योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-51, verse-44

यत्र नात्मा न शून्यं च न जगत्कलना न च ।
न चित्तदृश्योदयधीः सर्वं चास्ति यथास्थितम् ॥ ४४ ॥

yatra nātmā na śūnyaṃ ca na jagatkalanā na ca ,
na cittadṛśyodayadhīḥ sarvaṃ cāsti yathāsthitam 44

44. yatra na ātmā na śūnyam ca na jagatkalana na ca
na cittadṛśyodayadhīḥ sarvam ca asti yathāsthitam

44. yatra ātmā na śūnyam ca na jagatkalana na ca
cittadṛśyodayadhīḥ na sarvam ca yathāsthitam asti

44. That is the state where there is neither the self (ātman), nor emptiness, nor the conceptualization of the world (jagatkalana), nor the intellect's apprehension of the rise of mental phenomena (cittadṛśyodayadhī). In that state, everything simply exists as it is (yathāsthitam).

Words meanings summery:

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which (place/state)

• न (na) - not, no

• आत्मा (ātmā) - the self (ātman)

• न (na) - not, no

• शून्यम् (śūnyam) - emptiness, void

• च (ca) - and, also, nor

• न (na) - not, no

• जगत्कलन (jagatkalana) - the conceptualization/appearance of the world

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also, nor

• न (na) - not, no

• चित्तदृश्योदयधीः (cittadṛśyodayadhīḥ) - the intellect's apprehension of the rise of mental phenomena

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - everything, all

• च (ca) - and, also

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• यथास्थितम् (yathāsthitam) - as it is, in its natural state, as it stands

Words meanings and morphology

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which (place/state)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

आत्मा (ātmā) - the self (ātman)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, the ultimate reality (ātman)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

शून्यम् (śūnyam) - emptiness, void

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śūnya

śūnya - empty, void; emptiness, void

च (ca) - and, also, nor

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

जगत्कलन (jagatkalana) - the conceptualization/appearance of the world

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jagatkalana

jagatkalana - conceptualization of the world, manifestation of the world

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (jagat+kalana)

• jagat – world, universe
  noun (neuter)
  Root: gam (class 1)
• kalana – conceptualization, apprehension, appearance, calculation
  noun (feminine)
  Root: kal (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also, nor

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

चित्तदृश्योदयधीः (cittadṛśyodayadhīḥ) - the intellect's apprehension of the rise of mental phenomena

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cittadṛśyodayadhī

cittadṛśyodayadhī - intellect that apprehends the rise of mental phenomena

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (citta+dṛśyodaya+dhī)

• citta – mind, consciousness
  noun (neuter)
• dṛśyodaya – appearance/rise of phenomena
  noun (masculine)
• dhī – intellect, understanding, perception
  noun (feminine)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - everything, all

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

यथास्थितम् (yathāsthitam) - as it is, in its natural state, as it stands

(indeclinable)

Compound type : Avyayībhāva (yathā+sthita)

• yathā – as, just as
  indeclinable
• sthita – standing, situated, existing
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: sthā (class 1)

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