योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-31, verse-25

सर्वं दृश्यं जगद्ब्रह्म सदित्यवगते स्फुटम् ।
जलशोषादिवोदेति बिम्बबिम्बिक्षये शिवम् ॥ २५ ॥

sarvaṃ dṛśyaṃ jagadbrahma sadityavagate sphuṭam ,
jalaśoṣādivodeti bimbabimbikṣaye śivam 25

25. sarvam dṛśyam jagadbrahma sat iti avagate
sphuṭam jalaśoṣāt iva udeti bimbabimbīkṣaye śivam

25. sphuṭam avagate sarvam dṛśyam jagadbrahma sat
iti jalaśoṣāt iva bimbabimbīkṣaye śivam udeti

25. When all that is visible, the world, is clearly understood as the supreme reality (brahman) and existence (sat), then, just as after the evaporation of water, auspiciousness (śivam) arises with the disappearance of the original (bimba) and its reflection (bimbī).

Words meanings summery:

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - everything, all things (all, whole, every)

• दृश्यम् (dṛśyam) - all that is perceived by the senses, the phenomenal world (visible, perceptible, the seen, object of sight)

• जगद्ब्रह्म (jagadbrahma) - the entire manifest world as identical with the Absolute (brahman) (the world which is Brahman)

• सत् (sat) - the truly existent, ultimate reality (existence, reality, truth, good)

• इति (iti) - marks the end of a quotation or thought (thus, so saying)

• अवगते (avagate) - when it is clearly comprehended (when understood, having been understood)

• स्फुटम् (sphuṭam) - clearly, undeniably (clearly, distinctly, evident, manifest)

• जलशोषात् (jalaśoṣāt) - as a result of the drying of water (as in a mirage disappearing) (from the drying up of water, due to water evaporation)

• इव (iva) - just as, in the manner of (like, as if, as)

• उदेति (udeti) - manifests, becomes apparent (arises, appears, comes forth)

• बिम्बबिम्बीक्षये (bimbabimbīkṣaye) - in the cessation of the distinction between the prototype and its image (in the destruction of the original and reflection)

• शिवम् (śivam) - the state of ultimate well-being or liberation (auspiciousness, well-being, bliss, peace, happiness)

Words meanings and morphology

सर्वम् (sarvam) - everything, all things (all, whole, every)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, whole, every, entire

दृश्यम् (dṛśyam) - all that is perceived by the senses, the phenomenal world (visible, perceptible, the seen, object of sight)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dṛśya

dṛśya - visible, perceptible, worth seeing, object of sight

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

Gerundive (karmaṇi kṛt) from root `dṛś` (to see).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

जगद्ब्रह्म (jagadbrahma) - the entire manifest world as identical with the Absolute (brahman) (the world which is Brahman)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagadbrahman

jagadbrahman - the world as Brahman, the Brahman-world

Compound type : karmadhāraya (jagat+brahman)

• jagat – world, universe, moving
  noun (neuter)
  Present Active Participle (Nom. Sg. neuter)
  Present active participle of root `gam` (to go) in neuter form, used as a noun.
  Root: gam (class 1)
• brahman – the Absolute, ultimate reality, universal spirit
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bṛh (class 1)

सत् (sat) - the truly existent, ultimate reality (existence, reality, truth, good)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sat

sat - existent, real, true, good, being, reality

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of root `as` (to be).

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Used here as a noun or an adjective qualifying `jagadbrahma`.

इति (iti) - marks the end of a quotation or thought (thus, so saying)

(indeclinable)

अवगते (avagate) - when it is clearly comprehended (when understood, having been understood)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of avagata

avagata - understood, known, comprehended

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root `gam` (to go) with prefix `ava`.

Prefix: ava

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Used impersonally or as a locative absolute, meaning 'when it is understood'.

स्फुटम् (sphuṭam) - clearly, undeniably (clearly, distinctly, evident, manifest)

(indeclinable)

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root `sphuṭ` (to burst open). Used adverbially here.

Root: sphuṭ (class 1)

Note: Adverbial usage of the neuter nominative/accusative singular form of the adjective.

जलशोषात् (jalaśoṣāt) - as a result of the drying of water (as in a mirage disappearing) (from the drying up of water, due to water evaporation)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of jalaśoṣa

jalaśoṣa - drying up of water, water evaporation

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (jala+śoṣa)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• śoṣa – drying up, desiccation, withering
  noun (masculine)
  From root `śuṣ` (to dry).
  Root: śuṣ (class 4)

इव (iva) - just as, in the manner of (like, as if, as)

(indeclinable)

उदेति (udeti) - manifests, becomes apparent (arises, appears, comes forth)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of ud-i

Root `i` (to go) with prefix `ud`.

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

बिम्बबिम्बीक्षये (bimbabimbīkṣaye) - in the cessation of the distinction between the prototype and its image (in the destruction of the original and reflection)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of bimbabimbīkṣaya

bimbabimbīkṣaya - destruction of the original and reflection

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (bimba+bimbī+kṣaya)

• bimba – original, prototype, image, disc (of sun/moon)
  noun (neuter)
• bimbī – reflection, reflected image, that which reflects
  noun (feminine)
  Feminine derivative of `bimba`, here likely referring to the reflection.
• kṣaya – destruction, loss, end, decay
  noun (masculine)
  From root `kṣi` (to perish).
  Root: kṣi (class 1)

शिवम् (śivam) - the state of ultimate well-being or liberation (auspiciousness, well-being, bliss, peace, happiness)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śiva

śiva - auspicious, propitious, benevolent, prosperous, happiness, liberation

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