योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-46, verse-14

शुद्धं सदसतोर्मध्यं पदं बुद्ध्याऽवलम्ब्य च ।
सबाह्याभ्यन्तरं दृश्यं मा गृहाण विमुञ्च मा ॥ १४ ॥

śuddhaṃ sadasatormadhyaṃ padaṃ buddhyā'valambya ca ,
sabāhyābhyantaraṃ dṛśyaṃ mā gṛhāṇa vimuñca mā 14

14. śuddham sat-asatoḥ madhyam padam buddhyā avalambya
ca sa-bāhya-ābhyantaram dṛśyam mā gṛhāṇa vimuñca mā

14. buddhyā śuddham sat-asatoḥ madhyam padam avalambya ca,
sa-bāhya-ābhyantaram dṛśyam mā gṛhāṇa,
mā vimuñca.

14. Having resorted to the pure state that is the middle ground between existence and non-existence with discernment (buddhi), neither grasp nor abandon the perceptible world, whether it is external or internal.

14. הישען בתבונתך על המצב הטהור הנמצא בין הקיים לבלתי קיים, ואל תאחז בעולם הנראה – הפנימי או החיצוני – וגם אל תנסה לגרשו.

Words meanings summery:

• शुद्धम् (śuddham) - pure, clean, undefiled, clear

• सत्-असतोः (sat-asatoḥ) - of being and non-being, of existence and non-existence, of existent and non-existent

• मध्यम् (madhyam) - middle ground, intermediate state (middle, central, intermediate, mean, neutral)

• पदम् (padam) - state, reality, position (step, foot, position, state, place, reality, word)

• बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - by intellect, by discernment, by understanding

• अवलम्ब्य (avalambya) - having resorted to, having embraced (having resorted to, having grasped, having supported, having taken refuge in)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• स-बाह्य-आभ्यन्तरम् (sa-bāhya-ābhyantaram) - external and internal (with external and internal, including external and internal)

• दृश्यम् (dṛśyam) - the phenomenal world, the observable (the seen, the visible, the perceptible, the phenomenal world)

• मा (mā) - not, do not (prohibitive)

• गृहाण (gṛhāṇa) - grasp (grasp, seize, take, accept)

• विमुञ्च (vimuñca) - abandon (release, abandon, give up, let go)

• मा (mā) - not, do not (prohibitive)

Words meanings and morphology

शुद्धम् (śuddham) - pure, clean, undefiled, clear

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śuddha

śuddha - pure, clean, clear, undefiled, unmixed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root śudh (to purify, cleanse)

Root: śudh (class 4)

Note: Can also be nominative singular neuter. Modifies padam.

सत्-असतोः (sat-asatoḥ) - of being and non-being, of existence and non-existence, of existent and non-existent

(compound noun)

Compound type : Dvandva (sat+asat)

• sat – being, existing, real, good, true
  participle (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  Derived from root as (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)
• asat – non-being, non-existent, unreal, bad, untrue
  participle (masculine)
  Present Active Participle (negative)
  Negative form of sat
  Prefix: a
  Root: as (class 2)

Note: Refers to the dual state of 'sat' and 'asat'.

मध्यम् (madhyam) - middle ground, intermediate state (middle, central, intermediate, mean, neutral)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of madhya

madhya - middle, central, intermediate, mean, neutral

Note: Can also be nominative singular neuter. Modifies padam.

पदम् (padam) - state, reality, position (step, foot, position, state, place, reality, word)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - foot, step, position, state, place, reality, word

Note: The object of avalambya.

बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - by intellect, by discernment, by understanding

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, reason, understanding, discernment, perception

From root budh (to know, perceive)

Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Instrument for avalambya.

अवलम्ब्य (avalambya) - having resorted to, having embraced (having resorted to, having grasped, having supported, having taken refuge in)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Prefix 'ava' + root 'lamb' + suffix 'ya'

Prefix: ava

Root: lamb (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the actions.

स-बाह्य-आभ्यन्तरम् (sa-bāhya-ābhyantaram) - external and internal (with external and internal, including external and internal)

(compound adjective)

Compound type : Bahuvrihi/Tatpurusha (sa+bāhya+ābhyantara)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• bāhya – external, outer
  adjective (neuter)
  Derived from 'bahis' (outside)
• ābhyantara – internal, inner
  adjective (neuter)
  Derived from 'abhyantara' (inside)

Note: Modifies dṛśyam.

दृश्यम् (dṛśyam) - the phenomenal world, the observable (the seen, the visible, the perceptible, the phenomenal world)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dṛśya

dṛśya - visible, perceptible, seen, phenomenal

Gerundive (karmaṇi kṛtya)

Derived from root dṛś (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Object of gṛhāṇa and vimuñca.

मा (mā) - not, do not (prohibitive)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with imperative to form prohibition.

गृहाण (gṛhāṇa) - grasp (grasp, seize, take, accept)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of gṛh

Root: gṛh (class 9)

Note: Used in prohibition with mā.

विमुञ्च (vimuñca) - abandon (release, abandon, give up, let go)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of muc

Prefix: vi

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Used in prohibition with mā.

मा (mā) - not, do not (prohibitive)

(indeclinable)

Note: Repeated for emphasis, implying 'neither... nor...'.

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