योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-81, verse-4

कोटिद्वयान्तरालस्थं मध्ये कोटिद्वयीमयम् ।
यस्य चित्तमयी लीला जगदेतच्चराचरम् ॥ ४ ॥

koṭidvayāntarālasthaṃ madhye koṭidvayīmayam ,
yasya cittamayī līlā jagadetaccarācaram 4

4. koṭidvayāntarālastham madhye koṭidvayīmayam
yasya cittamayī līlā jagat etat carācaram

4. yasya koṭidvayāntarālastham madhye koṭidvayīmayam
etat carācaram jagat cittamayī līlā

4. This entire cosmos (jagat), with its moving and unmoving entities, is but the mind-made (citta) play (līlā) of that reality which, though situated between two extremes, in its very essence comprises both of them.

Words meanings summery:

• कोटिद्वयान्तरालस्थम् (koṭidvayāntarālastham) - situated between two extremes, existing in the intermediate space between two categories

• मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle, between, among

• कोटिद्वयीमयम् (koṭidvayīmayam) - consisting of the two extremes, full of the two categories

• यस्य (yasya) - whose (referring to the ultimate reality) (whose, of whom, of which)

• चित्तमयी (cittamayī) - mind-made, consisting of consciousness/mind

• लीला (līlā) - divine or cosmic play (līlā) (play, sport, amusement, divine play, cosmic illusion)

• जगत् (jagat) - cosmos (jagat) (world, universe, cosmos)

• एतत् (etat) - this (entire) (this, this one)

• चराचरम् (carācaram) - moving and unmoving, animate and inanimate

Words meanings and morphology

कोटिद्वयान्तरालस्थम् (koṭidvayāntarālastham) - situated between two extremes, existing in the intermediate space between two categories

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of koṭidvayāntarālastha

koṭidvayāntarālastha - situated between two extremes

Compound of koṭidvaya + antarāla + stha.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (koṭidvaya+antarāla+stha)

• koṭidvaya – two extremes, two categories, two limits
  noun (neuter)
  Compound of koṭi (extreme, limit) + dvaya (pair, two).
• antarāla – intermediate space, interval
  noun (neuter)
  Compound of antar (within) + āla (suffix indicating space).
• stha – standing, situated, existing
  adjective (masculine)
  From root sthā (to stand).
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agreement with 'yat' (implied Brahman) from previous verse.

मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle, between, among

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of madhya

madhya - middle, center, intermediate

Note: Used adverbially here.

कोटिद्वयीमयम् (koṭidvayīmayam) - consisting of the two extremes, full of the two categories

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of koṭidvayīmaya

koṭidvayīmaya - consisting of the two extremes

Compound of koṭidvayī (fem. of koṭidvaya) + maya (made of, consisting of).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (koṭidvayī+maya)

• koṭidvayī – the two extremes (feminine form)
  noun (feminine)
  Feminine form of koṭidvaya.
• maya – made of, consisting of, full of
  suffix/adjective (masculine)
  Suffix forming adjectives from nouns.

Note: Agreement with 'yat' (implied Brahman).

यस्य (yasya) - whose (referring to the ultimate reality) (whose, of whom, of which)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Note: Refers to the ultimate reality described in the previous verse.

चित्तमयी (cittamayī) - mind-made, consisting of consciousness/mind

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cittamaya

cittamaya - mind-made, consisting of consciousness

Compound of citta + maya. Feminine form.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (citta+maya)

• citta – mind, consciousness, thought
  noun (neuter)
  From root cit (to perceive, know).
  Root: cit (class 1)
• maya – made of, consisting of, full of
  suffix/adjective (masculine)
  Suffix forming adjectives from nouns.

Note: Agrees with 'līlā'.

लीला (līlā) - divine or cosmic play (līlā) (play, sport, amusement, divine play, cosmic illusion)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of līlā

līlā - play, sport, amusement, divine play

Root: līl (class 1)

Note: Refers to the manifest universe as a playful emanation.

जगत् (jagat) - cosmos (jagat) (world, universe, cosmos)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - moving, living; world, universe

Present Active Participle

From root gam (to go) + śatṛ suffix, then used as a noun.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Subject of the sentence, along with 'etat carācaram'.

एतत् (etat) - this (entire) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Note: Refers to 'jagat carācaram'.

चराचरम् (carācaram) - moving and unmoving, animate and inanimate

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of carācara

carācara - moving and unmoving, animate and inanimate

Compound of cara (moving) + acara (unmoving).

Compound type : dvandva (cara+acara)

• cara – moving, animate
  adjective (masculine)
  From root car (to move).
  Root: car (class 1)
• acara – unmoving, inanimate
  adjective (masculine)
  Negative compound of a + cara.
  Prefix: a
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'jagat' and 'etat'.