योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-49, verse-28

यद्ब्रह्मात्मापि तुर्यश्च याऽविद्या प्रकृतिश्च या ।
तदभिन्नसदैकात्म यथा कुम्भशतेषु मृत् ॥ २८ ॥

yadbrahmātmāpi turyaśca yā'vidyā prakṛtiśca yā ,
tadabhinnasadaikātma yathā kumbhaśateṣu mṛt 28

28. yat brahma ātmā api turyaḥ ca yā avidyā prakṛtiḥ ca
yā tat abhinna sat ekātma yathā kumbhaśateṣu mṛt

28. yat brahma ātmā api ca turyaḥ,
yā ca avidyā yā ca prakṛtiḥ,
tat abhinna sat ekātma,
yathā kumbhaśateṣu mṛt.

28. That Brahman (brahman), which is also the self (ātman) and the fourth state (turya), and that which is nescience (avidyā) and nature (prakṛti)—all these are non-different, existing as the one self (ātman), just as clay is one in hundreds of pots.

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - which, that

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman, the Absolute Reality

• आत्मा (ātmā) - self, soul, spirit

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• तुर्यः (turyaḥ) - the fourth state (of consciousness), transcendent

• च (ca) - and

• या (yā) - which, that

• अविद्या (avidyā) - nescience, ignorance

• प्रकृतिः (prakṛtiḥ) - nature, primal matter

• च (ca) - and

• या (yā) - which, that

• तत् (tat) - that (referring to all the aforementioned)

• अभिन्न (abhinna) - non-different, identical

• सत् (sat) - existent, real, being

• एकात्म (ekātma) - one self, single self (ātman)

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in the manner that

• कुम्भशतेषु (kumbhaśateṣu) - in hundreds of pots

• मृत् (mṛt) - clay, earth

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - which, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman, the Absolute Reality

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman, the Absolute, the ultimate reality of the universe

आत्मा (ātmā) - self, soul, spirit

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

तुर्यः (turyaḥ) - the fourth state (of consciousness), transcendent

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of turya

turya - fourth, the fourth state (of consciousness, beyond waking, dreaming, and deep sleep)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

या (yā) - which, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Note: Agrees with 'avidyā' and 'prakṛtiḥ'.

अविद्या (avidyā) - nescience, ignorance

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of avidyā

avidyā - nescience, ignorance, illusion

Compound of a- (negation) and vidyā (knowledge).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+vidyā)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• vidyā – knowledge, learning, science
  noun (feminine)
  From root vid (to know).
  Root: vid (class 2)

प्रकृतिः (prakṛtiḥ) - nature, primal matter

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prakṛti

prakṛti - nature, primal matter, original form, constitution

From root kṛ (to do) with prefix pra-.

Prefix: pra

Root: kṛ (class 8)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

या (yā) - which, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Note: Agrees with 'prakṛtiḥ'.

तत् (tat) - that (referring to all the aforementioned)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Refers collectively to Brahman, Ātman, Turya, Avidyā, and Prakṛti.

अभिन्न (abhinna) - non-different, identical

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of abhinna

abhinna - non-different, identical, undivided

Past Passive Participle

Compound of a- (negation) and bhinna (divided, separate), from root bhid (to split).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+bhinna)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• bhinna – broken, divided, split, separate
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root bhid (to split, break).
  Root: bhid (class 7)

सत् (sat) - existent, real, being

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sat

sat - existent, existing, real, true, good

Present Active Participle

From root as (to be).

Root: as (class 2)

एकात्म (ekātma) - one self, single self (ātman)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ekātman

ekātman - one self, the only self, single soul

Compound type : karmadhāraya (eka+ātman)

• eka – one, single, unique
  adjective (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit
  noun (masculine)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in the manner that

(indeclinable)

कुम्भशतेषु (kumbhaśateṣu) - in hundreds of pots

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of kumbhaśata

kumbhaśata - a hundred pots, hundreds of pots

Compound type : dvigu (kumbha+śata)

• kumbha – pot, jar, pitcher
  noun (masculine)
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)

मृत् (mṛt) - clay, earth

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mṛd

mṛd - clay, earth, soil