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.

45. כפי שהבבואה שבתוך המראה אינה בעלת ממשות אף על פי שהיא נראית, כך היקום השוכן בחלל התודעה אינו קיים באמת אף על פי שהוא נתפס במראה העיניים.

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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