योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-54, verse-28

स्वमेवाभासते तस्य रूपं स्पन्द इवानिले ।
सर्गशब्दार्थकलना नेह काश्चन सन्ति नः ॥ २८ ॥

svamevābhāsate tasya rūpaṃ spanda ivānile ,
sargaśabdārthakalanā neha kāścana santi naḥ 28

28. svam eva ābhāsate tasya rūpam spandaḥ iva anile
sargaśabdārthakalanāḥ na iha kāścana santi naḥ

28. tasya rūpam svam eva anile spandaḥ iva ābhāsate.
iha naḥ sargaśabdārthakalanāḥ kāścana na santi.

28. Its own true nature alone manifests, like a vibration in the wind. For us, here, there are absolutely no creations, words, meanings, or conceptualizations.

Words meanings summery:

• स्वम् (svam) - own, oneself, itself

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

• आभासते (ābhāsate) - manifests, appears, shines forth

• तस्य (tasya) - its, of it

• रूपम् (rūpam) - form, nature, appearance, true nature

• स्पन्दः (spandaḥ) - tremor, vibration, movement, throb

• इव (iva) - as if, like, similar to

• अनिले (anile) - in the wind, in the air

• सर्गशब्दार्थकलनाः (sargaśabdārthakalanāḥ) - creations, words, meanings, and mental constructs

• न (na) - not, no

• इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this case

• काश्चन (kāścana) - any whatsoever, any (feminine plural)

• सन्ति (santi) - are, exist

• नः (naḥ) - for us, in our view (to us, for us, by us)

Words meanings and morphology

स्वम् (svam) - own, oneself, itself

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sva

sva - own, one's own, self, soul, property, kin

Note: Acts as a substantive referring to the subject's own nature.

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, alone

(indeclinable)

आभासते (ābhāsate) - manifests, appears, shines forth

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of bhās

Present Tense, 3rd Person Singular

With prefix `ā`.

Prefix: ā

Root: bhās (class 1)

तस्य (tasya) - its, of it

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

रूपम् (rūpam) - form, nature, appearance, true nature

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, shape, beauty, appearance, nature, essential character

Note: Subject of `ābhāsate`.

स्पन्दः (spandaḥ) - tremor, vibration, movement, throb

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of spanda

spanda - tremor, vibration, throb, movement, pulsation

Derived from √spand (to tremble, vibrate).

Root: spand (class 1)

Note: Used in comparison with `iva`.

इव (iva) - as if, like, similar to

(indeclinable)

अनिले (anile) - in the wind, in the air

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of anila

anila - wind, air, breeze

Root: an (class 2)

सर्गशब्दार्थकलनाः (sargaśabdārthakalanāḥ) - creations, words, meanings, and mental constructs

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sargaśabdārthakalanā

sargaśabdārthakalanā - creations, words, meanings, and mental constructs/conceptualizations

Compound of `sarga`, `śabda`, `artha`, `kalanā`.

Compound type : dvandva (sarga+śabda+artha+kalanā)

• sarga – creation, emanation, chapter
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from √sṛj (to emit, create) with `sa` prefix.
  Prefix: sa
  Root: sṛj (class 6)
• śabda – word, sound, speech
  noun (masculine)
• artha – meaning, purpose, object, wealth
  noun (masculine)
• kalanā – mental construct, estimation, computation, imagination
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from √kal (to count, estimate).
  Root: kal (class 10)

Note: Subject of `santi`.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negation particle.

इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this case

(indeclinable)

काश्चन (kāścana) - any whatsoever, any (feminine plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kaścana

kaścana - anyone, anything, any whatsoever

Formed from `ka` (who/what) + `cana` (indefinite particle).

Note: Agrees with `sargaśabdārthakalanāḥ`.

सन्ति (santi) - are, exist

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present Tense, 3rd Person Plural

Root: as (class 2)

नः (naḥ) - for us, in our view (to us, for us, by us)

(pronoun)

plural of asmad

asmad - I, we