योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-9, verse-20

विद्याविद्यादृशौ न स्तः शेषे बद्धपदो भव ।
नाविद्यास्ति न विद्यास्ति कृतं कल्पनयानया ॥ २० ॥

vidyāvidyādṛśau na staḥ śeṣe baddhapado bhava ,
nāvidyāsti na vidyāsti kṛtaṃ kalpanayānayā 20

20. vidyāvidyādṛśau na staḥ śeṣe baddhapadaḥ bhava na
avidyā asti na vidyā asti kṛtam kalpanayā anayā

20. vidyāvidyādṛśau na staḥ śeṣe baddhapadaḥ bhava na
avidyā asti na vidyā asti anayā kalpanayā kṛtam

20. The viewpoints of knowledge (vidyā) and ignorance (avidyā) do not exist. Be firmly established in the remainder. Neither ignorance (avidyā) nor knowledge (vidyā) exists; what is the need for this mental construct?

Words meanings summery:

• विद्याविद्यादृशौ (vidyāvidyādṛśau) - the perspectives of knowledge (vidyā) and ignorance (avidyā) (the views of knowledge and ignorance)

• न (na) - not (not, no, nor)

• स्तः (staḥ) - they exist (in dual) (they are, they exist (dual))

• शेषे (śeṣe) - in what remains, in the pure residue (in the remainder, in what is left)

• बद्धपदः (baddhapadaḥ) - firmly established (firm-footed, established, fixed)

• भव (bhava) - be (be, become)

• न (na) - not (not, no, nor)

• अविद्या (avidyā) - ignorance (avidyā) (ignorance, non-knowledge)

• अस्ति (asti) - exists (exists, is)

• न (na) - not (not, no, nor)

• विद्या (vidyā) - knowledge (vidyā) (knowledge, learning)

• अस्ति (asti) - exists (exists, is)

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - what is the use of, enough of (done, made, accomplished; enough of, what is the use of)

• कल्पनया (kalpanayā) - by this imagination, mental construct (by imagination, by mental construction, by arrangement)

• अनया (anayā) - by this (imagination) (by this (feminine))

Words meanings and morphology

विद्याविद्यादृशौ (vidyāvidyādṛśau) - the perspectives of knowledge (vidyā) and ignorance (avidyā) (the views of knowledge and ignorance)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, dual of vidyāvidyādṛś

vidyāvidyādṛś - view of knowledge and ignorance

Compound type : dvandva (vidyā+avidyā+dṛś)

• vidyā – knowledge, learning, science
  noun (feminine)
• avidyā – ignorance, non-knowledge
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: a
• dṛś – sight, view, perception, understanding
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'dṛś' (to see).
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

न (na) - not (not, no, nor)

(indeclinable)

स्तः (staḥ) - they exist (in dual) (they are, they exist (dual))

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present tense, Parasmaipada

Root 'as' (class 2), 3rd person dual present.

Root: as (class 2)

शेषे (śeṣe) - in what remains, in the pure residue (in the remainder, in what is left)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of śeṣa

śeṣa - remainder, residue, what is left

From root 'śiṣ' (to leave remaining).

Root: śiṣ (class 7)

बद्धपदः (baddhapadaḥ) - firmly established (firm-footed, established, fixed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of baddhapada

baddhapada - firm-footed, established, fixed, one whose foot is bound/fixed

Compound type : bahuvrihi (baddha+pada)

• baddha – bound, tied, fixed, firm
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'bandh' (to bind) with suffix '-kta'.
  Root: bandh (class 9)
• pada – foot, step, position, place
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used as an epithet for the implied 'you' (singular).

भव (bhava) - be (be, become)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of bhū

Imperative, Parasmaipada

Root 'bhū' (class 1), 2nd person singular imperative.

Root: bhū (class 1)

न (na) - not (not, no, nor)

(indeclinable)

अविद्या (avidyā) - ignorance (avidyā) (ignorance, non-knowledge)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of avidyā

avidyā - ignorance, non-knowledge, illusion

Compound type : tatpurusha (a+vidyā)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
• vidyā – knowledge, learning, science
  noun (feminine)

अस्ति (asti) - exists (exists, is)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present tense, Parasmaipada

Root 'as' (class 2), 3rd person singular present.

Root: as (class 2)

न (na) - not (not, no, nor)

(indeclinable)

विद्या (vidyā) - knowledge (vidyā) (knowledge, learning)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vidyā

vidyā - knowledge, learning, science

अस्ति (asti) - exists (exists, is)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present tense, Parasmaipada

Root 'as' (class 2), 3rd person singular present.

Root: as (class 2)

कृतम् (kṛtam) - what is the use of, enough of (done, made, accomplished; enough of, what is the use of)

(indeclinable)

Past Passive Participle

From root 'kṛ' (to do, make) with suffix '-kta'. Used here impersonally.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Used as an indeclinable 'enough of' or 'what's the use of' when combined with instrumental.

कल्पनया (kalpanayā) - by this imagination, mental construct (by imagination, by mental construction, by arrangement)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of kalpanā

kalpanā - imagination, mental creation, arrangement, formation

From root 'kḷp' (to arrange, form) with suffix '-anā'.

Root: kḷp (class 1)

अनया (anayā) - by this (imagination) (by this (feminine))

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Refers to 'kalpanā'.