योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-53, verse-45

असत्सत्सदसत्सर्व संकल्पादेव नान्यतः ।
संकल्पं सदसच्चैवमिह सत्यं किमुच्यताम् ॥ ४५ ॥

asatsatsadasatsarva saṃkalpādeva nānyataḥ ,
saṃkalpaṃ sadasaccaivamiha satyaṃ kimucyatām 45

45. asat sat sadasat sarvaṃ saṃkalpāt eva na anyataḥ
saṃkalpaṃ sadasat ca evam iha satyaṃ kim ucyatām

45. asat sat sadasat sarvaṃ saṃkalpāt eva na anyataḥ
iha saṃkalpaṃ sadasat ca evam satyaṃ kim ucyatām

45. All that is unreal, real, or both real and unreal—all of it comes into being solely from mental volition, and not from anything else. If mental volition itself is considered both real and unreal in this world, then what can truly be called truth?

Words meanings summery:

• असत् (asat) - non-existent, unreal

• सत् (sat) - existent, real

• सदसत् (sadasat) - existent and non-existent, real and unreal

• सर्वं (sarvaṁ) - all, everything

• संकल्पात् (saṁkalpāt) - from mental volition

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• न (na) - not

• अन्यतः (anyataḥ) - from another, from elsewhere

• संकल्पं (saṁkalpaṁ) - mental volition

• सदसत् (sadasat) - existent and non-existent, real and unreal

• च (ca) - and

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• सत्यं (satyaṁ) - truth, reality

• किम् (kim) - what?

• उच्यताम् (ucyatām) - let it be said, let it be called

Words meanings and morphology

असत् (asat) - non-existent, unreal

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, false, bad

Present Active Participle (negative)

Negative compound of 'sat' (existent).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sat)

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

सत् (sat) - existent, real

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sat

sat - existent, real, true, good

Present Active Participle

From root 'as' (to be).

Root: as (class 2)

सदसत् (sadasat) - existent and non-existent, real and unreal

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sadasat

sadasat - existent and non-existent, real and unreal

Compound of 'sat' and 'asat'.

Compound type : dvandva (sat+asat)

• sat – existent, real, true, good
  adjective (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  From root 'as' (to be).
  Root: as (class 2)
• asat – non-existent, unreal, false, bad
  adjective (neuter)
  Present Active Participle (negative)
  Negative compound of 'sat' (existent).
  Prefix: a
  Root: as (class 2)

सर्वं (sarvaṁ) - all, everything

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Refers to the preceding 'asat', 'sat', 'sadasat'.

संकल्पात् (saṁkalpāt) - from mental volition

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of saṃkalpa

saṁkalpa - mental volition, intention, resolve, conception

From root 'kḷp' (to imagine, form) with prefix 'sam'.

Prefix: sam

Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: Indicates the source.

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates 'anyataḥ'.

अन्यतः (anyataḥ) - from another, from elsewhere

(indeclinable)

From 'anya' (other) with suffix '-tas' (from).

संकल्पं (saṁkalpaṁ) - mental volition

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃkalpa

saṁkalpa - mental volition, intention, resolve, conception

From root 'kḷp' (to imagine, form) with prefix 'sam'.

Prefix: sam

Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: Subject of the implied predicate 'sadasat'.

सदसत् (sadasat) - existent and non-existent, real and unreal

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sadasat

sadasat - existent and non-existent, real and unreal

Compound of 'sat' and 'asat'.

Compound type : dvandva (sat+asat)

• sat – existent, real, true, good
  adjective (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  From root 'as' (to be).
  Root: as (class 2)
• asat – non-existent, unreal, false, bad
  adjective (neuter)
  Present Active Participle (negative)
  Negative compound of 'sat' (existent).
  Prefix: a
  Root: as (class 2)

Note: Predicate adjective for 'saṃkalpaṃ'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

सत्यं (satyaṁ) - truth, reality

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality, true, real

Derived from 'sat' (existent, real).

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who, why

Note: Interrogative pronoun.

उच्यताम् (ucyatām) - let it be said, let it be called

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)