योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-29, verse-45

स्वच्छं चिदाकाशमहं भवानाकाशमेव च ।
जगच्चाकाशमखिलं सर्वमाकाशमात्रकम् ॥ ४५ ॥

svacchaṃ cidākāśamahaṃ bhavānākāśameva ca ,
jagaccākāśamakhilaṃ sarvamākāśamātrakam 45

45. svaccham cidākāśam aham bhavān ākāśam eva ca
jagat ca ākāśam akhilam sarvam ākāśamātrakam

45. aham svaccham cidākāśam bhavān ca ākāśam eva
jagat ca akhilam ākāśam sarvam ākāśamātrakam

45. I am pure consciousness-space (cidākāśa). You, too, are indeed space (ākāśa). And the entire world is space; everything is merely space.

Words meanings summery:

• स्वच्छम् (svaccham) - pure, clear, clean

• चिदाकाशम् (cidākāśam) - consciousness-space, ether of consciousness

• अहम् (aham) - I

• भवान् (bhavān) - you (respectful)

• आकाशम् (ākāśam) - space, ether

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• च (ca) - and, also

• जगत् (jagat) - world

• च (ca) - and, also

• आकाशम् (ākāśam) - space, ether

• अखिलम् (akhilam) - entire, whole, complete

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

• आकाशमात्रकम् (ākāśamātrakam) - merely space, nothing but space

Words meanings and morphology

स्वच्छम् (svaccham) - pure, clear, clean

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of svaccha

svaccha - clean, pure, clear, pellucid

चिदाकाशम् (cidākāśam) - consciousness-space, ether of consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cidākāśa

cidākāśa - the ether of consciousness, infinite consciousness compared to space

Compound type : karmadhāraya (cit+ākāśa)

• cit – consciousness, pure intelligence, understanding
  noun (feminine)
• ākāśa – space, ether, sky, the fifth element in Hindu philosophy
  noun (masculine)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

भवान् (bhavān) - you (respectful)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you (respectful form); existing, being

present active participle (from root bhū)

Root: bhū (class 1)

आकाशम् (ākāśam) - space, ether

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - space, ether, sky, the fifth element in Hindu philosophy

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

जगत् (jagat) - world

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, living being

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

आकाशम् (ākāśam) - space, ether

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - space, ether, sky, the fifth element in Hindu philosophy

अखिलम् (akhilam) - entire, whole, complete

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of akhila

akhila - whole, entire, complete, all (lit. 'without khila' or deficiency)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+khila)

• a – not, un-, without (negative prefix)
  indeclinable
• khila – deficient, wanting, residual, waste
  adjective (neuter)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

आकाशमात्रकम् (ākāśamātrakam) - merely space, nothing but space

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ākāśamātraka

ākāśamātraka - consisting merely of space, nothing but space

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ākāśa+mātraka)

• ākāśa – space, ether, sky, the fifth element in Hindu philosophy
  noun (masculine)
• mātraka – mere, only, consisting only of
  adjective (neuter)

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