम् (mātram) - merely (merely, only, just)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mātra

mātra - only, merely, just, measure, extent

Note: Forms the compound 'saṃvinmātram', acting as a predicative adjective for 'jagat'.

तथा (tathā) - similarly (similarly, so, thus, in that way)

(indeclinable)

जगत् (jagat) - the manifest world (world, universe, what moves)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, what moves, living beings

Present Active Participle

From root gam (to go, move) with reduplication.

Root: gam (class 1)