योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-71, verse-56

जडाजडदृशोर्मध्यं यत्तत्त्वं पारमात्मिकम् ।
तदेतदेव नानात्वं नानासंज्ञाभिराततम् ॥ ५६ ॥

jaḍājaḍadṛśormadhyaṃ yattattvaṃ pāramātmikam ,
tadetadeva nānātvaṃ nānāsaṃjñābhirātatam 56

56. jaḍā-ajaḍa-dṛśoḥ madhyam yat tattvam pāramātmikam
tat etat eva nānātvam nānā-saṃjñābhiḥ ātatam

56. yat pāramātmikam tattvam jaḍā-ajaḍa-dṛśoḥ madhyam
tat etat eva nānātvam nānā-saṃjñābhiḥ ātatam

56. The supreme essence (pāramātmikam) that exists between the conscious and the unconscious is, in fact, this very diversity, extended through various names.

Words meanings summery:

• जडा-अजड-दृशोः (jaḍā-ajaḍa-dṛśoḥ) - of the inert (unconscious) and the non-inert (conscious) principles (of the inert and the non-inert, of the conscious and the unconscious, of the seer)

• मध्यम् (madhyam) - the interval or space between them (middle, center, interval, between)

• यत् (yat) - which (referring to tattvam) (which, that)

• तत्त्वम् (tattvam) - the fundamental essence (reality, truth, essence, principle)

• पारमात्मिकम् (pāramātmikam) - the ultimate spiritual essence, related to the supreme self (paramātman) (pertaining to the supreme self, ultimate spiritual)

• तत् (tat) - that (referring back to the 'tattvam' previously described) (that (demonstrative pronoun))

• एतत् (etat) - this (current) (this, this very)

• एव (eva) - indeed, very, certainly (only, just, indeed, certainly)

• नानात्वम् (nānātvam) - the state of being manifold (multiplicity, diversity, variety)

• नाना-संज्ञाभिः (nānā-saṁjñābhiḥ) - by means of manifold appellations (by various names, by different designations)

• आततम् (ātatam) - permeated and understood (spread out, pervaded, extended, filled)

Words meanings and morphology

जडा-अजड-दृशोः (jaḍā-ajaḍa-dṛśoḥ) - of the inert (unconscious) and the non-inert (conscious) principles (of the inert and the non-inert, of the conscious and the unconscious, of the seer)

(noun)

Genitive, dual of jaḍā-ajaḍa-dṛś

jaḍā-ajaḍa-dṛś - pertaining to the seer of the inert and non-inert

Compound from jaḍa (inert), ajaḍa (non-inert), and dṛś (seer)

Compound type : Dvandva-Tatpurusha (jaḍa+ajaḍa+dṛś)

• jaḍa – inert, dull, unconscious
  adjective
• ajaḍa – non-inert, conscious, intelligent
  adjective
  negation of jaḍa with 'a-' prefix
  Prefix: a
• dṛś – seer, vision, eye
  noun (masculine)
  From root dṛś 'to see'
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

मध्यम् (madhyam) - the interval or space between them (middle, center, interval, between)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of madhya

madhya - middle, center, intermediate

Note: Used here as a noun, 'the middle'.

यत् (yat) - which (referring to tattvam) (which, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Note: Relative pronoun modifying 'tattvam'.

तत्त्वम् (tattvam) - the fundamental essence (reality, truth, essence, principle)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tattva

tattva - reality, truth, essence, principle, fundamental element

From 'tat' (that) + 'tva' (suffix for abstract noun)

Note: Main subject of the relative clause.

पारमात्मिकम् (pāramātmikam) - the ultimate spiritual essence, related to the supreme self (paramātman) (pertaining to the supreme self, ultimate spiritual)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pāramātmika

pāramātmika - pertaining to the supreme Self, highest Self

Derived from paramātman with suffix -ika

Note: Adjective modifying 'tattvam'.

तत् (tat) - that (referring back to the 'tattvam' previously described) (that (demonstrative pronoun))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Correlative pronoun to 'yat'.

एतत् (etat) - this (current) (this, this very)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

Note: Demonstrative pronoun, emphasizing proximity.

एव (eva) - indeed, very, certainly (only, just, indeed, certainly)

(indeclinable)

नानात्वम् (nānātvam) - the state of being manifold (multiplicity, diversity, variety)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nānātva

nānātva - multiplicity, diversity, variety

From 'nānā' (various) + 'tva' (abstract suffix)

Note: Predicate noun to 'tat etat'.

नाना-संज्ञाभिः (nānā-saṁjñābhiḥ) - by means of manifold appellations (by various names, by different designations)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of nānā-saṃjñā

nānā-saṁjñā - various names/designations

Compound of nānā (various) and saṃjñā (name, designation)

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (nānā+saṃjñā)

• nānā – various, diverse, manifold
  indeclinable
• saṃjñā – name, designation, appellation, technical term
  noun (feminine)
  From sam-jñā (to know well)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Agent of 'ātatam'.

आततम् (ātatam) - permeated and understood (spread out, pervaded, extended, filled)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ātata

ātata - spread, stretched, extended, pervaded

Past Passive Participle

From root 'tan' (to stretch) with upasarga 'ā'

Prefix: ā

Root: tan (class 8)

Note: Participle, acting as an adjective describing 'nānātvam'.

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