योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-46, verse-12

यस्यासदिदमित्यास्था निवृत्ता सर्ववस्तुषु ।
क्रोडीकरोति सर्वज्ञं नाविद्या तमवास्तवी ॥ १२ ॥

yasyāsadidamityāsthā nivṛttā sarvavastuṣu ,
kroḍīkaroti sarvajñaṃ nāvidyā tamavāstavī 12

12. yasya asat idam iti āsthā nivṛttā sarva-vastuṣu
kroḍīkaroti sarvajñam na avidyā tam avāstavī

12. yasya asat idam iti āsthā sarva-vastuṣu nivṛttā
sarvajñam kroḍīkaroti avāstavī avidyā tam na

12. He whose conviction (āsthā) that 'this (world) is unreal' has turned away from all objects, that (conviction) makes him omniscient (sarvajña). Unreal ignorance (avidyā) does not encompass such a person.

Words meanings summery:

• यस्य (yasya) - whose

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

• इदम् (idam) - this (world) (this)

• इति (iti) - thus, so

• आस्था (āsthā) - conviction, reliance, faith

• निवृत्ता (nivṛttā) - has completely turned away (from reliance on objects) (turned away, ceased, withdrawn (feminine))

• सर्व-वस्तुषु (sarva-vastuṣu) - in all objects, among all things

• क्रोडीकरोति (kroḍīkaroti) - makes him omniscient (makes one's own, embraces, takes into possession)

• सर्वज्ञम् (sarvajñam) - omniscient, all-knowing (accusative)

• न (na) - not

• अविद्या (avidyā) - ignorance (avidyā)

• तम् (tam) - him

• अवास्तवी (avāstavī) - unreal, not real (feminine)

Words meanings and morphology

यस्य (yasya) - whose

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

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

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, bad, false

Present Active Participle

From root 'as' (to be) with negation 'a-'

Compound type : nah-tatpurusha (a+sat)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• sat – being, existing, real, true, good
  adjective (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  From root as (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)

इदम् (idam) - this (world) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

इति (iti) - thus, so

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces the quoted conviction 'this is unreal'

आस्था (āsthā) - conviction, reliance, faith

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āsthā

āsthā - standing, stability, conviction, faith, reliance

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

निवृत्ता (nivṛttā) - has completely turned away (from reliance on objects) (turned away, ceased, withdrawn (feminine))

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nivṛtta

nivṛtta - returned, ceased, turned away, withdrawn, finished

Past Passive Participle

From root vṛt (to turn) with prefix ni

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'āsthā'

सर्व-वस्तुषु (sarva-vastuṣu) - in all objects, among all things

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of sarva-vastu

sarva-vastu - all objects, every thing

Compound type : tatpurusha (sarva+vastu)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective (masculine)
• vastu – object, thing, substance, reality
  noun (neuter)

क्रोडीकरोति (kroḍīkaroti) - makes him omniscient (makes one's own, embraces, takes into possession)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of kroḍīkṛ

Denominative

Derived from kroḍa (lap, bosom) + kṛ (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

सर्वज्ञम् (sarvajñam) - omniscient, all-knowing (accusative)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sarvajña

sarvajña - all-knowing, omniscient

Compound type : tatpurusha (sarva+jña)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective (masculine)
• jña – knowing, knower
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root jñā (to know)
  Root: jñā (class 9)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अविद्या (avidyā) - ignorance (avidyā)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of avidyā

avidyā - ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance

Compound type : nah-tatpurusha (a+vidyā)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• vidyā – knowledge, learning, science
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vid (class 2)

तम् (tam) - him

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अवास्तवी (avāstavī) - unreal, not real (feminine)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of avāstava

avāstava - unreal, not actual, untrue

Negation of vāstava (real)

Compound type : nah-tatpurusha (a+vāstava)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• vāstava – real, actual, true, substantial
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'avidyā'

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