योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-34, verse-14

ब्रह्मैव कचतीवेदं सत्तयाच्छजगत्तया ।
चिद्रूपत्वाद्द्रवात्मत्वात्तरङ्गादितयाब्धिवत् ॥ १४ ॥

brahmaiva kacatīvedaṃ sattayācchajagattayā ,
cidrūpatvāddravātmatvāttaraṅgāditayābdhivat 14

14. brahma eva kacati idam sattayā accha-jagattayā
cit-rūpatvāt drava-ātmatvāt taraṅga-ādi-tayā abdhivat

14. brahma eva sattayā cit-rūpatvāt idam accha-jagattayā kacati,
abdhivat drava-ātmatvāt taraṅga-ādi-tayā.

14. Brahman alone appears as this very world (jagat), pure and clear, by its inherent reality (sattā) and its nature as consciousness (cit-rūpatva). This is just as the ocean, due to its fluid essence (ātman), manifests as waves and other such forms.

14. בְּרַהְמָן לבדו קורן כאן במציאותו כעולם הזך, מפני שמהותו תודעה, בדיוק כמו שאוקיינוס מופיע כגלים מתוך היותו נזיל.

Words meanings summery:

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman, the Absolute Reality

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, alone, certainly

• कचति (kacati) - shines, appears, is visible

• इदम् (idam) - this, this here

• सत्तया (sattayā) - by existence, by reality, through being

• अच्छ-जगत्तया (accha-jagattayā) - as a clear world, by means of a pure world

• चित्-रूपत्वात् (cit-rūpatvāt) - from/due to the nature of consciousness

• द्रव-आत्मत्वात् (drava-ātmatvāt) - from/due to the nature of a fluid essence

• तरङ्ग-आदि-तया (taraṅga-ādi-tayā) - as waves and so on, by means of waves etc.

• अब्धिवत् (abdhivat) - like the ocean

Words meanings and morphology

ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman, the Absolute Reality

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - the Absolute Reality, ultimate principle, the Supreme Being

एव (eva) - indeed, only, alone, certainly

(indeclinable)

कचति (kacati) - shines, appears, is visible

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of √kas

present active

root class 1, parasmaipada, present tense

Root: kas (class 1)

इदम् (idam) - this, this here

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

सत्तया (sattayā) - by existence, by reality, through being

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of sattā

sattā - existence, reality, being, essence

derived from 'sat' (existent) + '-tā' (suffix for abstract feminine noun)

Root: as

अच्छ-जगत्तया (accha-jagattayā) - as a clear world, by means of a pure world

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of accha-jagattā

accha-jagattā - the state of being a clear world

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (accha-jagat+tā)

• accha-jagat – a clear world, a pure world
  noun (neuter)
• tā – state, nature, quality (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns)
  noun (feminine)
  suffix forming abstract nouns

चित्-रूपत्वात् (cit-rūpatvāt) - from/due to the nature of consciousness

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of cit-rūpatva

cit-rūpatva - the nature or state of being consciousness

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (cit-rūpa+tva)

• cit-rūpa – consciousness-form, nature of consciousness
  noun (neuter)
• tva – state, nature, quality (suffix forming neuter abstract nouns)
  noun (neuter)
  suffix forming abstract nouns

द्रव-आत्मत्वात् (drava-ātmatvāt) - from/due to the nature of a fluid essence

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of drava-ātmatva

drava-ātmatva - the nature or state of having a fluid essence

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (drava-ātman+tva)

• drava-ātman – fluid essence, liquid self
  noun (masculine)
• tva – state, nature, quality (suffix forming neuter abstract nouns)
  noun (neuter)
  suffix forming abstract nouns

तरङ्ग-आदि-तया (taraṅga-ādi-tayā) - as waves and so on, by means of waves etc.

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of taraṅga-ādi-tā

taraṅga-ādi-tā - the state of being waves and so on

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (taraṅga-ādi+tā)

• taraṅga-ādi – waves and so on, beginning with waves
  noun (masculine)
• tā – state, nature, quality (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns)
  noun (feminine)
  suffix forming abstract nouns

अब्धिवत् (abdhivat) - like the ocean

(indeclinable)

derived from 'abdhi' (ocean) + '-vat' (suffix meaning 'like')

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