योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-115, verse-5

इदं तद्वज्रतां यातं तृणमात्रं जगत्त्रये ।
अविद्ययापि यन्नामासदेव सदिव स्थितम् ॥ ५ ॥

idaṃ tadvajratāṃ yātaṃ tṛṇamātraṃ jagattraye ,
avidyayāpi yannāmāsadeva sadiva sthitam 5

5. idam tat vajratām yātam tṛṇamātram jagattraye
avidyayā api yat nāma asat eva sat iva sthitam

5. idam tat tṛṇamātram jagattraye vajratām yātam
yat nāma avidyayā api asat eva sat iva sthitam

5. This is that which, though merely a blade of grass, has attained the firmness of a thunderbolt in the three worlds. Its very name, even by nescience (avidyā), appears to exist as if real, even while being non-existent.

Words meanings summery:

• इदम् (idam) - this, this one

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• वज्रताम् (vajratām) - to the state of a thunderbolt, diamond-like nature

• यातम् (yātam) - gone, attained, reached

• तृणमात्रम् (tṛṇamātram) - merely a blade of grass, only grass-like

• जगत्त्रये (jagattraye) - in the three worlds

• अविद्यया (avidyayā) - by nescience, by ignorance

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• यत् (yat) - whose, which, that

• नाम (nāma) - name, by name, indeed, specifically

• असत् (asat) - non-existent, unreal, bad

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• सत् (sat) - existent, real, good

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• स्थितम् (sthitam) - stands, exists, situated

Words meanings and morphology

इदम् (idam) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

वज्रताम् (vajratām) - to the state of a thunderbolt, diamond-like nature

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vajratā

vajratā - state of a thunderbolt, diamond-like nature, hardness

Derived from vajra + tā (abstract suffix)

यातम् (yātam) - gone, attained, reached

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yāta

yāta - gone, arrived, attained

Past Passive Participle

From root yā (to go)

Root: yā (class 2)

तृणमात्रम् (tṛṇamātram) - merely a blade of grass, only grass-like

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tṛṇamātra

tṛṇamātra - merely a blade of grass, only grass-like

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (tṛṇa+mātra)

• tṛṇa – grass, straw
  noun (neuter)
• mātra – mere, only, measure
  adjective (neuter)

जगत्त्रये (jagattraye) - in the three worlds

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of jagattraya

jagattraya - the three worlds (earth, atmosphere, heaven or heaven, earth, underworld)

Compound of jagat and traya

Compound type : Dvigu (jagat+traya)

• jagat – world, universe
  noun (neuter)
  Root: gam (class 1)
• traya – group of three, triad
  noun (neuter)

अविद्यया (avidyayā) - by nescience, by ignorance

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of avidyā

avidyā - nescience, ignorance, spiritual ignorance

a (negation) + vidyā (knowledge)

Compound type : Nañ-Tatpurusha (a+vidyā)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• vidyā – knowledge, learning
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vid (class 2)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

यत् (yat) - whose, which, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that (relative pronoun)

नाम (nāma) - name, by name, indeed, specifically

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nāman

nāman - name, appellation, noun

असत् (asat) - non-existent, unreal, bad

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, false, evil

Present Active Participle

a (negation) + sat (being, existing, present participle of as)

Compound type : Nañ-Tatpurusha (a+sat)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• sat – being, existing, real, good
  adjective
  Present Active Participle
  From root as (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)

Note: Adverbial use.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

सत् (sat) - existent, real, good

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sat

sat - being, existing, real, good, true

Present Active Participle

From root as (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Adverbial use.

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

स्थितम् (sthitam) - stands, exists, situated

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sthita

sthita - standing, situated, existing, established

Past Passive Participle

From root sthā (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)