योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-11, verse-21

तद्ब्रह्मणि ब्रह्मनिष्ठं किमन्यत्कस्यचित्कृतम् ।
रागादीनामवस्थानं कल्पितानां खवृक्षवत् ॥ २१ ॥

tadbrahmaṇi brahmaniṣṭhaṃ kimanyatkasyacitkṛtam ,
rāgādīnāmavasthānaṃ kalpitānāṃ khavṛkṣavat 21

21. tat brahmaṇi brahmanistham kim anyat kasyacit
kṛtam rāgādīnām avasthānam kalpitānām khavṛkṣavat

21. tat brahmaṇi brahmanistham kasyacit anyat kim
kṛtam rāgādīnām kalpitānām avasthānam khavṛkṣavat

21. What more can anyone achieve regarding that which is already (brahman), deeply rooted in (brahman)? The very existence of attachments (rāga) and similar imagined concepts is like a tree growing in the sky.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - that (reality, brahman) (that, therefore, so, then)

• ब्रह्मणि (brahmaṇi) - in the ultimate reality (brahman) (in Brahman, in the Vedas, in a holy man)

• ब्रह्मनिस्थम् (brahmanistham) - firmly rooted in the ultimate reality (brahman) (established in Brahman, devoted to Brahman)

• किम् (kim) - what (purpose, outcome) (what, who, why, how)

• अन्यत् (anyat) - anything else (other, another, different, else)

• कस्यचित् (kasyacit) - by anyone (of someone, by someone (lit. of whomsoever))

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - accomplished, performed (done, made, accomplished, action)

• रागादीनाम् (rāgādīnām) - of passions (rāga) and similar defilements (of passions/attachments etc., of desire and other similar things)

• अवस्थानम् (avasthānam) - the very existence, state of being (abiding, standing, position, state, existence)

• कल्पितानाम् (kalpitānām) - of those (concepts/entities) which are merely imagined or created by the mind (of those imagined, fabricated, conceived)

• खवृक्षवत् (khavṛkṣavat) - like a purely illusory or non-existent tree in the sky (like a sky-tree, like a tree in the ether)

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - that (reality, brahman) (that, therefore, so, then)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tat

tad - that, he, she, it

ब्रह्मणि (brahmaṇi) - in the ultimate reality (brahman) (in Brahman, in the Vedas, in a holy man)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman (the ultimate reality), sacred word, Veda, prayer, holy life, priest

ब्रह्मनिस्थम् (brahmanistham) - firmly rooted in the ultimate reality (brahman) (established in Brahman, devoted to Brahman)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahmanistha

brahmanistha - devoted to Brahman, established in Brahman

Compound formed with 'brahman' and 'nistha' (derived from 'ni' + 'sthā' - to stand, abide)

Compound type : tatpurusha (brahman+nistha)

• brahman – Brahman, sacred word
  noun (neuter)
• nistha – standing, abiding, established
  adjective
  derived from root sthā with prefix ni
  Suffix -stha (from root sthā) combined with prefix ni
  Prefix: ni
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with implied 'tat' (that reality).

किम् (kim) - what (purpose, outcome) (what, who, why, how)

(interrogative pronoun)

Note: Used in an interrogative sense, implying futility.

अन्यत् (anyat) - anything else (other, another, different, else)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

Note: Agrees with 'kim'.

कस्यचित् (kasyacit) - by anyone (of someone, by someone (lit. of whomsoever))

(interrogative pronoun)

Note: Often implies agency with a passive construction or verbal noun.

कृतम् (kṛtam) - accomplished, performed (done, made, accomplished, action)

(Past Passive Participle)

Note: Refers to an action already completed or performed.

रागादीनाम् (rāgādīnām) - of passions (rāga) and similar defilements (of passions/attachments etc., of desire and other similar things)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of rāgādi

rāgādi - attachment etc., desire and so on

Compound using 'ādi' (beginning with, and so on) as suffix.

Compound type : tatpurusha (rāga+ādi)

• rāga – attachment, affection, color, passion, love
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root rañj (to color, dye)
  Root: rañj (class 1)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etc.
  indeclinable

Note: Refers to a class of mental defilements like attachment, aversion, fear, etc.

अवस्थानम् (avasthānam) - the very existence, state of being (abiding, standing, position, state, existence)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of avasthāna

avasthāna - abiding, standing, position, state, existence

verbal noun

Derived from root sthā (to stand) with prefix ava

Prefix: ava

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Functions as the subject of the sentence, expressing the state of 'rāgādī'.

कल्पितानाम् (kalpitānām) - of those (concepts/entities) which are merely imagined or created by the mind (of those imagined, fabricated, conceived)

(Past Passive Participle)

Note: Qualifies 'rāgādīnām', emphasizing their illusory nature.

खवृक्षवत् (khavṛkṣavat) - like a purely illusory or non-existent tree in the sky (like a sky-tree, like a tree in the ether)

(indeclinable)

Formed from the compound 'khavṛkṣa' with the suffix '-vat' (like, similar to)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kha+vṛkṣa)

• kha – sky, ether, space, zero
  noun (neuter)
• vṛkṣa – tree
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used as an analogy to denote something illusory or impossible.