योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-62, verse-20

अहमाकाशमात्रात्मा सा खमात्रशरीरिणी ।
जगज्जालं खमात्रं तदिति तत्र तदा स्थितम् ॥ २० ॥

ahamākāśamātrātmā sā khamātraśarīriṇī ,
jagajjālaṃ khamātraṃ taditi tatra tadā sthitam 20

20. aham ākāśamātrātmā sā khamātraśarīriṇī
jagajjālam khamātram tat iti tatra tadā sthitam

20. aham ākāśamātrātmā.
sā khamātraśarīriṇī.
tat jagajjālam api khamātram iti tatra tadā sthitam

20. My essential nature (ātman) was merely space (ākāśa), and she had a body that was merely space. The entire network of worlds (jagajjālam) itself existed there at that time as nothing but space.

Words meanings summery:

• अहम् (aham) - I (Vasishtha) (I)

• आकाशमात्रात्मा (ākāśamātrātmā) - whose essential nature (ātman) is merely space, whose self is only space

• सा (sā) - she (Arundhati) (she, that)

• खमात्रशरीरिणी (khamātraśarīriṇī) - having a body merely of space, whose body is only space

• जगज्जालम् (jagajjālam) - the net of the world, the universe

• खमात्रम् (khamātram) - merely space, only space

• तत् (tat) - that (network of worlds) (that)

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner (quotation marker)

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• स्थितम् (sthitam) - was situated, existed, remained

Words meanings and morphology

अहम् (aham) - I (Vasishtha) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (1st person pronoun)

Nominative singular of 1st person pronoun.

Note: Refers to Vasishtha.

आकाशमात्रात्मा (ākāśamātrātmā) - whose essential nature (ātman) is merely space, whose self is only space

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ākāśamātrātman

ākāśamātrātman - one whose self (ātman) is only space (ākāśa), purely spatial self

Nominative singular masculine. Bahuvrīhi compound.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ākāśamātra+ātman)

• ākāśamātra – mere space, only space
  adjective (neuter)
  Karmadhāraya compound: `ākāśa` (space) + `mātra` (mere).
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature, individual consciousness (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

सा (sā) - she (Arundhati) (she, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Note: Refers to Arundhati.

खमात्रशरीरिणी (khamātraśarīriṇī) - having a body merely of space, whose body is only space

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of khamātraśarīriṇ

khamātraśarīriṇ - one whose body (śarīra) is merely space (kha), purely spatial body

Feminine nominative singular. Bahuvrīhi compound.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (khamātra+śarīriṇ)

• khamātra – mere space, only space
  adjective (neuter)
  Karmadhāraya compound: `kha` (space) + `mātra` (mere).
• śarīriṇ – embodied, having a body; an embodied being
  adjective (masculine)
  From `śarīra` (body) + suffix `-in`.
  Root: śṝ (class 9)

जगज्जालम् (jagajjālam) - the net of the world, the universe

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagajjāla

jagajjāla - the net of the world, the illusion of the world, the universe

Nominative/accusative singular neuter. Tatpuruṣa compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jagat+jāla)

• jagat – moving, living; the world, the universe
  participle (neuter)
  Present Active Participle (from gam)
  Root `gam` with `śatṛ` suffix, `g` becomes `j` etc.
  Root: gam (class 1)
• jāla – net, snare, illusion, multitude
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jal (class 1)

खमात्रम् (khamātram) - merely space, only space

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of khamātra

khamātra - mere space, only space, consisting merely of space

Nominative singular neuter. Karmadhāraya compound.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (kha+mātra)

• kha – sky, space, ether, air
  noun (neuter)
• mātra – mere, only, nothing but, quantity, measure
  adjective (neuter)
  From root `mā` (to measure) + suffix `-tra`.
  Root: mā (class 2)

तत् (tat) - that (network of worlds) (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Nominative singular neuter.

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner (quotation marker)

(indeclinable)

Root: i (class 2)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

From `tad` + suffix `tra`.

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

From `tad` + suffix `dā`.

स्थितम् (sthitam) - was situated, existed, remained

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sthā

sthā - to stand, remain, stay, be situated, exist

Past Passive Participle

Neuter nominative singular of Past Passive Participle from root `sthā`.

Root: sthā (class 1)

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