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

अशून्यं शून्यमिव च शून्यं वाऽशून्यवत्स्फुटम् ।
स्फारमस्फारमिव तदस्फारं स्फारसन्निभम् ॥ ७ ॥

aśūnyaṃ śūnyamiva ca śūnyaṃ vā'śūnyavatsphuṭam ,
sphāramasphāramiva tadasphāraṃ sphārasannibham 7

7. aśūnyam śūnyam iva ca śūnyam vā aśūnyavat sphuṭam
sphāram asphāram iva tat asphāram sphārasannibham

7. tat aśūnyam śūnyam iva ca śūnyam vā aśūnyavat
sphuṭam sphāram asphāram iva asphāram sphārasannibham

7. That (Reality) is not void, yet appears as if void; or it is void, yet clearly manifests as if not void. It is expansive, yet appears as if unexpansive; and that which is unexpansive, it nonetheless resembles the expansive.

Words meanings summery:

• अशून्यम् (aśūnyam) - non-void, not empty, full

• शून्यम् (śūnyam) - empty, void, null

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as, similar to

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• शून्यम् (śūnyam) - empty, void, null

• वा (vā) - or, either...or

• अशून्यवत् (aśūnyavat) - as if non-void, as if not empty, like the non-void

• स्फुटम् (sphuṭam) - clear, distinct, manifest, evident

• स्फारम् (sphāram) - vast, extensive, expanded, abundant

• अस्फारम् (asphāram) - unexpanded, not vast, limited

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as, similar to

• तत् (tat) - that, it (referring to Reality/Brahman)

• अस्फारम् (asphāram) - unexpanded, not vast, limited

• स्फारसन्निभम् (sphārasannibham) - resembling the vast, like the expansive

Words meanings and morphology

अशून्यम् (aśūnyam) - non-void, not empty, full

(adjective)

neuter, singular of aśūnya

aśūnya - not empty, non-void, full

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+śūnya)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• śūnya – empty, void, null
  adjective (neuter)
  from root śū (to swell) + nya (suffix)
  Root: śū

शून्यम् (śūnyam) - empty, void, null

(adjective)

neuter, singular of śūnya

śūnya - empty, void, null, desert

from root śū (to swell) + nya (suffix) -> swollen, hence empty in the sense of hollow. Or from śūny (to be empty).

Root: śū

इव (iva) - like, as if, as, similar to

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

शून्यम् (śūnyam) - empty, void, null

(adjective)

neuter, singular of śūnya

śūnya - empty, void, null, desert

from root śū (to swell) + nya (suffix) -> swollen, hence empty in the sense of hollow. Or from śūny (to be empty).

Root: śū

वा (vā) - or, either...or

(indeclinable)

अशून्यवत् (aśūnyavat) - as if non-void, as if not empty, like the non-void

(indeclinable)

from aśūnya + vat (suffix for "like, as")

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aśūnya+vat)

• aśūnya – not empty, non-void
  adjective (neuter)
• vat – like, as if, similar to
  indeclinable
  suffix indicating similarity or possession

स्फुटम् (sphuṭam) - clear, distinct, manifest, evident

(adjective)

neuter, singular of sphuṭa

sphuṭa - clear, distinct, manifest, evident, broken open

Root: sphuṭ

स्फारम् (sphāram) - vast, extensive, expanded, abundant

(adjective)

neuter, singular of sphāra

sphāra - vast, extensive, expanded, abundant

from sphur (to throb, expand)

Root: sphur

अस्फारम् (asphāram) - unexpanded, not vast, limited

(adjective)

neuter, singular of asphāra

asphāra - unexpanded, not vast, limited

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sphāra)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• sphāra – vast, expansive
  adjective (masculine)
  from sphur (to throb, expand)
  Root: sphur

इव (iva) - like, as if, as, similar to

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that, it (referring to Reality/Brahman)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

अस्फारम् (asphāram) - unexpanded, not vast, limited

(adjective)

neuter, singular of asphāra

asphāra - unexpanded, not vast, limited

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sphāra)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• sphāra – vast, expansive
  adjective (masculine)
  from sphur (to throb, expand)
  Root: sphur

स्फारसन्निभम् (sphārasannibham) - resembling the vast, like the expansive

(adjective)

neuter, singular of sphārasannibha

sphārasannibha - resembling the vast, like the expansive

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (sphāra+sannibha)

• sphāra – vast, expansive
  adjective (masculine)
  from sphur (to throb, expand)
  Root: sphur
• sannibha – resembling, similar, like
  adjective (masculine)

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