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.

56. מהות הָעַצְמִי העליונה, הנמצאת בתווך בין המבט החומרי לבין המבט המודע – היא-היא אותה רבגוניות הנפרשת תחת שמות וכינויים שונים.

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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