योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-67, verse-57

मातृमेयप्रमाणादि यदा ब्रह्मैव वेदनात् ।
तदातिवाहिकोक्तीनां कः प्रसङ्गस्तदेव तत् ॥ ५७ ॥

mātṛmeyapramāṇādi yadā brahmaiva vedanāt ,
tadātivāhikoktīnāṃ kaḥ prasaṅgastadeva tat 57

57. mātṛ-meya-pramāṇa-ādi yadā brahma eva vedanāt
tadā ātivāhika-uktīnām kaḥ prasaṅgaḥ tat eva tat

57. yadā vedanāt mātṛ-meya-pramāṇa-ādi brahma eva (asti),
tadā ātivāhika-uktīnām kaḥ prasaṅgaḥ? tat eva tat.

57. When the triad of knower, known, and means of knowledge (mātṛ-meya-pramāṇa)—and all else—is understood to be Brahman (brahman) alone through realization, then what is the occasion for referring to subtle, transcendent entities? That (Brahman) indeed is only that (Brahman).

Words meanings summery:

• मातृ-मेय-प्रमाण-आदि (mātṛ-meya-pramāṇa-ādi) - The triad of knower, known, and means of knowledge, and so forth ((starting with) knower, known, and means of knowledge)

• यदा (yadā) - when

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman (brahman) (Brahman, the Absolute Reality)

• एव (eva) - only, alone, indeed, just

• वेदनात् (vedanāt) - from knowledge, from understanding, through realization

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• आतिवाहिक-उक्तीनाम् (ātivāhika-uktīnām) - of subtle descriptions/statements, of statements about subtle entities

• कः (kaḥ) - what (who, what)

• प्रसङ्गः (prasaṅgaḥ) - relevance, occasion (occasion, relevance, connection, attachment)

• तत् (tat) - That (Brahman) (that, it)

• एव (eva) - only, alone, indeed, just

• तत् (tat) - that (Brahman) (that, it)

Words meanings and morphology

मातृ-मेय-प्रमाण-आदि (mātṛ-meya-pramāṇa-ādi) - The triad of knower, known, and means of knowledge, and so forth ((starting with) knower, known, and means of knowledge)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mātṛmeyapramāṇādi

mātṛmeyapramāṇādi - knower, known, means of knowledge, etc.

Compound.

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (mātṛ+meya+pramāṇa+ādi)

• mātṛ – knower, perceiver (lit. mother)
  noun (masculine)
  From root mā (to measure, know)
  Root: mā (class 3)
• meya – object of knowledge, known
  adjective
  Gerundive
  From root mā (to measure, know) + yat suffix
  Root: mā (class 3)
• pramāṇa – means of knowledge, evidence
  noun (neuter)
  From pra-mā (to measure, know)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: mā (class 3)
• ādi – beginning, et cetera, and so on
  indeclinable

Note: Refers to the triad of epistemological categories.

यदा (yadā) - when

(indeclinable)

From ya pronoun base + dā suffix.

Note: Introduces a temporal clause.

ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman (brahman) (Brahman, the Absolute Reality)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman, the Absolute, ultimate reality, sacred word

From root bṛh (to grow, expand).

Root: bṛh (class 1)

Note: Predicate nominative for mātṛmeyapramāṇādi.

एव (eva) - only, alone, indeed, just

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes brahma.

वेदनात् (vedanāt) - from knowledge, from understanding, through realization

(noun)

Ablative, feminine, singular of vedanā

vedanā - knowledge, understanding, sensation

From root vid (to know) + suffix yuC.

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Indicates the cause or means.

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

From tad pronoun base + dā suffix.

Note: Introduces the main clause.

आतिवाहिक-उक्तीनाम् (ātivāhika-uktīnām) - of subtle descriptions/statements, of statements about subtle entities

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of ātivāhikokti

ātivāhikokti - descriptions/statements about subtle/transitory entities or states

Compound of ativāhika and ukti.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātivāhika+ukti)

• ātivāhika – subtle, belonging to the subtle body, transitory
  adjective
  From ati-vah + ika
  Prefix: ati
  Root: vah (class 1)
• ukti – speech, statement, description, word
  noun (feminine)
  From root vac (to speak)
  Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Genitive plural, "of the subtle statements".

कः (kaḥ) - what (who, what)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which

Interrogative pronoun.

Note: Interrogative.

प्रसङ्गः (prasaṅgaḥ) - relevance, occasion (occasion, relevance, connection, attachment)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prasaṅga

prasaṅga - occasion, relevance, connection, attachment, context

From pra-sañj (to attach, join) + ghañ suffix.

Prefix: pra

Root: sañj (class 1)

तत् (tat) - That (Brahman) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to Brahman.

एव (eva) - only, alone, indeed, just

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes tat.

तत् (tat) - that (Brahman) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Predicate nominative for the previous tat.

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