योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-6, verse-11

यावप्यसक्तावन्योन्यं मिथः संनमितौ कथम् ।
कथं स्थूलोऽणुरूपः स्यादणुः स्थूलः कथं भवेत् ॥ ११ ॥

yāvapyasaktāvanyonyaṃ mithaḥ saṃnamitau katham ,
kathaṃ sthūlo'ṇurūpaḥ syādaṇuḥ sthūlaḥ kathaṃ bhavet 11

11. yau api asaktau anyonyaṃ mithaḥ saṃnamitau katham
katham sthūlaḥ aṇurūpaḥ syāt aṇuḥ sthūlaḥ katham bhavet

11. yau api asaktau anyonyaṃ mithaḥ saṃnamitau katham
sthūlaḥ aṇurūpaḥ katham syāt aṇuḥ sthūlaḥ katham bhavet

11. Even though two things are mutually unattached, how can they be united? How can the gross take the form of the subtle, and how can the subtle become gross?

Words meanings summery:

• यौ (yau) - both, two

• अपि (api) - even, also, too, despite

• असक्तौ (asaktau) - unattached, unconnected

• अन्योन्यं (anyonyaṁ) - mutually, one another

• मिथः (mithaḥ) - mutually, together, secretly

• संनमितौ (saṁnamitau) - bent together, united, joined

• कथम् (katham) - how?, in what manner?

• कथम् (katham) - how?, in what manner?

• स्थूलः (sthūlaḥ) - gross, large, bulky, coarse

• अणुरूपः (aṇurūpaḥ) - subtle-formed, having the form of an atom

• स्यात् (syāt) - may be, could be, should be

• अणुः (aṇuḥ) - subtle, atomic, minute

• स्थूलः (sthūlaḥ) - gross, large, bulky, coarse

• कथम् (katham) - how?, in what manner?

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, could be, should be

Words meanings and morphology

यौ (yau) - both, two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of yad

yad - which, what, whoever

अपि (api) - even, also, too, despite

(indeclinable)

असक्तौ (asaktau) - unattached, unconnected

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of asakta

asakta - unattached, unconcerned, not clinging

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'sañj' (to cling to) with negative prefix 'a-'

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sakta)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• sakta – attached, clinging, devoted
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'sañj' (to cling to)
  Root: sañj

अन्योन्यं (anyonyaṁ) - mutually, one another

(indeclinable)

मिथः (mithaḥ) - mutually, together, secretly

(indeclinable)

संनमितौ (saṁnamitau) - bent together, united, joined

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of saṃnamita

saṁnamita - bent, bowed, united, joined

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'nam' with prefix 'sam'

Prefix: sam

Root: nam

कथम् (katham) - how?, in what manner?

(indeclinable)

कथम् (katham) - how?, in what manner?

(indeclinable)

स्थूलः (sthūlaḥ) - gross, large, bulky, coarse

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthūla

sthūla - gross, bulky, thick, large, coarse

अणुरूपः (aṇurūpaḥ) - subtle-formed, having the form of an atom

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṇurūpa

aṇurūpa - subtle-formed, having the form of an atom, atomic

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (aṇu+rūpa)

• aṇu – atom, minute, subtle
  noun (masculine)
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance, nature
  noun (neuter)

स्यात् (syāt) - may be, could be, should be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

अणुः (aṇuḥ) - subtle, atomic, minute

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṇu

aṇu - atom, minute particle, subtle, small

स्थूलः (sthūlaḥ) - gross, large, bulky, coarse

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthūla

sthūla - gross, bulky, thick, large, coarse

कथम् (katham) - how?, in what manner?

(indeclinable)

भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, could be, should be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)