योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-42, verse-1

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
यस्त्वबुद्धमतिर्मूढो रूढो न वितते पदे ।
वज्रसारमिदं तस्य जगदस्त्यसदेव सत् ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
yastvabuddhamatirmūḍho rūḍho na vitate pade ,
vajrasāramidaṃ tasya jagadastyasadeva sat 1

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca yaḥ tu abuddhamatiḥ mūḍhaḥ rūḍhaḥ na
vitate pade vajrasāram idam tasya jagat asti asat eva sat

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca,
yaḥ tu abuddhamatiḥ mūḍhaḥ vitate pade na rūḍhaḥ,
tasya idam jagat vajrasāram asti asat eva sat.

1. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: But for that deluded person whose intellect (mati) is not awakened, and who is not established in the expansive state, this world (jagat) appears as solid as a diamond to him; it is indeed unreal (asat) yet seems real (sat).

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

• यः (yaḥ) - who, he who

• तु (tu) - but, however, on the other hand

• अबुद्धमतिः (abuddhamatiḥ) - of unawakened intellect (mati), dull-witted

• मूढः (mūḍhaḥ) - deluded, foolish

• रूढः (rūḍhaḥ) - established, firm, grown

• न (na) - not, no

• वितते (vitate) - in the expanded, in the vast

• पदे (pade) - in the state, in the place

• वज्रसारम् (vajrasāram) - having the essence/hardness of a diamond, diamond-hard

• इदम् (idam) - this

• तस्य (tasya) - for him, to him, of him

• जगत् (jagat) - the world (jagat)

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

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

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• सत् (sat) - real (sat), existent

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - Śrī Vasiṣṭha (proper name)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – revered, glorious, beautiful, prosperity
  adjective (feminine)
• vasiṣṭha – Vasiṣṭha (name of a sage), most excellent
  proper noun (masculine)
  Root: vaś (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'.

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect tense

Reduplicated form (Liṭ lakāra), 3rd person singular.

Root: vac (class 2)

यः (yaḥ) - who, he who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

तु (tu) - but, however, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

अबुद्धमतिः (abuddhamatiḥ) - of unawakened intellect (mati), dull-witted

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abuddhamati

abuddhamati - one whose intellect (mati) is unawakened/unenlightened

Compound type : bahuvrihi (a+buddha+mati)

• a – un-, not, non-
  indeclinable
• buddha – awakened, enlightened
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'budh' (to awaken) + kta suffix
  Root: budh (class 1)
• mati – intellect (mati), mind, understanding, thought
  noun (feminine)
  Root: man (class 4)

मूढः (mūḍhaḥ) - deluded, foolish

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mūḍha

mūḍha - deluded, foolish, bewildered, ignorant

Past Passive Participle

From root 'muh' (to be bewildered, deluded) + kta suffix.

Root: muh (class 4)

रूढः (rūḍhaḥ) - established, firm, grown

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rūḍha

rūḍha - grown, developed, established, firm, conventional

Past Passive Participle

From root 'ruh' (to grow, ascend) + kta suffix.

Root: ruh (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation for 'rūḍhaḥ'.

वितते (vitate) - in the expanded, in the vast

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of vitata

vitata - expanded, vast, extensive, spread out

Past Passive Participle

From root 'tan' (to stretch, extend) with prefix 'vi' + kta suffix.

Prefix: vi

Root: tan (class 8)

Note: Qualifies 'pade', referring to a state of consciousness.

पदे (pade) - in the state, in the place

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - step, foot, place, state, word, position

Root: pad (class 4)

वज्रसारम् (vajrasāram) - having the essence/hardness of a diamond, diamond-hard

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vajrasāra

vajrasāra - diamond-essence, hardness of a diamond, firm as a thunderbolt

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vajra+sāra)

• vajra – thunderbolt, diamond
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vaj (class 1)
• sāra – essence, core, strength, hardness
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Predicate adjective for 'idam jagat'.

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here, these

Note: Refers to 'jagat'.

तस्य (tasya) - for him, to him, of him

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Indicates possession or relation ('for him').

जगत् (jagat) - the world (jagat)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, living beings

Present Active Participle

From root 'gam' (to go) + śatṛ suffix, reduplicated

Root: gam (class 1)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present tense

Laṭ lakāra, 3rd person singular.

Root: as (class 2)

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

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - unreal, non-existent, untrue, bad

Present Active Participle

Negative prefix 'a' + root 'as' (to be) + śatṛ suffix.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sat)

• a – un-, not, non-
  indeclinable
• sat – existent, real, good, true
  adjective (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  From root 'as' (to be) + śatṛ suffix.
  Root: as (class 2)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

सत् (sat) - real (sat), existent

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sat

sat - existent, real, good, true

Present Active Participle

From root 'as' (to be) + śatṛ suffix.

Root: as (class 2)