योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-97, verse-17

नेदं शून्यं न चाशून्यमित्यवस्तु न तद्विदाम् ।
सर्वशक्तिर्हि सा शक्तिर्न तद्विद्यत एव तत् ॥ १७ ॥

nedaṃ śūnyaṃ na cāśūnyamityavastu na tadvidām ,
sarvaśaktirhi sā śaktirna tadvidyata eva tat 17

17. na idam śūnyam na ca aśūnyam iti avastu na tad-vidām
sarva-śaktiḥ hi sā śaktiḥ na tad vidyate eva tat

17. idam na śūnyam ca na aśūnyam iti
(yad) avastu (asti) tat na tad-vidām
(asti) hi sā śaktiḥ sarva-śaktiḥ
(asti) tat na eva tad vidyate

17. This (ultimate reality) is neither void nor non-void; for those who truly know it, such a state is not a non-existent entity. Indeed, that power (śakti) is all-powerful (sarva-śakti); yet, that (ultimate reality) does not exist as a conventional entity.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not

• इदम् (idam) - this

• शून्यम् (śūnyam) - void, empty, nothingness

• न (na) - not

• च (ca) - and, also

• अशून्यम् (aśūnyam) - non-void, not empty

• इति (iti) - thus, so; indicating quotation

• अवस्तु (avastu) - non-existent, unreal, a non-entity

• न (na) - not

• तद्-विदाम् (tad-vidām) - of those who know that (truth/reality)

• सर्व-शक्तिः (sarva-śaktiḥ) - all-powerful, possessing all power

• हि (hi) - indeed, truly, for

• सा (sā) - that

• शक्तिः (śaktiḥ) - power, energy, divine energy (śakti)

• न (na) - not

• तद् (tad) - that, it

• विद्यते (vidyate) - exists in a conventional sense (exists, is found)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• तत् (tat) - as a conventional, objectified entity (that (as such, conventionally))

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Used as the subject 'this (reality)'.

शून्यम् (śūnyam) - void, empty, nothingness

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śūnya

śūnya - empty, void, null, absent, nothingness

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अशून्यम् (aśūnyam) - non-void, not empty

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of aśūnya

aśūnya - not empty, non-void, full

Negation of śūnya (empty)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+śūnya)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• śūnya – empty, void
  adjective (neuter)

इति (iti) - thus, so; indicating quotation

(indeclinable)

अवस्तु (avastu) - non-existent, unreal, a non-entity

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of avastu

avastu - non-existent, unreal, a non-entity, non-thing

Negation of vastu (thing, entity, reality)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vastu)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• vastu – thing, object, entity, reality
  noun (neuter)

Note: Refers to the 'state' of being neither void nor non-void as a valid entity.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

तद्-विदाम् (tad-vidām) - of those who know that (truth/reality)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad-vid

tad-vid - knower of that, one who knows that (truth/reality)

Derived from 'tad' (that) and root 'vid' (to know).

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (tad+vid)

• tad – that
  pronoun (neuter)
• vid – knower, one who knows
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  Derived from root vid (to know)
  Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Indicates for whom something is true/not true.

सर्व-शक्तिः (sarva-śaktiḥ) - all-powerful, possessing all power

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sarva-śakti

sarva-śakti - all-powerful, possessing all power, omnipotent

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sarva+śakti)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective (neuter)
• śakti – power, energy, capability, divine energy (śakti)
  noun (feminine)
  From root śak (to be able)
  Root: śak (class 5)

हि (hi) - indeed, truly, for

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle here.

सा (sā) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Note: Refers to śakti.

शक्तिः (śaktiḥ) - power, energy, divine energy (śakti)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śakti

śakti - power, energy, capability, faculty, divine energy

From root śak (to be able)

Root: śak (class 5)

Note: Subject of the clause.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

तद् (tad) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Refers to the ultimate reality previously described.

विद्यते (vidyate) - exists in a conventional sense (exists, is found)

(verb)

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

Root: vid (class 4)

Note: Intransitive verb.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - as a conventional, objectified entity (that (as such, conventionally))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, as such

Note: Emphasizes the preceding 'na vidyate' - 'that indeed does not exist as that (i.e., in the usual phenomenal way)'.