योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-75, verse-5

यथा स्थितेयमस्मीह संतिष्ठेयं तथैव हि ।
सत्यासत्यकलामेव त्यक्त्वा किमितरेण मे ॥ ५ ॥

yathā sthiteyamasmīha saṃtiṣṭheyaṃ tathaiva hi ,
satyāsatyakalāmeva tyaktvā kimitareṇa me 5

5. yathā sthitā iyam asmi iha saṃtiṣṭheyam tathā eva
hi satya-asatya-kalām eva tyaktvā kim itareṇa me

5. iha yathā iyam asmi sthitā,
tathā eva hi saṃtiṣṭheyam; satya-asatya-kalām eva tyaktvā,
itareṇa kim me

5. Just as I am established here, so indeed shall I remain. Having abandoned the distinction between truth and untruth, what else could possibly be of use to me?

5. כפי שאני נמצאת כאן כעת, כך בדיוק אשאר. משזנחתי אפילו את ההבחנה בין אמת לשקר, מה לי ולכל השאר?

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way

• स्थिता (sthitā) - situated, established, existing

• इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• संतिष्ठेयम् (saṁtiṣṭheyam) - I should remain, I should stand, I should be

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, surely

• सत्य-असत्य-कलाम् (satya-asatya-kalām) - the aspect of truth and untruth, the distinction between reality and unreality

• एव (eva) - only, just

• त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned, having given up

• किम् (kim) - what?, what for?

• इतरेण (itareṇa) - by the other, by anything else

• मे (me) - to me, for me, my

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way

(indeclinable)

स्थिता (sthitā) - situated, established, existing

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sthita

sthita - situated, established, existing

Past Passive Participle

derived from root sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with iyam, referring to the speaker (implied feminine)

इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Refers to the speaker

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

संतिष्ठेयम् (saṁtiṣṭheyam) - I should remain, I should stand, I should be

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of sthā

Prefix: sam

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: With prefix sam

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlate to yathā

एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle

हि (hi) - indeed, for, surely

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle

सत्य-असत्य-कलाम् (satya-asatya-kalām) - the aspect of truth and untruth, the distinction between reality and unreality

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of satyāsatya-kalā

satyāsatya-kalā - the aspect of truth and untruth, the distinction between reality and unreality

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (satya+asatya+kalā)

• satya – truth, real
  noun (neuter)
• asatya – untruth, unreal, false
  noun (neuter)
  negation of satya
  Prefix: a
• kalā – part, portion, aspect, digit
  noun (feminine)

Note: Object of tyaktvā

एव (eva) - only, just

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle

त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned, having given up

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

derived from root tyaj

Root: tyaj (class 1)

किम् (kim) - what?, what for?

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with instrumental itareṇa and dative/genitive me to mean 'what use is X to Y by Z?'

इतरेण (itareṇa) - by the other, by anything else

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of itara

itara - other, another, anything else

मे (me) - to me, for me, my

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, myself

Note: Enclitic form

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