योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-82, verse-18

एतत्सर्वमसौ शुद्धचिदाकाशो निरामयः ।
अजहद्व्योमतामेव सर्वात्मैवैवमास्थितः ॥ १८ ॥

etatsarvamasau śuddhacidākāśo nirāmayaḥ ,
ajahadvyomatāmeva sarvātmaivaivamāsthitaḥ 18

18. etat sarvam asau śuddha-cid-ākāśaḥ nirāmayaḥ
ajahat vyomatām eva sarvātma eva evam āsthitaḥ

18. asau śuddha-cid-ākāśaḥ nirāmayaḥ etat sarvam
eva sarvātma eva evam vyomatām ajahat āsthitaḥ

18. This entire universe is that pure consciousness-space (ākāśa), free from affliction. It remains in this way, as the supreme self (sarvātman), without ever abandoning its nature as pure space (vyomatā).

18. כל אלה הם מרחב התודעה הטהור, הזך והטהור מכל נגע, אשר מבלי לאבד את טבעו כחלל שוכן כעצמי הפנימי של הכל.

Words meanings summery:

• एतत् (etat) - this, this all, this whole

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole, entire

• असौ (asau) - that one, he, she

• शुद्ध-चिद्-आकाशः (śuddha-cid-ākāśaḥ) - pure consciousness-space

• निरामयः (nirāmayaḥ) - free from disease, free from affliction, healthy

• अजहत् (ajahat) - not abandoning, not relinquishing, not giving up

• व्योमताम् (vyomatām) - sky-ness, nature of space, quality of being space

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, certainly, even, just

• सर्वात्म (sarvātma) - all-self, supreme self, universal self

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, certainly, even, just

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• आस्थितः (āsthitaḥ) - situated, abiding, standing, remaining

Words meanings and morphology

एतत् (etat) - this, this all, this whole

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this here

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole, entire

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

असौ (asau) - that one, he, she

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, that one, yonder

शुद्ध-चिद्-आकाशः (śuddha-cid-ākāśaḥ) - pure consciousness-space

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śuddha-cid-ākāśa

śuddha-cid-ākāśa - pure consciousness-space

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śuddha+cit+ākāśa)

• śuddha – pure, clear, clean
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root śudh (to purify, to be pure)
  Root: śudh (class 4)
• cit – consciousness, mind, thought
  noun (feminine)
• ākāśa – sky, space, ether, atmosphere
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā

निरामयः (nirāmayaḥ) - free from disease, free from affliction, healthy

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nirāmaya

nirāmaya - free from sickness, healthy, free from affliction

From 'nis' (without) + 'āmaya' (illness, disease)

अजहत् (ajahat) - not abandoning, not relinquishing, not giving up

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ajahat

ajahat - not abandoning

Present Active Participle

From √hā (to abandon) with negation 'a-'

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+jahat)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• jahat – abandoning, leaving
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  Root √hā, present participle form
  Root: hā (class 3)

व्योमताम् (vyomatām) - sky-ness, nature of space, quality of being space

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vyomatā

vyomatā - the state or quality of being space or sky

Derived from 'vyoman' (space) + suffix '-tā'

एव (eva) - only, indeed, certainly, even, just

(indeclinable)

सर्वात्म (sarvātma) - all-self, supreme self, universal self

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarvātman

sarvātman - the universal soul, the soul of all things, the supreme self

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarva+ātman)

• sarva – all, every, whole, complete
  adjective (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

एव (eva) - only, indeed, certainly, even, just

(indeclinable)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

आस्थितः (āsthitaḥ) - situated, abiding, standing, remaining

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āsthita

āsthita - situated, placed, established, abiding, remaining

Past Passive Participle

From root √sthā (to stand) with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

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