योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-28, verse-83

मिथ्यैव मिथ्यावसितमितीदं परिलक्ष्यते ।
आद्यन्तयोः सर्वमसन्मध्येऽप्यस्थिरमाधिमत् ॥ ८३ ॥

mithyaiva mithyāvasitamitīdaṃ parilakṣyate ,
ādyantayoḥ sarvamasanmadhye'pyasthiramādhimat 83

83. mithyā eva mithyāvasitam iti idam parilakṣyate
ādiantayoḥ sarvam asat madhye api asthiram ādhmat

83. idam mithyāvasitam mithyā eva iti parilakṣyate
sarvam ādyantayoḥ asat madhye api asthiram ādhmat

83. This world is clearly perceived as false; indeed, it is established as false. Everything is non-existent at its beginning and end, and even in its middle, it is unstable and fraught with anxiety.

Words meanings summery:

• मिथ्या (mithyā) - false (falsely, unreal, untrue)

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

• मिथ्यावसितम् (mithyāvasitam) - established as false (falsely settled, wrongly decided, erroneously concluded)

• इति (iti) - thus, as (thus, in this manner, so)

• इदम् (idam) - this [world/phenomenon] (this, this world)

• परिलक्ष्यते (parilakṣyate) - is clearly perceived (is clearly seen, is perceived, is observed)

• आदिअन्तयोः (ādiantayoḥ) - at its beginning and end (at the beginning and end)

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

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

• मध्ये (madhye) - even in its middle (in the middle, in between)

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

• अस्थिरम् (asthiram) - unstable (unstable, transient, unsteady)

• आध्मत् (ādhmat) - fraught with anxiety (full of anxiety, distressed, inflated)

Words meanings and morphology

मिथ्या (mithyā) - false (falsely, unreal, untrue)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as an adverb here.

एव (eva) - indeed (only, just, indeed, truly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

मिथ्यावसितम् (mithyāvasitam) - established as false (falsely settled, wrongly decided, erroneously concluded)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mithyāvasita

mithyāvasita - falsely understood, wrongly determined

Past Passive Participle

Compound: mithyā + avasita (from root so with prefix ava-)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mithyā+avasita)

• mithyā – false, unreal, illusory
  indeclinable
• avasita – determined, concluded, settled
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root so (to put an end to) with prefix ava-
  Prefix: ava
  Root: so (class 4)

Note: Refers to 'idam'.

इति (iti) - thus, as (thus, in this manner, so)

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces the predicate.

इदम् (idam) - this [world/phenomenon] (this, this world)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this world, this reality

Note: Subject of the sentence.

परिलक्ष्यते (parilakṣyate) - is clearly perceived (is clearly seen, is perceived, is observed)

(verb)

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

present passive (ātmanepada)

Root lakṣ (to perceive) with prefix pari-, passive form

Prefix: pari

Root: lakṣ (class 1)

आदिअन्तयोः (ādiantayoḥ) - at its beginning and end (at the beginning and end)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, dual of ādianta

ādianta - beginning and end

Compound of ādi (beginning) and anta (end)

Compound type : dvandva (ādi+anta)

• ādi – beginning, first
  noun (masculine)
• anta – end, limit
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to the temporal boundaries of existence.

सर्वम् (sarvam) - everything (all, everything)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Subject of the second clause.

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

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, bad, false

Present Active Participle (negative)

Negative prefix a- + sat (present participle of as, to be)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+sat)

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

Note: Predicate for 'sarvam'.

मध्ये (madhye) - even in its middle (in the middle, in between)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of madhya

madhya - middle, central, intermediate

Note: Refers to the period between beginning and end.

अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the state of 'asthiram' and 'ādhmat'.

अस्थिरम् (asthiram) - unstable (unstable, transient, unsteady)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asthira

asthira - unstable, unsteady, transient, fickle

Negative prefix a- + sthira

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+sthira)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• sthira – stable, firm, steady
  adjective (neuter)
  Root sthā (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Predicate for 'sarvam'.

आध्मत् (ādhmat) - fraught with anxiety (full of anxiety, distressed, inflated)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ādhmat

ādhmat - full of distress/anxiety, afflicted, puffed up

Derived from ādhma (anxiety)

Note: Predicate for 'sarvam'.