योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-42, verse-14

इत्यत्रार्थोऽभविष्यत्स द्वित्वैकत्वास्तितावशात् ।
कोऽत्र कल्पयिता द्वित्वमेकत्वं वा महाम्बरे ॥ १४ ॥

ityatrārtho'bhaviṣyatsa dvitvaikatvāstitāvaśāt ,
ko'tra kalpayitā dvitvamekatvaṃ vā mahāmbare 14

14. iti atra arthaḥ abhaviṣyat saḥ dvitvaikātvāstitāvaśāt
kaḥ atra kalpayitā dvitvam ekatvam vā mahāmbare

14. iti atra arthaḥ abhaviṣyat saḥ dvitvaikātvāstitāvaśāt
kaḥ atra mahāmbare dvitvam vā ekatvam kalpayitā

14. If a meaning were to arise here, it would be due to the prevalence of either duality or unity in existence. But who, in the vast expanse (mahāmbaram), would imagine duality or unity?

Words meanings summery:

• इति (iti) - thus (thus, in this manner, so, indicating direct speech or conclusion)

• अत्र (atra) - here (here, in this place, on this occasion)

• अर्थः (arthaḥ) - meaning (meaning, purpose, object, wealth, thing)

• अभविष्यत् (abhaviṣyat) - would arise (would be, would have been)

• सः (saḥ) - that (meaning) (he, that, that one)

• द्वित्वैकात्वास्तितावशात् (dvitvaikātvāstitāvaśāt) - due to the prevalence of either duality or unity in existence (due to the power of the existence of duality and unity)

• कः (kaḥ) - who (who, what)

• अत्र (atra) - here (here, in this place, on this occasion)

• कल्पयिता (kalpayitā) - would imagine (one who imagines, creator, will imagine)

• द्वित्वम् (dvitvam) - duality (duality, twoness, pair)

• एकत्वम् (ekatvam) - unity (unity, oneness, singularity)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either...or)

• महाम्बरे (mahāmbare) - in the vast expanse (in the great space, in the vast sky, in the great ether)

Words meanings and morphology

इति (iti) - thus (thus, in this manner, so, indicating direct speech or conclusion)

(indeclinable)

अत्र (atra) - here (here, in this place, on this occasion)

(indeclinable)

From idam (this) + tral (suffix)

अर्थः (arthaḥ) - meaning (meaning, purpose, object, wealth, thing)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - meaning, purpose, object

From ṛ (to go, reach) + tha suffix

Root: ṛ (class 1)

अभविष्यत् (abhaviṣyat) - would arise (would be, would have been)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, conditional (lṛṅ) of bhū

conditional mood

a (augment) + bhū + sya (conditional sign) + t (personal ending)

Root: bhū (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - that (meaning) (he, that, that one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

द्वित्वैकात्वास्तितावशात् (dvitvaikātvāstitāvaśāt) - due to the prevalence of either duality or unity in existence (due to the power of the existence of duality and unity)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of dvitvaikātvāstitāvaśa

dvitvaikātvāstitāvaśa - sway of the existence of duality and unity

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvitva+ekatva+astitā+vaśa)

• dvitva – duality, twoness
  noun (neuter)
  dvi (two) + tva (abstract suffix)
• ekatva – unity, oneness
  noun (neuter)
  eka (one) + tva (abstract suffix)
• astitā – existence, being
  noun (feminine)
  From as (to be) + ti + tā (abstract suffix)
  Root: as (class 2)
• vaśa – power, control, sway
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vaś (class 2)

कः (kaḥ) - who (who, what)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Interrogative pronoun

अत्र (atra) - here (here, in this place, on this occasion)

(indeclinable)

From idam (this) + tral (suffix)

कल्पयिता (kalpayitā) - would imagine (one who imagines, creator, will imagine)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kalpayitṛ

kalpayitṛ - imaginer, creator, arranger

agent noun (or future active participle)

From kḷp (to arrange, imagine) in causative form kalpaya + tṛ suffix

Root: kḷp (class 10)

Note: The form kalpayitā can be interpreted as an agent noun (one who imagines) or as a 3rd person singular future tense form (kalpayitāram). Contextually, it implies 'who will imagine/create'.

द्वित्वम् (dvitvam) - duality (duality, twoness, pair)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dvitva

dvitva - duality, twoness

dvi (two) + tva (abstract suffix)

एकत्वम् (ekatvam) - unity (unity, oneness, singularity)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ekatva

ekatva - unity, oneness

eka (one) + tva (abstract suffix)

वा (vā) - or (or, either...or)

(indeclinable)

महाम्बरे (mahāmbare) - in the vast expanse (in the great space, in the vast sky, in the great ether)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of mahāmbara

mahāmbara - great space, vast sky/ether

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ambara)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• ambara – sky, atmosphere, space
  noun (neuter)