योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-113, verse-9

सत्यं स्याच्चेदुपादेयं मिथ्या स्याद्धेयमेव चेत् ।
उपादेयैकसक्तत्वाद्युक्ता सक्तिर्हि कर्मणि ॥ ९ ॥

satyaṃ syāccedupādeyaṃ mithyā syāddheyameva cet ,
upādeyaikasaktatvādyuktā saktirhi karmaṇi 9

9. satyam syāt cet upādeyam mithyā syāt heyam eva
cet upādeya-eka-saktatvāt yuktā saktiḥ hi karmaṇi

9. cet satyam syāt upādeyam (syāt),
cet mithyā syāt heyam eva (syāt).
hi upādeya-eka-saktatvāt karmaṇi saktiḥ yuktā.

9. If something is true, it should be embraced. If it is false, it should certainly be rejected. Because of attachment to only that which is worthy of acceptance, indeed, attachment (sakti) to (appropriate) action (karma) is justified.

Words meanings summery:

• सत्यम् (satyam) - if something is true (true, reality, truth)

• स्यात् (syāt) - it would be (it would be, it should be)

• चेत् (cet) - if (if, when)

• उपादेयम् (upādeyam) - it should be embraced (to be accepted, to be embraced, worthy of acceptance)

• मिथ्या (mithyā) - if it is false (false, untrue, illusory)

• स्यात् (syāt) - it would be (it would be, it should be)

• हेयम् (heyam) - it should be rejected (to be rejected, to be abandoned, worthy of rejection)

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

• चेत् (cet) - and if (if, when)

• उपादेय-एक-सक्तत्वात् (upādeya-eka-saktatvāt) - due to attachment to only what is worthy of acceptance

• युक्ता (yuktā) - justified (appropriate, justified, joined, engaged)

• सक्तिः (saktiḥ) - attachment (attachment, power, ability)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for)

• कर्मणि (karmaṇi) - in action (karma) (in action, in work, in duty)

Words meanings and morphology

सत्यम् (satyam) - if something is true (true, reality, truth)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - true, real, truth

स्यात् (syāt) - it would be (it would be, it should be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of as

Optative, 3rd person singular

Root: as (class 2)

चेत् (cet) - if (if, when)

(indeclinable)

Conditional particle

उपादेयम् (upādeyam) - it should be embraced (to be accepted, to be embraced, worthy of acceptance)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of upādeya

upādeya - to be accepted, to be adopted, to be taken up

Gerundive (Future Passive Participle)

Derived from root ā-dā (to take) with prefix upa and ṇyat suffix

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Gerundive

मिथ्या (mithyā) - if it is false (false, untrue, illusory)

(indeclinable)

Adverb/indeclinable noun

Note: Also can be feminine nominative singular of 'mithyā' (falsehood).

स्यात् (syāt) - it would be (it would be, it should be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of as

Optative, 3rd person singular

Root: as (class 2)

हेयम् (heyam) - it should be rejected (to be rejected, to be abandoned, worthy of rejection)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of heya

heya - to be abandoned, to be avoided, to be rejected

Gerundive (Future Passive Participle)

Derived from root hā (to abandon) with ṇyat suffix

Root: hā (class 3)

Note: Gerundive

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

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

चेत् (cet) - and if (if, when)

(indeclinable)

Conditional particle

उपादेय-एक-सक्तत्वात् (upādeya-eka-saktatvāt) - due to attachment to only what is worthy of acceptance

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of upādeyaikasaktatva

upādeyaikasaktatva - state of having attachment only to what is to be accepted

Tatpuruṣa compound: 'upādeya-eka' (only what is to be accepted) + 'saktatva' (state of attachment)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (upādeya+eka+saktatva)

• upādeya – to be accepted, worthy of acceptance
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive
  Derived from root ā-dā with prefix upa
  Prefixes: upa+ā
  Root: dā (class 3)
• eka – one, only, sole
  adjective (neuter)
• saktatva – attachment, state of being attached
  noun (neuter)
  From sakta (attached) + tva (suffix)
  Root: sañj (class 7)

युक्ता (yuktā) - justified (appropriate, justified, joined, engaged)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yukta

yukta - joined, engaged, fit, proper, appropriate

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root yuj (to join) with kta suffix

Root: yuj (class 7)

सक्तिः (saktiḥ) - attachment (attachment, power, ability)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sakti

sakti - attachment, power, ability

Derived from root sañj (to attach)

Root: sañj (class 7)

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for)

(indeclinable)

Particle

कर्मणि (karmaṇi) - in action (karma) (in action, in work, in duty)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of karman

karman - action, deed, work, duty, destiny (karma)

Derived from root kṛ (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)