योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-35, verse-17

अकर्तृकर्मकरणमकारणमकारकम् ।
अन्तःशून्यतयैवैतच्चिराय परिपूरितम् ॥ १७ ॥

akartṛkarmakaraṇamakāraṇamakārakam ,
antaḥśūnyatayaivaitaccirāya paripūritam 17

17. akartṛkarmakaraṇam akāraṇam akārakam
antaḥśūnyatayā eva etat cirāya paripūritam

17. etat akartṛkarmakaraṇam akāraṇam akārakam
antaḥśūnyatayā eva cirāya paripūritam

17. This (brahman), being without an agent, an action, or an instrument, without a cause and without a doer, has nonetheless been completely filled for all time by its very inner emptiness.

Words meanings summery:

• अकर्तृकर्मकरणम् (akartṛkarmakaraṇam) - without an agent, action, or instrument; devoid of doer, deed, and means

• अकारणम् (akāraṇam) - without a cause; causeless

• अकारकम् (akārakam) - without a doer; non-agentive; not producing

• अन्तःशून्यतया (antaḥśūnyatayā) - by inner emptiness, by its inherent voidness

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

• एतत् (etat) - this, this one

• चिराय (cirāya) - for a long time, eternally, permanently

• परिपूरितम् (paripūritam) - completely filled, entirely fulfilled, perfected

Words meanings and morphology

अकर्तृकर्मकरणम् (akartṛkarmakaraṇam) - without an agent, action, or instrument; devoid of doer, deed, and means

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of akartṛkarmakaraṇa

akartṛkarmakaraṇa - without an agent, action, or instrument

Complex compound negating agent, action, and instrument.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+kartṛ+karma+karaṇa)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• kartṛ – agent, doer, creator
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun from √kṛ
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• karma – action, deed, object of action, ritual (karma)
  noun (neuter)
  Action noun from √kṛ
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• karaṇa – instrument, means, cause, sense organ
  noun (neuter)
  Instrument noun from √kṛ
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Qualifies 'etat' (this).

अकारणम् (akāraṇam) - without a cause; causeless

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of akāraṇa

akāraṇa - without a cause; causeless; not a cause

Negated compound of 'kāraṇa'

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+kāraṇa)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies 'etat' (this).

अकारकम् (akārakam) - without a doer; non-agentive; not producing

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of akāraka

akāraka - without a doer/agent; not producing, non-agentive

Negated compound of 'kāraka'

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+kāraka)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• kāraka – doer, agent, producer; an action-related case (gram.)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'etat' (this).

अन्तःशून्यतया (antaḥśūnyatayā) - by inner emptiness, by its inherent voidness

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of antaḥśūnyatā

antaḥśūnyatā - inner emptiness, inherent voidness

Compound 'antar' + 'śūnyatā'

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (antar+śūnyatā)

• antar – inside, within, internal
  indeclinable
• śūnyatā – emptiness, voidness, non-existence
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from 'śūnya' (empty) with suffix -tā

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

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Note: Refers to the ultimate reality (brahman).

चिराय (cirāya) - for a long time, eternally, permanently

(indeclinable)

Dative form used adverbially.

परिपूरितम् (paripūritam) - completely filled, entirely fulfilled, perfected

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of paripūrita

paripūrita - completely filled, entirely fulfilled, perfected, completed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √pū (to fill) with prefix pari-

Prefix: pari

Root: pū (class 4)

Note: Serves as the predicate of the sentence.

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