योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-28, verse-15

देहप्रत्ययकाले हि देहोऽयं समवस्थितः ।
असन्नेव च सत्तस्मात्प्रोक्तः सदसदात्मकः ॥ १५ ॥

dehapratyayakāle hi deho'yaṃ samavasthitaḥ ,
asanneva ca sattasmātproktaḥ sadasadātmakaḥ 15

15. dehapratyayakāle hi dehaḥ ayam samavasthitaḥ
asat eva ca sat tasmāt proktaḥ sadasadātmakaḥ

15. hi dehapratyayakāle ayam dehaḥ samavasthitaḥ.
eva ca asat sat tasmāt sadasadātmakaḥ proktaḥ.

15. Indeed, during the time of body-consciousness, this body is present. Yet, it is simultaneously non-existent and existent; therefore, it is described as having the nature of both being and non-being.

Words meanings summery:

• देहप्रत्ययकाले (dehapratyayakāle) - at the time of body-perception, during body-consciousness

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

• देहः (dehaḥ) - body

• अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

• समवस्थितः (samavasthitaḥ) - well-established, fully present, exists

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

• एव (eva) - verily, indeed, only, just

• च (ca) - and

• सत् (sat) - existent, real, good, being

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore (therefore, from that)

• प्रोक्तः (proktaḥ) - declared, said, proclaimed

• सदसदात्मकः (sadasadātmakaḥ) - having the nature of both existent and non-existent

Words meanings and morphology

देहप्रत्ययकाले (dehapratyayakāle) - at the time of body-perception, during body-consciousness

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of dehapratyayakāla

dehapratyayakāla - time of body-perception

compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deha+pratyaya+kāla)

• deha – body
  noun (masculine)
• pratyaya – cognition, perception, notion
  noun (masculine)
  from prati-i
  Prefix: prati
  Root: i (class 2)
• kāla – time, period
  noun (masculine)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

देहः (dehaḥ) - body

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, corporeal frame

अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

Note: Agrees with dehaḥ.

समवस्थितः (samavasthitaḥ) - well-established, fully present, exists

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samavasthita

samavasthita - well-established, fully present, existing, fixed

past passive participle

From upasargas sam-ava- and root sthā

Prefixes: sam+ava

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Implies existence here.

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

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, bad, false

negative present active participle

Negative participle of root as (to be)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sat)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• sat – existent, real
  adjective (neuter)
  present active participle
  Participle of root as (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)

Note: Refers to the non-existent aspect of reality.

एव (eva) - verily, indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

सत् (sat) - existent, real, good, being

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sat

sat - existent, real, good, true, being

present active participle

Participle of root as (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Refers to the existent aspect of reality.

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore (therefore, from that)

(indeclinable)

Note: Originally ablative singular of tad, but functions as an indeclinable 'therefore'.

प्रोक्तः (proktaḥ) - declared, said, proclaimed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prokta

prokta - declared, said, proclaimed

past passive participle

From upasarga pra- and root vac

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Agrees with dehaḥ (implied subject of proktaḥ).

सदसदात्मकः (sadasadātmakaḥ) - having the nature of both existent and non-existent

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sadasadātmaka

sadasadātmaka - having the nature of both existent and non-existent

compound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sat+asat+ātmaka)

• sat – existent, real
  adjective (neuter)
  present active participle
  Participle of root as (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)
• asat – non-existent, unreal
  adjective (neuter)
  negative present active participle
  Negative participle of root as (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)
• ātmaka – having the nature of, consisting of
  suffix (masculine)
  Suffix -ātmaka, derived from ātman

Note: Agrees with dehaḥ.