योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-26, verse-20

किं केन कथमेकान्तशान्ताततशिवात्मनि ।
निरालोकोऽपरालोकः शून्ये जगति जन्यते ॥ २० ॥

kiṃ kena kathamekāntaśāntātataśivātmani ,
nirāloko'parālokaḥ śūnye jagati janyate 20

20. kim kena katham ekāntaśāntātataśivātmani
nirālokaḥ aparālokaḥ śūnye jagati janyate

20. ekāntaśāntātataśivātmani śūnye jagati
nirālokaḥ aparālokaḥ kim kena katham janyate?

20. What, by what means, and how can another realm (aparālokaḥ), one utterly devoid of light (nirālokaḥ), be generated in this empty world (jagat) when the supreme self (ātman) is singularly tranquil, pervasive, and auspicious (śiva)?

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what (interrogative particle) (what, why, how, whether)

• केन (kena) - by what means (implying impossibility) (by what, by whom, by which means)

• कथम् (katham) - how (questioning the manner of generation) (how, in what manner, why)

• एकान्तशान्ताततशिवात्मनि (ekāntaśāntātataśivātmani) - in the utterly and pervasively peaceful and benevolent self (ātman) (in the supremely tranquil, vast, auspicious self)

• निरालोकः (nirālokaḥ) - without any manifestation or awareness, dark (lightless, devoid of perception, unseen)

• अपरालोकः (aparālokaḥ) - a different, inferior, or illusory realm/manifestation (another world, another appearance, another perception)

• शून्ये (śūnye) - in the phenomenal world, understood as empty of ultimate reality (in the empty, in the void, in the non-existent)

• जगति (jagati) - in the transient, material world (in the world, in the universe)

• जन्यते (janyate) - can possibly arise or come into existence (is generated, is produced, is born)

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what (interrogative particle) (what, why, how, whether)

(indeclinable)

केन (kena) - by what means (implying impossibility) (by what, by whom, by which means)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which

कथम् (katham) - how (questioning the manner of generation) (how, in what manner, why)

(indeclinable)

एकान्तशान्ताततशिवात्मनि (ekāntaśāntātataśivātmani) - in the utterly and pervasively peaceful and benevolent self (ātman) (in the supremely tranquil, vast, auspicious self)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ekāntaśāntātataśivātman

ekāntaśāntātataśivātman - the self that is absolutely tranquil, pervading, and auspicious

Compound describing the qualities of ātman

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (ekānta+śānta+ātata+śiva+ātman)

• ekānta – exclusive, absolute, singular, utmost
  adjective (masculine)
  Compound of eka (one) and anta (end, limit)
• śānta – tranquil, peaceful, calm, pacified
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root śam (to be quiet, to cease)
  Root: śam (class 4)
• ātata – vast, expanded, pervasive, stretched out
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root tan (to stretch) with the upasarga ā-
  Prefix: ā
  Root: tan (class 8)
• śiva – auspicious, benevolent, gracious, propitious
  adjective (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence, ego
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

निरालोकः (nirālokaḥ) - without any manifestation or awareness, dark (lightless, devoid of perception, unseen)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nirāloka

nirāloka - lightless, invisible, without perception or manifestation

Compound of nis (without) and āloka (light, sight, appearance)

Compound type : Pradi-Samāsa (Bahuvrīhi) (nis+āloka)

• nis – without, out, forth
  indeclinable
  upasarga
• āloka – light, sight, vision, perception, appearance
  noun (masculine)
  From ā-loc (to see, perceive)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: loc (class 1)

अपरालोकः (aparālokaḥ) - a different, inferior, or illusory realm/manifestation (another world, another appearance, another perception)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aparāloka

aparāloka - another world, another light/vision/appearance

Compound of apara (other, inferior) and āloka (world, light, appearance)

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (apara+āloka)

• apara – other, another, subsequent, inferior
  adjective (masculine)
• āloka – light, sight, vision, perception, appearance, world
  noun (masculine)
  From ā-loc (to see, perceive)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: loc (class 1)

शून्ये (śūnye) - in the phenomenal world, understood as empty of ultimate reality (in the empty, in the void, in the non-existent)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of śūnya

śūnya - empty, void, hollow, non-existent, unreal

Derived from śū (to swell, to be empty)

Root: śū (class 5)

जगति (jagati) - in the transient, material world (in the world, in the universe)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, living beings

Present Active Participle

From root gam (to go) with suffix -at

Root: gam (class 1)

जन्यते (janyate) - can possibly arise or come into existence (is generated, is produced, is born)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of jan

Passive form of the root jan (to be born)

Root: jan (class 4)