योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-49, verse-7

यादृगाद्यन्तयोर्वस्तु तादृगेव तदुच्यते ।
मध्ये यस्य यदन्यत्वं तदबोधाद्विजृम्भितम् ॥ ७ ॥

yādṛgādyantayorvastu tādṛgeva taducyate ,
madhye yasya yadanyatvaṃ tadabodhādvijṛmbhitam 7

7. yādṛk ādyantayoḥ vastu tādṛk eva tat ucyate
madhye yasya yat anyatvam tat abodhāt vijṛmbhitam

7. vastu yādṛk ādyantayoḥ tādṛk eva tat ucyate
yasya madhye yat anyatvam tat abodhāt vijṛmbhitam

7. A thing is truly described by what it is like at its beginning and end. Any perceived alteration or difference in its middle state arises from ignorance.

Words meanings summery:

• यादृक् (yādṛk) - of what kind, of what nature, as, like

• आद्यन्तयोः (ādyantayoḥ) - of the beginning and end, at the beginning and end

• वस्तु (vastu) - thing, object, substance, reality

• तादृक् (tādṛk) - of that kind, such, like that

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

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called, is described

• मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle, between

• यस्य (yasya) - whose, of which

• यत् (yat) - which, whatever

• अन्यत्वम् (anyatvam) - difference, otherness, alteration

• तत् (tat) - that (difference/alteration) (that)

• अबोधात् (abodhāt) - from ignorance, due to lack of understanding

• विजृम्भितम् (vijṛmbhitam) - manifested, expanded, arisen

Words meanings and morphology

यादृक् (yādṛk) - of what kind, of what nature, as, like

(adjective)

Nominative, singular of yādṛś

yādṛś - of what kind, such as, as, like which

आद्यन्तयोः (ādyantayoḥ) - of the beginning and end, at the beginning and end

(noun)

Locative, masculine, dual of ādyanta

ādyanta - beginning and end

Compound type : Dvandva (ādi+anta)

• ādi – beginning, start, origin
  noun (masculine)
• anta – end, limit, boundary
  noun (masculine)

Note: Can also be genitive dual, but locative fits the 'at' context.

वस्तु (vastu) - thing, object, substance, reality

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vastu

vastu - thing, object, substance, reality, essence

तादृक् (tādṛk) - of that kind, such, like that

(adjective)

Nominative, singular of tādṛś

tādṛś - of that kind, such, like that

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

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called, is described

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of vac

present tense, passive voice

Root of Class 2 (active), but here used in passive form (ucyate).

Root: vac (class 2)

मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle, between

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of madhya

madhya - middle, center, mid

यस्य (yasya) - whose, of which

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, whoever

Note: Gender depends on the noun it refers to (e.g., vastu).

यत् (yat) - which, whatever

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whoever, whatever

अन्यत्वम् (anyatvam) - difference, otherness, alteration

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anyatva

anyatva - difference, otherness, distinctness, alteration

Derived from 'anya' (other) with the suffix 'tva' (abstract noun).

तत् (tat) - that (difference/alteration) (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अबोधात् (abodhāt) - from ignorance, due to lack of understanding

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of abodha

abodha - ignorance, lack of knowledge or understanding

Compound type : Nañ-Tatpuruṣa (a+bodha)

• a – not, non-, un- (negation prefix)
  indeclinable
• bodha – knowledge, understanding, perception
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'budh' (to know).
  Root: budh (class 1)

विजृम्भितम् (vijṛmbhitam) - manifested, expanded, arisen

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vijṛmbhita

vijṛmbhita - manifested, opened, expanded, developed, arisen

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'jṛmbh' (to yawn, expand) with prefix 'vi'.

Prefix: vi

Root: jṛmbh (class 1)