योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-48, verse-16

अहंत्वं जगदीहादि दिक्कालकलनादि च ।
ज्ञस्य ज्ञानादि शून्यादि स्थितमेव न विद्यते ॥ १६ ॥

ahaṃtvaṃ jagadīhādi dikkālakalanādi ca ,
jñasya jñānādi śūnyādi sthitameva na vidyate 16

16. ahaṃtvam jagat īhā ādi dik kāla kalanā ādi ca
jñasyā jñāna ādi śūnya ādi sthitam eva na vidyate

16. jñasyā ahaṃtvam jagat īhā ādi dik kāla kalanā
ādi ca jñāna ādi śūnya ādi sthitam eva na vidyate

16. For the knower (jña), the sense of 'I' (ahaṅkāra), the activities of the world, the conceptualization of space and time, knowledge itself, and even the notion of voidness – all these, which are typically considered established, do not exist.

Words meanings summery:

• अहंत्वम् (ahaṁtvam) - egohood, individuality, sense of 'I'

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

• ईहा (īhā) - activities of the world (activity, effort, desire, endeavor)

• आदि (ādi) - beginning, and so on, et cetera

• दिक् (dik) - direction, quarter

• काल (kāla) - time

• कलना (kalanā) - calculation, reckoning, conceptualization

• आदि (ādi) - beginning, and so on, et cetera

• च (ca) - and, also

• ज्ञस्या (jñasyā) - of the knower, of the enlightened one

• ज्ञान (jñāna) - knowledge, wisdom

• आदि (ādi) - beginning, and so on, et cetera

• शून्य (śūnya) - void, empty, nothingness

• आदि (ādi) - beginning, and so on, et cetera

• स्थितम् (sthitam) - established, existing, situated

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, certainly

• न (na) - not, no

• विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found

Words meanings and morphology

अहंत्वम् (ahaṁtvam) - egohood, individuality, sense of 'I'

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ahaṃtva

ahaṁtva - egohood, individuality, the state of being 'I'

Derived from 'aham' (I) with the suffix '-tva' (state of being).

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, that which moves

Present Active Participle

From root 'gam' (to go) with suffix 'śatṛ'

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Used here as the first part of a compound/listing 'jagad-īhā-ādi'.

ईहा (īhā) - activities of the world (activity, effort, desire, endeavor)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of īhā

īhā - activity, effort, desire, endeavor, action

Note: Used here in a list with 'jagat' and 'ādi'.

आदि (ādi) - beginning, and so on, et cetera

(indeclinable)

दिक् (dik) - direction, quarter

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of diś

diś - direction, quarter, region

Note: Stem form used in compound.

काल (kāla) - time

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, season, proper time

Note: Used here in a list, implicitly part of a compound with 'dik', 'kalanā', and 'ādi'.

कलना (kalanā) - calculation, reckoning, conceptualization

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kalanā

kalanā - calculation, reckoning, conceptualization, imagining

Root: kal (class 10)

Note: Used here in a list with 'dik', 'kāla', and 'ādi'.

आदि (ādi) - beginning, and so on, et cetera

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

ज्ञस्या (jñasyā) - of the knower, of the enlightened one

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jña

jña - knower, intelligent, wise

Derived from root 'jñā' (to know)

Root: jñā (class 9)

ज्ञान (jñāna) - knowledge, wisdom

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jñāna

jñāna - knowledge, wisdom, understanding

Derived from root 'jñā' (to know)

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Used here in a list with 'ādi'.

आदि (ādi) - beginning, and so on, et cetera

(indeclinable)

शून्य (śūnya) - void, empty, nothingness

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śūnya

śūnya - empty, void, null, nothingness

Note: Used here as a noun, 'the void', in a list with 'ādi'.

आदि (ādi) - beginning, and so on, et cetera

(indeclinable)

स्थितम् (sthitam) - established, existing, situated

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sthita

sthita - stood, situated, existing, established

Past Passive Participle

From root 'sthā' (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Refers to the preceding list of concepts as 'things that are established'.

एव (eva) - only, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of vid

Root: vid (class 4)

Note: Used in the sense of 'does not exist' or 'is not found'.

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