योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-72, verse-44

तदतीतं पदं यत्स्यात्तन्न किंचिदिवेह तत् ।
यथाभूतमिदं सम्यग्ज्ञस्य संपश्यतो जगत् ॥ ४४ ॥

tadatītaṃ padaṃ yatsyāttanna kiṃcidiveha tat ,
yathābhūtamidaṃ samyagjñasya saṃpaśyato jagat 44

44. tat atītam padam yat syāt tat na kiṃcit iva iha tat
yathābhūtam idam samyak jñasya saṃpaśyataḥ jagat

44. jñasya yathābhūtam idam jagat samyak saṃpaśyataḥ
yat atītam padam syāt tat iha na kiṃcit iva tat

44. For the knower who perfectly perceives this world (jagat) as it truly is (yathābhūtam), that transcendent state (padam) which might exist (yat syāt) is here as if it were nothing.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - that (referring to the state) (that, it)

• अतीतम् (atītam) - transcendent (beyond ordinary experience) (past, gone beyond, transcendent)

• पदम् (padam) - state (of being), ultimate state (step, foot, place, state, word, position)

• यत् (yat) - which (referring to the state) (which, whatever, that which)

• स्यात् (syāt) - might be (expressing potentiality or possibility) (may be, might be, should be)

• तत् (tat) - refers back to the 'transcendent state' (atītam padam) (that, it)

• न (na) - negates the following (not, no)

• किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything (with 'na', implies nothing) (anything, something, a little)

• इव (iva) - as if (simile) (like, as, as if)

• इह (iha) - here (in this experienced reality) (here, in this world)

• तत् (tat) - that (referring to the state being discussed) (that, it)

• यथाभूतम् (yathābhūtam) - as it truly is (as it has come to be, as it truly is)

• इदम् (idam) - this (world) (this, this one)

• सम्यक् (samyak) - perfectly (properly, completely, perfectly, truly)

• ज्ञस्य (jñasya) - of the knower, by the enlightened one (of the knower, by the knower)

• संपश्यतः (saṁpaśyataḥ) - perceiving, observing (perfectly) (seeing, perceiving, observing)

• जगत् (jagat) - the world, the universe (moving, world, universe)

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - that (referring to the state) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अतीतम् (atītam) - transcendent (beyond ordinary experience) (past, gone beyond, transcendent)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of atīta

atīta - gone past, passed, elapsed, transcended

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'i' (to go) with upasarga 'ati'

Prefix: ati

Root: i (class 2)

Note: It agrees with 'padam'.

पदम् (padam) - state (of being), ultimate state (step, foot, place, state, word, position)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - foot, step, path, place, state, position, word

यत् (yat) - which (referring to the state) (which, whatever, that which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what

Note: Relative pronoun, agreeing with 'padam'.

स्यात् (syāt) - might be (expressing potentiality or possibility) (may be, might be, should be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

तत् (tat) - refers back to the 'transcendent state' (atītam padam) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

न (na) - negates the following (not, no)

(indeclinable)

किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything (with 'na', implies nothing) (anything, something, a little)

(indeclinable)

Note: 'kiṃcid' is often used adverbially or as an indefinite pronoun. Here, with 'na', it means 'nothing'.

इव (iva) - as if (simile) (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

इह (iha) - here (in this experienced reality) (here, in this world)

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that (referring to the state being discussed) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: This 'tat' functions as the subject of the implied verb 'is' in 'is here as if nothing'.

यथाभूतम् (yathābhūtam) - as it truly is (as it has come to be, as it truly is)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yathābhūta

yathābhūta - as it has been, as it is, true, real

Compound

Indeclinable 'yathā' + Past Passive Participle 'bhūta'

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+bhūta)

• yathā – as, in which way
  indeclinable
• bhūta – become, been, existing, past, creature
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'bhū' (to be)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Adverbial usage, agreeing with 'jagat'.

इदम् (idam) - this (world) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Agreeing with 'jagat'.

सम्यक् (samyak) - perfectly (properly, completely, perfectly, truly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb modifying 'saṃpaśyataḥ'.

ज्ञस्य (jñasya) - of the knower, by the enlightened one (of the knower, by the knower)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jña

jña - knowing, skilled in, knower, wise person

From root jñā (to know)

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Genitive of agent with the participle 'saṃpaśyataḥ'.

संपश्यतः (saṁpaśyataḥ) - perceiving, observing (perfectly) (seeing, perceiving, observing)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of saṃpaśyat

saṁpaśyat - seeing, perceiving, observing

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'dṛś' (to see) with upasarga 'sam', stem 'paśyat'

Prefix: sam

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Genitive singular, agreeing with 'jñasya'.

जगत् (jagat) - the world, the universe (moving, world, universe)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - moving, world, universe, all that exists

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'gam' (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Object of 'saṃpaśyataḥ'.