योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-51, verse-36

हेमत्वकटकत्वे द्वे सत्यासत्यस्वरूपिणी ।
हेम्नि भाण्डगते यद्वच्चित्त्वाचित्त्वे तथात्मनि ॥ ३६ ॥

hematvakaṭakatve dve satyāsatyasvarūpiṇī ,
hemni bhāṇḍagate yadvaccittvācittve tathātmani 36

36. hematvakaṭakatve dve satyāsatya-svarūpiṇī hemni
bhāṇḍagate yadvat cittva-acittve tathā ātmani

36. hemni yadvat hematvakaṭakatve dve bhāṇḍagate
satyāsatya-svarūpiṇī tathā ātmani cittva-acittve

36. Just as, in the case of gold, the two qualities of being gold and being a bracelet exist – the former being real and the latter unreal (a mere form in a vessel) – similarly, the qualities of consciousness and non-consciousness reside in the Self (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• हेमत्वकटकत्वे (hematvakaṭakatve) - the two qualities of being gold and being a bracelet (the quality of being gold and the quality of being a bracelet)

• द्वे (dve) - two

• सत्यासत्य-स्वरूपिणी (satyāsatya-svarūpiṇī) - having the nature of real and unreal (having the nature of reality and unreality, whose nature is truth and falsehood)

• हेम्नि (hemni) - in gold, in the case of gold (in gold)

• भाण्डगते (bhāṇḍagate) - residing in a form (like a bracelet) (residing in a vessel, having gone into a form/object)

• यद्वत् (yadvat) - just as (just as, in the manner that)

• चित्त्व-अचित्त्वे (cittva-acittve) - the qualities of consciousness and non-consciousness (the quality of being consciousness and the quality of non-consciousness)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, similarly)

• आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the Self (ātman) (in the self, in the soul, in the spirit)

Words meanings and morphology

हेमत्वकटकत्वे (hematvakaṭakatve) - the two qualities of being gold and being a bracelet (the quality of being gold and the quality of being a bracelet)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of hematvakaṭakatva

hematvakaṭakatva - the state of being gold and the state of being a bracelet

Compound type : dvandva (hematva+kaṭakatva)

• hematva – the state of being gold, gold-ness
  noun (neuter)
  Abstract noun formed from `heman` (gold) with the suffix `tva`.
• kaṭakatva – the state of being a bracelet
  noun (neuter)
  Abstract noun formed from `kaṭaka` (bracelet) with the suffix `tva`.

Note: Refers to the dual state/qualities.

द्वे (dve) - two

(numeral)

Note: Agrees with `hematvakaṭakatve` and `satyāsatya-svarūpiṇī`.

सत्यासत्य-स्वरूपिणी (satyāsatya-svarūpiṇī) - having the nature of real and unreal (having the nature of reality and unreality, whose nature is truth and falsehood)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, dual of satyāsatya-svarūpin

satyāsatya-svarūpin - having the nature of truth and untruth, whose essential form is reality and unreality

Bahuvrihi compound combining `satyāsatya` and `svarūpa`, with the possessive suffix `in`.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (satyāsatya+svarūpa+in)

• satyāsatya – truth and untruth, real and unreal
  noun (neuter)
• svarūpa – one's own form, true nature, intrinsic nature
  noun (neuter)
  Compound of `sva` (own) + `rūpa` (form).
• in – possessing, having (suffix)
  suffix
  Suffix forming possessive adjectives/nouns.

Note: Agrees with `hematvakaṭakatve`.

हेम्नि (hemni) - in gold, in the case of gold (in gold)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of heman

heman - gold

भाण्डगते (bhāṇḍagate) - residing in a form (like a bracelet) (residing in a vessel, having gone into a form/object)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, dual of bhāṇḍagata

bhāṇḍagata - residing in a vessel/utensil, having gone into a form/object

Tatpuruṣa compound: `bhāṇḍa` (vessel/form) + `gata` (gone, residing in).

Compound type : saptamī-tatpuruṣa (bhāṇḍa+gata)

• bhāṇḍa – vessel, pot, utensil, form, article
  noun (neuter)
• gata – gone, resorted to, residing in
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from root √gam + ktapratyaya
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `hematvakaṭakatve` (implied locative meaning within `hemni`).

यद्वत् (yadvat) - just as (just as, in the manner that)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial suffix `vat` from `yad` (what).

चित्त्व-अचित्त्वे (cittva-acittve) - the qualities of consciousness and non-consciousness (the quality of being consciousness and the quality of non-consciousness)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of cittva-acittva

cittva-acittva - the state of being consciousness and the state of non-consciousness

Compound type : dvandva (cittva+acittva)

• cittva – the state of being consciousness, consciousness-ness
  noun (neuter)
  Abstract noun formed from `cit` (consciousness) with the suffix `tva`.
• acittva – the state of non-consciousness, non-consciousness-ness
  noun (neuter)
  Negative compound (na-tatpuruṣa) of `a` + `cittva`.
  Prefix: a

तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, similarly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used to draw a comparison.

आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the Self (ātman) (in the self, in the soul, in the spirit)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essential nature

Root: an