योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-81, verse-28

यादृक्कज्जलनीहारे मेघनीहारयोर्भवेत् ।
तादृक्प्रकाशतमसोर्भेदो नेति तयोः स्थितिः ॥ २८ ॥

yādṛkkajjalanīhāre meghanīhārayorbhavet ,
tādṛkprakāśatamasorbhedo neti tayoḥ sthitiḥ 28

28. yādṛk kajjalanīhāre meghanīhārayoḥ bhavet | tādṛk
prakāśatamasoḥ bhedaḥ na iti tayoḥ sthitiḥ ||

28. kajjalanīhāre meghanīhārayoḥ yādṛk (bhedaḥ) bhavet,
prakāśatamasoḥ tādṛk bhedaḥ na asti.
iti tayoḥ sthitiḥ.

28. Whatever difference (bheda) exists between a mist of soot and a mist of clouds, such a difference (bheda) does not exist between light and darkness; this is their true condition (sthiti).

Words meanings summery:

• यादृक् (yādṛk) - whatever kind (of difference) (of what kind, such as, as)

• कज्जलनीहारे (kajjalanīhāre) - between a mist of soot (in the mist of soot)

• मेघनीहारयोः (meghanīhārayoḥ) - between a mist of clouds (of the two cloud-mists, between the two cloud-mists)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may exist, should exist (may be, should be, exists)

• तादृक् (tādṛk) - such (a difference) (of that kind, such, similar)

• प्रकाशतमसोः (prakāśatamasoḥ) - between light and darkness (of light and darkness, between light and darkness)

• भेदः (bhedaḥ) - difference (difference, distinction)

• न (na) - not

• इति (iti) - this is (concluding statement) (thus, so, this is)

• तयोः (tayoḥ) - of them (referring to light and darkness) (of them, between them, for them (dual))

• स्थितिः (sthitiḥ) - true condition, state (condition, state, existence, stability)

Words meanings and morphology

यादृक् (yādṛk) - whatever kind (of difference) (of what kind, such as, as)

(adjective)

Nominative, singular of yādṛś

yādṛś - of what kind, such, as

Stem ends in ś, becomes k before hard consonant or pause.

Note: Sandhi form of yādṛś (nominative singular) before a voiceless consonant.

कज्जलनीहारे (kajjalanīhāre) - between a mist of soot (in the mist of soot)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kajjalanīhāra

kajjalanīhāra - mist of soot, soot-fog

Compound type : tatpurusha (kajjala+nīhāra)

• kajjala – soot, collyrium, black pigment
  noun (neuter)
• nīhāra – mist, fog, frost, dew
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used in a comparative sense with meghanīhārayoḥ (locative dual), implying 'between' these two.

मेघनीहारयोः (meghanīhārayoḥ) - between a mist of clouds (of the two cloud-mists, between the two cloud-mists)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of meghanīhāra

meghanīhāra - mist of clouds, cloud-fog

Compound type : tatpurusha (megha+nīhāra)

• megha – cloud
  noun (masculine)
  Root: megh
• nīhāra – mist, fog, frost, dew
  noun (masculine)

Note: Often used with locative or genitive to express 'between'.

भवेत् (bhavet) - may exist, should exist (may be, should be, exists)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of bhū

Present Active Optative

From root √bhū, parasmaipada.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Expresses potentiality or possibility.

तादृक् (tādṛk) - such (a difference) (of that kind, such, similar)

(adjective)

Nominative, singular of tādṛś

tādṛś - of that kind, such, similar

Stem ends in ś, becomes k before hard consonant or pause.

Note: Sandhi form of tādṛś (nominative singular) before a voiceless consonant.

प्रकाशतमसोः (prakāśatamasoḥ) - between light and darkness (of light and darkness, between light and darkness)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, dual of prakāśatamas

prakāśatamas - light and darkness

Dvandva compound.

Compound type : dvandva (prakāśa+tamas)

• prakāśa – light, splendor, manifestation
  noun (masculine)
  From pra-√kāś (to shine forth)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: kāś (class 1)
• tamas – darkness, ignorance, gloom
  noun (neuter)

Note: Genitive dual implies 'between' or 'of the two'.

भेदः (bhedaḥ) - difference (difference, distinction)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bheda

bheda - difference, distinction, division, separation, splitting

From root √bhid (to break) + ghañ suffix.

Root: bhid (class 7)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - this is (concluding statement) (thus, so, this is)

(indeclinable)

तयोः (tayoḥ) - of them (referring to light and darkness) (of them, between them, for them (dual))

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

Pronominal stem.

Note: Refers to prakāśatamasoḥ.

स्थितिः (sthitiḥ) - true condition, state (condition, state, existence, stability)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sthiti

sthiti - standing, position, state, condition, existence, stability

From root √sthā (to stand) + ktin suffix.

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: asti (is) is implied.