योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-99, verse-45

मुकुरेऽन्तर्यथा बिम्बं न दृष्टमपि किंचन ।
तथा चिद्व्योमगं विश्वं न दृष्टमपि किंचन ॥ ४५ ॥

mukure'ntaryathā bimbaṃ na dṛṣṭamapi kiṃcana ,
tathā cidvyomagaṃ viśvaṃ na dṛṣṭamapi kiṃcana 45

45. mukure antaḥ yathā bimbam na dṛṣṭam api kiñcana
tathā cit-vyoma-gam viśvam na dṛṣṭam api kiñcana

45. yathā mukure antaḥ bimbam api kiñcana na dṛṣṭam,
tathā cit-vyoma-gam viśvam api kiñcana na dṛṣṭam (asti).

45. Just as no reflection is actually seen within a mirror, similarly, no universe (viśva) existing within the space of consciousness (citvyoman) is actually seen.

Words meanings summery:

• मुकुरे (mukure) - in the mirror

• अन्तः (antaḥ) - within, inside

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• बिम्बम् (bimbam) - reflection, image

• न (na) - not, no

• दृष्टम् (dṛṣṭam) - actually seen (seen, observed)

• अपि (api) - actually (emphasizing the negation) (also, even, though (emphatic))

• किञ्चन (kiñcana) - even a little (in context of negation) (anything, something, even a little)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (so, thus, similarly)

• चित्-व्योम-गम् (cit-vyoma-gam) - existing within the space of consciousness (citvyoman) (going to or situated in the space of consciousness)

• विश्वम् (viśvam) - the universe (viśva) (the universe, the totality)

• न (na) - not, no

• दृष्टम् (dṛṣṭam) - actually seen (seen, observed)

• अपि (api) - actually (emphasizing the negation) (also, even, though (emphatic))

• किञ्चन (kiñcana) - even a little (in context of negation) (anything, something, even a little)

Words meanings and morphology

मुकुरे (mukure) - in the mirror

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mukura

mukura - mirror, bud

अन्तः (antaḥ) - within, inside

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

बिम्बम् (bimbam) - reflection, image

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bimba

bimba - image, reflection, disk (of sun/moon), original (object)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation.

दृष्टम् (dṛṣṭam) - actually seen (seen, observed)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, observed, perceived

Past Passive Participle

From root dṛś with suffix -kta (ta)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

अपि (api) - actually (emphasizing the negation) (also, even, though (emphatic))

(indeclinable)

Note: Often combines with interrogatives to form indefinite pronouns/adverbs (e.g., kiñcana api).

किञ्चन (kiñcana) - even a little (in context of negation) (anything, something, even a little)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiñcana

kiñcana - anything, something, whatsoever

From kim + cana

तथा (tathā) - similarly (so, thus, similarly)

(indeclinable)

चित्-व्योम-गम् (cit-vyoma-gam) - existing within the space of consciousness (citvyoman) (going to or situated in the space of consciousness)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of citvyomaga

citvyomaga - moving in/situated in the space of consciousness

compound with root gam

From citvyoman + ga (agent suffix from gam)

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (citvyoman+ga)

• citvyoman – the space of consciousness
  noun (neuter)
• ga – going, moving, situated in
  adjective
  Agent suffix
  From root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

विश्वम् (viśvam) - the universe (viśva) (the universe, the totality)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of viśva

viśva - all, every; the universe, the whole world

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

दृष्टम् (dṛṣṭam) - actually seen (seen, observed)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, observed, perceived

Past Passive Participle

From root dṛś with suffix -kta (ta)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

अपि (api) - actually (emphasizing the negation) (also, even, though (emphatic))

(indeclinable)

किञ्चन (kiñcana) - even a little (in context of negation) (anything, something, even a little)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiñcana

kiñcana - anything, something, whatsoever

From kim + cana

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