योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-73, verse-7

शिष्यते शान्तमत्यच्छं किमप्यजमनादि सत् ।
यतो वाचो निवर्तन्ते किमन्यदवगम्यते ॥ ७ ॥

śiṣyate śāntamatyacchaṃ kimapyajamanādi sat ,
yato vāco nivartante kimanyadavagamyate 7

7. śiṣyate śāntam atyaccham kim api ajam anādi
sat yataḥ vācaḥ nivartante kim anyat avagamyate

7. śāntam atyaccham ajam anādi kim api sat śiṣyate.
yataḥ vācaḥ nivartante,
(tataḥ) anyat kim avagamyate?

7. What remains is something peaceful, exceedingly pure, unborn, without beginning, and truly existing (sat). That from which words recoil, what else can be comprehended?

Words meanings summery:

• शिष्यते (śiṣyate) - remains (remains, is left, survives)

• शान्तम् (śāntam) - peaceful (peaceful, tranquil, calm, quiet)

• अत्यच्छम् (atyaccham) - exceedingly pure (exceedingly clear, very pure)

• किम् (kim) - something (as part of kim api) (what, something)

• अपि (api) - (particle forming indefiniteness with kim) (also, even, too)

• अजम् (ajam) - unborn (unborn, goat)

• अनादि (anādi) - beginningless (beginningless, eternal)

• सत् (sat) - true existence / reality (sat) (being, existence, reality, good, true)

• यतः (yataḥ) - from which (from which, wherefore, because)

• वाचः (vācaḥ) - words (words, speeches, voices)

• निवर्तन्ते (nivartante) - turn back / recoil (turn back, retreat, cease)

• किम् (kim) - what

• अन्यत् (anyat) - else (other, another, else)

• अवगम्यते (avagamyate) - can be comprehended / understood (is understood, is known, is perceived)

Words meanings and morphology

शिष्यते (śiṣyate) - remains (remains, is left, survives)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of √śiṣ

present passive

3rd person singular present passive middle of √śiṣ

Root: √śiṣ (class 7)

Note: The subject is sat.

शान्तम् (śāntam) - peaceful (peaceful, tranquil, calm, quiet)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śānta

śānta - peaceful, tranquil, calm, quieted

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √śam (to be calm)

Root: √śam (class 4)

Note: Agrees with sat.

अत्यच्छम् (atyaccham) - exceedingly pure (exceedingly clear, very pure)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of atyaccha

atyaccha - exceedingly clear/pure, very bright

Compound of ati (exceedingly) and accha (clear, pure)

Compound type : prādi-samāsa (ati+accha)

• ati – over, beyond, exceedingly, very
  indeclinable
• accha – clear, pure, transparent, bright
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)

Note: Agrees with sat.

किम् (kim) - something (as part of kim api) (what, something)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which

Note: Paired with api to mean 'something, whatever'.

अपि (api) - (particle forming indefiniteness with kim) (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

Note: See kim.

अजम् (ajam) - unborn (unborn, goat)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of aja

aja - unborn, not born, goat, creator (Brahma)

Negative prefix a- + ja (born from √jan)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+ja)

• a – not, un-
  prefix
  Negative particle.
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective/suffix (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Derived from √jan
  Root: √jan (class 4)

Note: Agrees with sat.

अनादि (anādi) - beginningless (beginningless, eternal)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anādi

anādi - beginningless, eternal, without origin

Negative prefix an- + ādi (beginning)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+ādi)

• an – not, un-
  prefix
  Negative particle, used before vowels.
• ādi – beginning, origin, first
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with sat.

सत् (sat) - true existence / reality (sat) (being, existence, reality, good, true)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sat

sat - being, existent, real, good, true, reality, essence

Present Active Participle

Derived from √as (to be)

Root: √as (class 2)

Note: Subject of śiṣyate.

यतः (yataḥ) - from which (from which, wherefore, because)

(indeclinable)

Derived from yad with suffix tas

Note: Refers back to sat.

वाचः (vācaḥ) - words (words, speeches, voices)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vāc

vāc - word, speech, voice, language

Derived from √vac

Root: √vac (class 2)

Note: Plural form.

निवर्तन्ते (nivartante) - turn back / recoil (turn back, retreat, cease)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (lat) of √vṛt

present middle

3rd person plural present middle of ni-√vṛt

Prefix: ni

Root: √vṛt (class 1)

Note: Predicate for vācaḥ.

किम् (kim) - what

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which

Note: Asking what else can be known.

अन्यत् (anyat) - else (other, another, else)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

Note: Agrees with kim.

अवगम्यते (avagamyate) - can be comprehended / understood (is understood, is known, is perceived)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of √gam

present passive

3rd person singular present passive middle of ava-√gam

Prefix: ava

Root: √gam (class 1)

Note: Predicate for kim anyat.

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