योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-57, verse-30

यद्यदालोक्यते किंचित्कश्चिद्यत्तन्न विद्यते ।
ईप्सितानीप्सितादन्यन्न तत्र यतते जनः ॥ ३० ॥

yadyadālokyate kiṃcitkaścidyattanna vidyate ,
īpsitānīpsitādanyanna tatra yatate janaḥ 30

30. yat yat ālokyate kiṃcit kaścit yat tat na vidyate
īpsita anīpsitāt anyat na tatra yatate janaḥ

30. yat yat kiṃcit kaścit ālokyate,
tat yat na vidyate.
janaḥ tatra īpsitānīpsitāt anyat na yatate.

30. Whatever little is perceived, that (which is perceived) does not truly exist. A person (jana) does not strive there (in that unreal realm) for anything other than what is desired (īpsita) and undesired (anīpsita).

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - whatever (thing) (whatever, which)

• यत् (yat) - whatever (thing) (whatever, which)

• आलोक्यते (ālokyate) - is seen, is perceived, is observed

• किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything (at all) (anything, something, little)

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - anything (at all), emphasizing the preceding 'kiṃcit' (anyone, someone, anything)

• यत् (yat) - that which (is perceived) (which, that which)

• तत् (tat) - that (very thing) (that, it)

• न (na) - not, no

• विद्यते (vidyate) - does not exist (in reality) (exists, is found, is known)

• ईप्सित (īpsita) - desired (object or state) (desired, wished for, longed for)

• अनीप्सितात् (anīpsitāt) - from the undesired, from what is not desired

• अन्यत् (anyat) - anything other than (other, different)

• न (na) - not, no

• तत्र (tatra) - there (in that unreal realm of perceived objects) (there, in that place, in that matter)

• यतते (yatate) - strives, attempts, endeavors

• जनः (janaḥ) - a person, man, people

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - whatever (thing) (whatever, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whatever

यत् (yat) - whatever (thing) (whatever, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whatever

आलोक्यते (ālokyate) - is seen, is perceived, is observed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of lok

passive form of root lok

from ā-lok, passive middle voice

Prefix: ā

Root: lok (class 10)

किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything (at all) (anything, something, little)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiṃcit

kiṁcit - something, anything, a little, perhaps

from kim + cit

Note: Used as an emphatic indefinite.

कश्चित् (kaścit) - anything (at all), emphasizing the preceding 'kiṃcit' (anyone, someone, anything)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścit

kaścit - someone, anyone, a certain, something

from ka + cit

Note: Here used as an indefinite pronoun, possibly modifying an implied subject of perception, or as an emphatic particle. It is best interpreted with kiṃcit as 'anything whatsoever'.

यत् (yat) - that which (is perceived) (which, that which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whatever

Note: Acts as the subject for na vidyate.

तत् (tat) - that (very thing) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

विद्यते (vidyate) - does not exist (in reality) (exists, is found, is known)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of vid

present middle, passive from root vid (to be)

vid (class 4 vid-yate for 'to be, exist'). vid (class 2 vetti for 'to know').

Root: vid (class 4)

ईप्सित (īpsita) - desired (object or state) (desired, wished for, longed for)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of īpsita

īpsita - desired, wished for, sought after

Past Passive Participle (Desiderative root from āp)

from desiderative of root āp (to obtain)

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Used substantively.

अनीप्सितात् (anīpsitāt) - from the undesired, from what is not desired

(adjective)

Ablative, neuter, singular of anīpsita

anīpsita - undesired, not wished for, unwanted

Past Passive Participle (Negative + Desiderative root from āp)

a- (not) + īpsita (desired)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+īpsita)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• īpsita – desired, wished for, sought after
  participle (adjective) (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle (Desiderative root from āp)
  from desiderative of root āp (to obtain)
  Root: āp (class 5)

अन्यत् (anyat) - anything other than (other, different)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, different, another

Note: Used as 'anything else'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

तत्र (tatra) - there (in that unreal realm of perceived objects) (there, in that place, in that matter)

(indeclinable)

from tad (that) + tra (suffix for place)

Note: Refers to the perceived world.

यतते (yatate) - strives, attempts, endeavors

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of yat

middle voice

Root: yat (class 1)

जनः (janaḥ) - a person, man, people

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jana

jana - man, person, people, creature

from root jan (to be born)

Root: jan (class 4)