योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-102, verse-10

नानाऽनानात्वकलना त्वविभिन्नमहात्मनि ।
सर्वस्मिन्ब्रह्मतत्त्वेऽस्मिन्किं बद्धं किं विमुच्यते ॥ १० ॥

nānā'nānātvakalanā tvavibhinnamahātmani ,
sarvasminbrahmatattve'sminkiṃ baddhaṃ kiṃ vimucyate 10

10. nānā anānātvakalanā tu avibhinna mahātmani sarvasmin
brahmatattve asmin kim baddham kim vimucyate

10. tu avibhinna mahātmani sarvasmin asmin brahmatattve
nānā anānātvakalanā kim baddham kim vimucyate

10. But in the undivided great Self (ātman), within this entire reality of Brahman (brahman), where there is no conceptualization of difference or non-difference, what, indeed, can be bound and what can be released?

Words meanings summery:

• नाना (nānā) - manifold, various, different

• अनानात्वकलना (anānātvakalanā) - conceptualization of non-difference

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand

• अविभिन्न (avibhinna) - undivided, non-dual

• महात्मनि (mahātmani) - in the great Self (ātman)

• सर्वस्मिन् (sarvasmin) - in all, in the entire

• ब्रह्मतत्त्वे (brahmatattve) - in the reality of Brahman (brahman)

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

• किम् (kim) - what?

• बद्धम् (baddham) - bound

• किम् (kim) - what?

• विमुच्यते (vimucyate) - is released, is liberated

Words meanings and morphology

नाना (nānā) - manifold, various, different

(indeclinable)

अनानात्वकलना (anānātvakalanā) - conceptualization of non-difference

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anānātvakalanā

anānātvakalanā - conceptualization/perception of non-difference

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (anānātva+kalanā)

• anānātva – non-difference, non-manifoldness
  noun (neuter)
• kalanā – perception, calculation, imagination, conceptualization
  noun (feminine)
  action noun
  from root kal
  Root: kal (class 10)

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

अविभिन्न (avibhinna) - undivided, non-dual

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of avibhinna

avibhinna - undivided, non-dual, distinct

Past Passive Participle (negative)

negative of vibhinna (PPP of vi-bhid)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vibhinna)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
• vibhinna – divided, separated, different
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root bhid with prefix vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: bhid (class 7)

महात्मनि (mahātmani) - in the great Self (ātman)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great Self, great soul, noble-minded person

Compound type : karmajāraya (mahat+ātman)

• mahat – great, large, vast
  adjective (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, supreme spirit
  noun (masculine)

सर्वस्मिन् (sarvasmin) - in all, in the entire

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

ब्रह्मतत्त्वे (brahmatattve) - in the reality of Brahman (brahman)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of brahmatattva

brahmatattva - the reality/principle of Brahman, the essence of Brahman

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (brahman+tattva)

• brahman – Brahman, the Absolute Reality, sacred knowledge
  noun (neuter)
• tattva – reality, principle, essence, truth
  noun (neuter)

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what?, which?

बद्धम् (baddham) - bound

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of baddha

baddha - bound, tied, fettered, caught

Past Passive Participle

from root bandh

Root: bandh (class 9)

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what?, which?

विमुच्यते (vimucyate) - is released, is liberated

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vimuc

Prefix: vi

Root: muc (class 6)

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