योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-56, verse-2

दृश्यमानमथेदं चेदस्ति सत्तामुपागतम् ।
तिष्ठ स्वात्मनि बध्नासि त्वं किमत्र किलात्मत्ताम् ॥ २ ॥

dṛśyamānamathedaṃ cedasti sattāmupāgatam ,
tiṣṭha svātmani badhnāsi tvaṃ kimatra kilātmattām 2

2. dṛśyamānam atha idam cet asti sattām upāgatam
tiṣṭha svātmani badhnāsi tvam kim atra kila ātmatām

2. atha cet idam dṛśyamānam sattām upāgatam asti
svātmani tiṣṭha tvam atra kila kim ātmatām badhnāsi

2. Now, if this visible world truly exists, having attained the state of being, then remain firm in your own Self (ātman). Why, indeed, do you here attribute true selfhood (ātmatā) to it?

Words meanings summery:

• दृश्यमानम् (dṛśyamānam) - visible, being seen, what is seen

• अथ (atha) - now, then, moreover, thus

• इदम् (idam) - this, this (world/phenomenon)

• चेत् (cet) - if

• अस्ति (asti) - exists, is

• सत्ताम् (sattām) - existence, reality, being

• उपागतम् (upāgatam) - attained, reached, having come into

• तिष्ठ (tiṣṭha) - remain, stand, be established

• स्वात्मनि (svātmani) - in your own Self (ātman)

• बध्नासि (badhnāsi) - you bind, you fasten, you attribute

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• किम् (kim) - why? what?

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this place, in this matter

• किल (kila) - indeed, surely

• आत्मताम् (ātmatām) - selfhood, the state of being the Self (ātman)

Words meanings and morphology

दृश्यमानम् (dṛśyamānam) - visible, being seen, what is seen

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dṛśyamāna

dṛśyamāna - visible, being seen, what is seen

present passive participle

From root 'dṛś' (to see) with suffix '-yamāna'

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'idam'.

अथ (atha) - now, then, moreover, thus

(indeclinable)

Particle

Note: Introduces a new idea or condition.

इदम् (idam) - this, this (world/phenomenon)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Nominative singular neuter of demonstrative pronoun 'idam'

Note: Subject of 'asti'.

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

Conjunction for conditional clause

अस्ति (asti) - exists, is

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

present tense

3rd person singular present active of root 'as'

Root: as (class 2)

सत्ताम् (sattām) - existence, reality, being

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sattā

sattā - existence, reality, being, entity

From present participle 'sat' (being)

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Object of 'upāgatam' (literally 'having approached existence').

उपागतम् (upāgatam) - attained, reached, having come into

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of upāgata

upāgata - approached, arrived, attained, reached

past passive participle

From prefixes 'upā' (upa + ā) + root 'gam' (to go) + suffix '-ta'

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'idam'.

तिष्ठ (tiṣṭha) - remain, stand, be established

(verb)

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

imperative

2nd person singular imperative active of root 'sthā'

Root: sthā (class 1)

स्वात्मनि (svātmani) - in your own Self (ātman)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svātman

svātman - one's own Self (ātman)

Compound of 'sva' (own) + 'ātman' (Self)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sva+ātman)

• sva – own, one's own
  pronoun / adjective
• ātman – Self, soul, essence
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

Note: Indicates location where one should abide.

बध्नासि (badhnāsi) - you bind, you fasten, you attribute

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bandh

present tense

2nd person singular present active of root 'bandh'

Root: bandh (class 9)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Subject of 'badhnāsi'.

किम् (kim) - why? what?

(indeclinable)

Interrogative adverb or neuter nominative/accusative singular

अत्र (atra) - here, in this place, in this matter

(indeclinable)

Adverb of place, from 'idam' with suffix '-tra'

किल (kila) - indeed, surely

(indeclinable)

Particle

आत्मताम् (ātmatām) - selfhood, the state of being the Self (ātman)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ātmatā

ātmatā - selfhood, the state of being the Self (ātman), essential nature

From 'ātman' (Self) with abstract suffix '-tā'

Note: Object of 'badhnāsi'.