योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-87, verse-23

यदेकं चाप्यनेकं च साञ्जनं च निरञ्जनम् ।
यत्सर्वं चाप्यसर्वं च यत्तत्तत्सदसौ स्थितः ॥ २३ ॥

yadekaṃ cāpyanekaṃ ca sāñjanaṃ ca nirañjanam ,
yatsarvaṃ cāpyasarvaṃ ca yattattatsadasau sthitaḥ 23

23. yat ekam ca api anekam ca sāñjanam ca nirañjanam yat
sarvam ca api asarvam ca yat tat tat sat asau sthitaḥ

23. yat ekam ca api anekam ca,
yat sāñjanam ca nirañjanam,
yat sarvam ca api asarvam ca,
tat tat sat asau sthitaḥ

23. That which is both one and manifold, that which is both with blemish and without blemish, that which is both all and not all – that very reality is indeed present.

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - which, what, that which

• एकम् (ekam) - one, single, unique

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - also, even

• अनेकम् (anekam) - manifold, not one, many

• च (ca) - and, also

• साञ्जनम् (sāñjanam) - with blemish, stained, impure, associated with illusion

• च (ca) - and, also

• निरञ्जनम् (nirañjanam) - without blemish, pure, unstained, beyond illusion

• यत् (yat) - which, what, that which

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything, the whole

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - also, even

• असर्वम् (asarvam) - not all, not everything, incomplete

• च (ca) - and, also

• यत् (yat) - which, what, that which

• तत् (tat) - that

• तत् (tat) - that (emphatic repetition)

• सत् (sat) - the ultimate reality or truth (being, existence, reality, truth)

• असौ (asau) - referring to the ultimate reality or the sage who embodies it (that one, he, she, it)

• स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - is present, exists (as that reality) (stood, situated, present, existing)

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - which, what, that which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that which, whoever

एकम् (ekam) - one, single, unique

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique, sole

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

अनेकम् (anekam) - manifold, not one, many

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of aneka

aneka - not one, manifold, various, many

Compound of 'a' (not) and 'eka' (one)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+eka)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• eka – one, single
  adjective

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

साञ्जनम् (sāñjanam) - with blemish, stained, impure, associated with illusion

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sāñjana

sāñjana - with collyrium, stained, impure, with blemish, associated with māyā/illusion

Compound of 'sa' (with) and 'añjana' (collyrium, stain, blemish, illusion)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+añjana)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
  Prefix
• añjana – collyrium, ointment, stain, blemish, illusion
  noun (neuter)
  From root 'añj' (to anoint, smear)
  Root: añj (class 7)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

निरञ्जनम् (nirañjanam) - without blemish, pure, unstained, beyond illusion

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nirañjana

nirañjana - without collyrium, unstained, pure, free from blemish or illusion

Compound of 'nis' (without) and 'añjana' (collyrium, stain, blemish, illusion)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+añjana)

• nis – without, out, away
  indeclinable
  Prefix
• añjana – collyrium, ointment, stain, blemish, illusion
  noun (neuter)
  From root 'añj' (to anoint, smear)
  Root: añj (class 7)

यत् (yat) - which, what, that which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that which, whoever

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything, the whole

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, universal

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

असर्वम् (asarvam) - not all, not everything, incomplete

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asarva

asarva - not all, not everything, incomplete, partial

Compound of 'a' (not) and 'sarva' (all)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sarva)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

यत् (yat) - which, what, that which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that which, whoever

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

तत् (tat) - that (emphatic repetition)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

Note: Used for emphasis 'that very (reality)'

सत् (sat) - the ultimate reality or truth (being, existence, reality, truth)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sat

sat - being, existing, real, true, good, reality, truth, existent thing

Present Participle

Present participle of root 'as' (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

असौ (asau) - referring to the ultimate reality or the sage who embodies it (that one, he, she, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, yonder, he, she, it

स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - is present, exists (as that reality) (stood, situated, present, existing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthita

sthita - stood, standing, situated, existing, firm, steady

Past Passive Participle

From root 'sthā' (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

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