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)?

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)