योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-93, verse-67

जगज्जरत्तृणलवो विषं चामृतमेव च ।
क्षणः कल्पसहस्रं च सममाततचेतसाम् ॥ ६७ ॥

jagajjarattṛṇalavo viṣaṃ cāmṛtameva ca ,
kṣaṇaḥ kalpasahasraṃ ca samamātatacetasām 67

67. jagat jarattṛṇalavaḥ viṣam ca amṛtam eva ca
kṣaṇaḥ kalpasahasram ca samam ātatacetasām

67. ātataacetasām jagat jarattṛṇalavaḥ,
viṣam ca amṛtam eva ca samam,
kṣaṇaḥ ca kalpasahasram ca samam

67. For those with an expanded consciousness, the world (jagat) is but a withered blade of grass; poison and nectar are both alike; and a single moment and a thousand aeons (kalpa) are perceived as equal.

Words meanings summery:

• जगत् (jagat) - the world (jagat) (world, universe, what moves)

• जरत्तृणलवः (jarattṛṇalavaḥ) - a withered blade of grass (a small piece of old/withered grass)

• विषम् (viṣam) - poison

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अमृतम् (amṛtam) - nectar (nectar, immortality)

• एव (eva) - itself (only, indeed, just, merely)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• क्षणः (kṣaṇaḥ) - a single moment (moment, instant, twinkling of an eye)

• कल्पसहस्रम् (kalpasahasram) - a thousand aeons (kalpa) (a thousand aeons, a thousand cosmic periods)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• समम् (samam) - equal (equal, similar, even, alike)

• आततचेतसाम् (ātatacetasām) - for those with an expanded consciousness (for those with an expanded mind/consciousness, whose mind is stretched)

Words meanings and morphology

जगत् (jagat) - the world (jagat) (world, universe, what moves)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, all that moves, living beings

Present Active Participle (derived from root gam with reduplication)

From root gam (to go) with reduplication and suffix -at.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: External sandhi `t` to `j` (before `jarattṛṇalavaḥ`) is undone.

जरत्तृणलवः (jarattṛṇalavaḥ) - a withered blade of grass (a small piece of old/withered grass)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jarattṛṇalava

jarattṛṇalava - a withered blade of grass, a small piece of old grass

Compound type : tatpurusha (jarat+tṛṇa+lava)

• jarat – decaying, old, withered, decaying
  participle (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  From root jṛ (to decay, grow old) with active participle suffix -at.
  Root: jṛ (class 1)
• tṛṇa – grass, a blade of grass
  noun (neuter)
• lava – piece, bit, fragment, atom, drop
  noun (masculine)
  From root lū (to cut).
  Root: lū (class 9)

Note: External sandhi `aḥ` to `o` (before `viṣaṁ`) is undone. Internal sandhi `t+t=tt` is retained.

विषम् (viṣam) - poison

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of viṣa

viṣa - poison, venom

Note: External sandhi `m` to `ṁ` (before `ca`) is undone.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction. External sandhi `a + a = ā` (with `amṛtam`) is undone.

अमृतम् (amṛtam) - nectar (nectar, immortality)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of amṛta

amṛta - nectar, immortality, immortal, divine

Note: External sandhi `m` to `ṁ` (before `eva`) is undone.

एव (eva) - itself (only, indeed, just, merely)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

क्षणः (kṣaṇaḥ) - a single moment (moment, instant, twinkling of an eye)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣaṇa

kṣaṇa - moment, instant, leisure, opportunity

कल्पसहस्रम् (kalpasahasram) - a thousand aeons (kalpa) (a thousand aeons, a thousand cosmic periods)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kalpasahasra

kalpasahasra - a thousand aeons/cosmic periods

Compound type : tatpurusha (kalpa+sahasra)

• kalpa – an aeon, a cosmic period, a day of Brahmā
  noun (masculine)
  From root kḷp (to arrange, to be able).
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• sahasra – thousand
  numeral (neuter)

Note: External sandhi `m` to `ṁ` (before `ca`) is undone.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

समम् (samam) - equal (equal, similar, even, alike)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sama

sama - equal, same, alike, even, tranquil, neutral

Note: Adverbial usage possible here, or predicate adjective.

आततचेतसाम् (ātatacetasām) - for those with an expanded consciousness (for those with an expanded mind/consciousness, whose mind is stretched)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of ātatacetas

ātatacetas - whose mind/consciousness is expanded/stretched/pervasive

Compound type : bahuvrihi (ātata+cetas)

• ātata – stretched, expanded, pervasive, continuous
  participle (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root tan (to stretch) with upasarga ā- (up to, completely).
  Prefix: ā
  Root: tan (class 8)
• cetas – mind, consciousness, intellect, heart
  noun (neuter)
  From root cit (to perceive, to know).
  Root: cit (class 1)