योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-75, verse-42

असत्सदेव भातीह सदसच्चापि दृश्यते ।
आस्थानास्थे परित्यज्य तेनाशु समतां व्रज ॥ ४२ ॥

asatsadeva bhātīha sadasaccāpi dṛśyate ,
āsthānāsthe parityajya tenāśu samatāṃ vraja 42

42. asat sat eva bhāti iha sat asat ca api dṛśyate
āsthā anāsthe parityajya tena āśu samatām vraja

42. iha asat sat eva bhāti,
sat ca api asat dṛśyate.
āsthā anāsthe parityajya,
tena āśu samatām vraja.

42. Here, the unreal (asat) appears as real (sat) and the real (sat) also appears as unreal (asat). Having abandoned both attachment (āsthā) and detachment (anāsthā), therefore quickly attain equanimity.

Words meanings summery:

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

• सत् (sat) - existent, real, true

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

• भाति (bhāti) - appears, shines, seems

• इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this context

• सत् (sat) - existent, real, true

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

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - also, even

• दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - it is seen, appears

• आस्था अनास्थे (āsthā anāsthe) - attachment and non-attachment, belief and disbelief

• परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having abandoned, completely forsaking

• तेन (tena) - therefore, by that, for that reason

• आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

• समताम् (samatām) - equanimity, equality, evenness

• व्रज (vraja) - attain, go to, proceed

Words meanings and morphology

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

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, false

Present Active Participle (negative)

Negation of 'sat' (being) derived from root √as (to be)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sat)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• sat – being, existent, real
  adjective (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  Derived from root √as (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)

Note: Subject of 'bhāti'.

सत् (sat) - existent, real, true

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sat

sat - being, existent, real, true

Present Active Participle

Derived from root √as (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Predicate nominative for 'bhāti'.

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes that the unreal appears *as* the real.

भाति (bhāti) - appears, shines, seems

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhā

Present Active Indicative

3rd person singular, active voice, present tense, from root √bhā

Root: bhā (class 2)

इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this context

(indeclinable)

सत् (sat) - existent, real, true

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sat

sat - being, existent, real, true

Present Active Participle

Derived from root √as (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Subject of 'dṛśyate'.

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

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, false

Present Active Participle (negative)

Negation of 'sat' (being) derived from root √as (to be)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sat)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• sat – being, existent, real
  adjective (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  Derived from root √as (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)

Note: Predicate nominative for 'dṛśyate'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - it is seen, appears

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of dṛś

Present Passive Indicative

3rd person singular, passive voice, from root √dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

आस्था अनास्थे (āsthā anāsthe) - attachment and non-attachment, belief and disbelief

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, dual of āsthānāsthā

āsthānāsthā - attachment and non-attachment; belief and disbelief; conviction and lack of conviction

Compound type : dvandva (āsthā+anāsthā)

• āsthā – faith, trust, attachment, adherence, conviction
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from ā + √sthā (to stand, to be firm)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• anāsthā – lack of faith, indifference, detachment, disbelief
  noun (feminine)
  Negation of āsthā with prefix 'an-'
  Prefix: an

Note: Object of 'parityajya'.

परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having abandoned, completely forsaking

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from pari + √tyaj (to abandon) with suffix -ya (used with prefixed verbs)

Prefix: pari

Root: tyaj (class 1)

तेन (tena) - therefore, by that, for that reason

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the preceding statement about appearance of reality.

आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

(indeclinable)

Note: Modifies the imperative verb 'vraja'.

समताम् (samatām) - equanimity, equality, evenness

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of samatā

samatā - equanimity, sameness, equality

Derived from 'sama' (equal) with the abstract noun suffix '-tā'

Note: Object of the imperative verb 'vraja'.

व्रज (vraja) - attain, go to, proceed

(verb)

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

Imperative

2nd person singular, active voice, imperative mood, from root √vraj

Root: vraj (class 1)