योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-80, verse-3

किंचित्त्यक्त्वा नकिंचिद्यो गतो प्रत्यक्षसंस्थितम् ।
त्यक्तप्रत्यक्षसद्रूपः स कथं किल शोभते ॥ ३ ॥

kiṃcittyaktvā nakiṃcidyo gato pratyakṣasaṃsthitam ,
tyaktapratyakṣasadrūpaḥ sa kathaṃ kila śobhate 3

3. kiṃcit tyaktvā na kiṃcit yaḥ gataḥ pratyakṣasaṃsthitam
tyaktapratyakṣasadrūpaḥ sa katham kila śobhate

3. yaḥ kiṃcit tyaktvā na kiṃcit pratyakṣasaṃsthitam
gataḥ sa tyaktapratyakṣasadrūpaḥ katham kila śobhate

3. He who, having abandoned only certain things and not truly everything (not nothing), continues to pursue that which is grasped by direct perception (the material world), such a person has abandoned the true form of directly existent reality. How, indeed, can he shine?

Words meanings summery:

• किंचित् (kiṁcit) - something, a little, some

• त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned, having given up

• न (na) - not, no

• किंचित् (kiṁcit) - not nothing (implying not everything, still retaining something) (something, a little, any, nothing (when negated))

• यः (yaḥ) - who, he who

• गतः (gataḥ) - pursues, has gone to (gone, attained, reached)

• प्रत्यक्षसंस्थितम् (pratyakṣasaṁsthitam) - that which is merely grasped by direct perception (the material world) (that which is established by direct perception, that which is evident)

• त्यक्तप्रत्यक्षसद्रूपः (tyaktapratyakṣasadrūpaḥ) - having abandoned the true form of directly existent reality (or Self/Brahman) (having abandoned the true form of the directly existent)

• स (sa) - he, that

• कथम् (katham) - how?

• किल (kila) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)

• शोभते (śobhate) - he shines, he is glorified, he appears well

Words meanings and morphology

किंचित् (kiṁcit) - something, a little, some

(indeclinable)

Note: Can also be used as a pronoun/adjective (neuter accusative singular)

त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned, having given up

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

root tyaj + tvā suffix

Root: tyaj (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

किंचित् (kiṁcit) - not nothing (implying not everything, still retaining something) (something, a little, any, nothing (when negated))

(indeclinable)

Note: In conjunction with 'na', 'na kiṃcit' can mean 'nothing at all' or 'not even a little'. Here 'na kiṃcit' implies 'not everything'.

यः (yaḥ) - who, he who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

गतः (gataḥ) - pursues, has gone to (gone, attained, reached)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gam

gam - to go, to move, to attain

Past Passive Participle

root gam + ta suffix

Root: gam (class 1)

प्रत्यक्षसंस्थितम् (pratyakṣasaṁsthitam) - that which is merely grasped by direct perception (the material world) (that which is established by direct perception, that which is evident)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pratyakṣasaṃsthita

pratyakṣasaṁsthita - situated in direct perception, directly perceptible, evident

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pratyakṣa+saṃsthita)

• pratyakṣa – direct perception, perceptible, visible
  noun (neuter)
  prati + akṣa (before the eye)
  Prefix: prati
• saṃsthita – situated, established, existing, standing
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root sthā with prefix sam
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sthā (class 1)

त्यक्तप्रत्यक्षसद्रूपः (tyaktapratyakṣasadrūpaḥ) - having abandoned the true form of directly existent reality (or Self/Brahman) (having abandoned the true form of the directly existent)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tyaktapratyakṣasadrūpa

tyaktapratyakṣasadrūpa - one whose true form of the directly perceptible/existent is abandoned

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tyakta+pratyakṣasadrūpa)

• tyakta – abandoned, given up
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root tyaj + ta suffix
  Root: tyaj (class 1)
• pratyakṣasadrūpa – true form of the directly existent
  noun (masculine)

स (sa) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

कथम् (katham) - how?

(indeclinable)

किल (kila) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

शोभते (śobhate) - he shines, he is glorified, he appears well

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of śubh

Present Tense (Laṭ Lakara)

root śubh (often in middle voice), 3rd person singular middle

Root: śubh (class 1)