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.

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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