योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-7, chapter-27, verse-2
एकस्मिन्नेव सर्वस्मिन्संस्थिते विततात्मनि ।
नैकस्मिन्न च सर्वस्मिन्नानाताकलना कुतः ॥ २ ॥
नैकस्मिन्न च सर्वस्मिन्नानाताकलना कुतः ॥ २ ॥
ekasminneva sarvasminsaṃsthite vitatātmani ,
naikasminna ca sarvasminnānātākalanā kutaḥ 2
naikasminna ca sarvasminnānātākalanā kutaḥ 2
2.
ekasmin eva sarvasmin saṃsthite vitatātmani
na ekasmin na ca sarvasmin nānātākalanā kutaḥ
na ekasmin na ca sarvasmin nānātākalanā kutaḥ
2.
vitatātmani ekasmin eva sarvasmin saṃsthite
nānātākalanā kutaḥ na ekasmin na ca sarvasmin
nānātākalanā kutaḥ na ekasmin na ca sarvasmin
2.
When everything is firmly established in that single all-pervasive self (ātman), from where can the conception of multiplicity arise? For it is neither in any single part, nor in the totality.
Words meanings summery:
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- एकस्मिन् (ekasmin) - in that single (entity) (in one, in a single)
- एव (eva) - indeed, only (only, just, indeed, even)
- सर्वस्मिन् (sarvasmin) - in the all-pervasive (entity) (in all, in everything)
- संस्थिते (saṁsthite) - firmly established (firmly established, situated, existing)
- विततात्मनि (vitatātmani) - in the all-pervasive self (ātman) (in the pervasive self, in the expanded self)
- न (na) - neither (not, no)
- एकस्मिन् (ekasmin) - in a single part (in one, in a single)
- न (na) - nor (not, no)
- च (ca) - and, also
- सर्वस्मिन् (sarvasmin) - in the totality (in all, in everything)
- नानाताकलना (nānātākalanā) - the conception of multiplicity (conception of multiplicity, understanding of difference)
- कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, how (from where, whence, how)
Words meanings and morphology
एकस्मिन् (ekasmin) - in that single (entity) (in one, in a single)
(adjective)
Locative, masculine, singular of eka
eka - one, single, sole
Note: Refers to 'ātman'.
एव (eva) - indeed, only (only, just, indeed, even)
(indeclinable)
Note: Emphatic particle.
सर्वस्मिन् (sarvasmin) - in the all-pervasive (entity) (in all, in everything)
(pronoun)
Locative, masculine, singular of sarva
sarva - all, every, whole
Note: Refers to 'ātman'.
संस्थिते (saṁsthite) - firmly established (firmly established, situated, existing)
(adjective)
Locative, masculine, singular of saṃsthita
saṁsthita - firmly standing, established, situated, existing
Past Passive Participle
From sam-sthā (to stand firmly, be established) + kta suffix
Prefix: sam
Root: sthā (class 1)
Note: Modifies 'ātman' (implicitly).
विततात्मनि (vitatātmani) - in the all-pervasive self (ātman) (in the pervasive self, in the expanded self)
(adjective)
Locative, masculine, singular of vitatātman
vitatātman - one whose self (ātman) is expanded, pervasive, diffused
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vitata+ātman)
- vitata – spread out, extended, diffused, pervasive
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
From vi-tan (to spread out) + kta suffix
Prefix: vi
Root: tan (class 8) - ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
noun (masculine)
Note: Modifies 'ātman', agreeing in case, number, gender.
न (na) - neither (not, no)
(indeclinable)
Note: Used as a negative particle.
एकस्मिन् (ekasmin) - in a single part (in one, in a single)
(adjective)
Locative, masculine, singular of eka
eka - one, single, sole
Note: Refers to a single part of the whole.
न (na) - nor (not, no)
(indeclinable)
Note: Used as a negative particle in combination with 'ca'.
च (ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
Note: Connects 'na ekasmin' and 'na sarvasmin'.
सर्वस्मिन् (sarvasmin) - in the totality (in all, in everything)
(pronoun)
Locative, masculine, singular of sarva
sarva - all, every, whole
Note: Refers to the totality of things.
नानाताकलना (nānātākalanā) - the conception of multiplicity (conception of multiplicity, understanding of difference)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of nānātākalanā
nānātākalanā - conception of multiplicity, imagining diversity
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nānātā+kalanā)
- nānātā – multiplicity, diversity, variety
noun (feminine)
From nānā (diverse) + tā (abstract suffix) - kalanā – calculating, imagining, conceiving, notion
noun (feminine)
From root kal (to count, estimate)
Root: kal (class 1)
Note: Subject of the question.
कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, how (from where, whence, how)
(indeclinable)
Note: Interrogative adverb.