योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-11, verse-14

असदेतत्तु सच्चेत्त्वं तथापि किल सुन्दर ।
सङ्गः सदसतोः कीदृग्वद त्वं मर्त्यजीवयोः ॥ १४ ॥

asadetattu saccettvaṃ tathāpi kila sundara ,
saṅgaḥ sadasatoḥ kīdṛgvada tvaṃ martyajīvayoḥ 14

14. asat etat tu sat cet tvam tathā api kila sundara
saṅgaḥ sat-asatoḥ kīdṛk vada tvam martya-jīvayoḥ

14. sundara,
tu cet etat asat,
tvam sat,
tathā api kila,
sat-asatoḥ saṅgaḥ kīdṛk? tvam martya-jīvayoḥ (saṅgaḥ kīdṛk iti) vada.

14. But if this (visible world) is non-existent (asat) and you (the self) are existent (sat), O wise one (sundara), even then, what kind of association (saṅga) can there be between the existent and the non-existent? Tell me, what is the nature of the connection between the mortal (martya) and the individual soul (jīva)?

14. אולם אם עולם התופעות אינו קיים ואילו אתה קיים, אמור לי, אהוב: איזה מגע יכול להיות בין הקיים לבין מה שאינו קיים, כמו בין גוף בן חלוף לבין הַגִ'יבָה (הנשמה החיה)?

Words meanings summery:

• असत् (asat) - non-existent, unreal (non-existent, unreal, bad)

• एतत् (etat) - this (visible world) (this)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed (but, indeed, however)

• सत् (sat) - existent, real (existent, real, good, true)

• चेत् (cet) - if

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (the self) (you)

• तथा अपि (tathā api) - even then (even then, nevertheless)

• किल (kila) - indeed (indeed, certainly, (an emphatic particle))

• सुन्दर (sundara) - O wise one! (O beautiful one! O good one! O wise one!)

• सङ्गः (saṅgaḥ) - association, connection (association, connection, attachment)

• सत्-असतोः (sat-asatoḥ) - between the existent and the non-existent (of the existent and the non-existent)

• कीदृक् (kīdṛk) - of what kind? (of what kind, how)

• वद (vada) - tell (me) (speak, tell, say)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• मर्त्य-जीवयोः (martya-jīvayoḥ) - between the mortal (body) and the individual soul (jīva) (of the mortal and the living being/soul)

Words meanings and morphology

असत् (asat) - non-existent, unreal (non-existent, unreal, bad)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, bad, false

Present Active Participle (negative)

Derived from 'na' (not) + 'sat' (existent, participle of 'as' to be).

Root: as (class 2)

एतत् (etat) - this (visible world) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

तु (tu) - but, indeed (but, indeed, however)

(indeclinable)

सत् (sat) - existent, real (existent, real, good, true)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sat

sat - existent, real, good, true, virtuous

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'as' (to be).

Root: as (class 2)

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

त्वम् (tvam) - you (the self) (you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

तथा अपि (tathā api) - even then (even then, nevertheless)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : dvandva (tathā+api)

• tathā – thus, so, in that manner
  indeclinable
• api – even, also
  indeclinable

किल (kila) - indeed (indeed, certainly, (an emphatic particle))

(indeclinable)

सुन्दर (sundara) - O wise one! (O beautiful one! O good one! O wise one!)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sundara

sundara - beautiful, handsome, good, noble

सङ्गः (saṅgaḥ) - association, connection (association, connection, attachment)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṅga

saṅga - association, connection, attachment, union

Derived from 'sam' + 'gam' (to go with, unite).

Prefix: sam

Root: gam (class 1)

सत्-असतोः (sat-asatoḥ) - between the existent and the non-existent (of the existent and the non-existent)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, dual of sat-asat

sat-asat - the existent and the non-existent, real and unreal

Compound type : dvandva (sat+asat)

• sat – existent, real
  adjective (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  Derived from root 'as' (to be).
  Root: as (class 2)
• asat – non-existent, unreal
  adjective (neuter)
  Present Active Participle (negative)
  Derived from 'na' (not) + 'sat'.
  Prefix: na
  Root: as (class 2)

कीदृक् (kīdṛk) - of what kind? (of what kind, how)

(interrogative adjective)

वद (vada) - tell (me) (speak, tell, say)

(verb)

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

Imperative Mood

Imperative, 2nd person, singular, active voice.

Root: vad (class 1)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

मर्त्य-जीवयोः (martya-jīvayoḥ) - between the mortal (body) and the individual soul (jīva) (of the mortal and the living being/soul)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of martya-jīva

martya-jīva - mortal and living being/soul

Compound type : dvandva (martya+jīva)

• martya – mortal, human
  noun (masculine)
• jīva – living, alive, individual soul, life principle
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jīv (class 1)

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