योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-93, verse-50

येन सर्वं परित्यक्तं तस्मिञ्छून्येऽपि संस्थितम् ।
जगत्सर्वं त्रिकालस्थं तन्तौ मुक्तावली यथा ॥ ५० ॥

yena sarvaṃ parityaktaṃ tasmiñchūnye'pi saṃsthitam ,
jagatsarvaṃ trikālasthaṃ tantau muktāvalī yathā 50

50. yena sarvam parityaktam tasmin śūnye api saṃsthitam
jagat sarvam trikālastham tantau muktāvalī yathā

50. yathā muktāvalī tantau (asti),
(tathā) yena sarvam parityaktam,
tasmin śūnye api,
trikālastham sarvam jagat saṃsthitam

50. Just as a string of pearls (muktāvalī) is situated on a thread, so too, in that emptiness by which everything has been abandoned, the entire world, existing in all three times, is established.

Words meanings summery:

• येन (yena) - by whom, by which

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

• परित्यक्तम् (parityaktam) - abandoned, given up, renounced

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that

• शून्ये (śūnye) - in emptiness, in the void

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• संस्थितम् (saṁsthitam) - established, situated, existing

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole, entire

• त्रिकालस्थम् (trikālastham) - existing in the three times (past, present, future)

• तन्तौ (tantau) - on a thread, in a string

• मुक्तावली (muktāvalī) - string of pearls

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in the manner that

Words meanings and morphology

येन (yena) - by whom, by which

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

Note: Relative pronoun, referring to the emptiness/agent of abandonment.

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

Note: Used here as a substantive.

परित्यक्तम् (parityaktam) - abandoned, given up, renounced

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parityakta

parityakta - abandoned, relinquished, given up

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'tyaj' with the prefix 'pari'.

Prefix: pari

Root: tyaj (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'sarvam'.

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

Note: Refers to 'śūnye'.

शून्ये (śūnye) - in emptiness, in the void

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śūnya

śūnya - empty, void, naught

Note: Used as a noun, 'emptiness'.

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

संस्थितम् (saṁsthitam) - established, situated, existing

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṃsthita

saṁsthita - situated, placed, existing, established

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'sthā' with the prefix 'sam'.

Prefix: sam

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'jagat sarvam'.

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - the world, universe; moving, living

Can also be a present participle from 'gam' with reduplication.

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole, entire

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

Note: Agrees with 'jagat'.

त्रिकालस्थम् (trikālastham) - existing in the three times (past, present, future)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of trikālastha

trikālastha - existing in the three times (past, present, future), eternal

Compound of 'trikāla' (three times) and 'stha' (standing, existing).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (trikāla+stha)

• trikāla – three times (past, present, future)
  noun (masculine)
• stha – standing, situated, existing
  adjective
  Suffix -stha from root sthā.
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'jagat sarvam'.

तन्तौ (tantau) - on a thread, in a string

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tantu

tantu - thread, string, line

मुक्तावली (muktāvalī) - string of pearls

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of muktāvalī

muktāvalī - necklace or string of pearls

Compound of 'muktā' (pearl) and 'āvalī' (row, series).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (muktā+āvalī)

• muktā – pearl
  noun (feminine)
• āvalī – row, line, series
  noun (feminine)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in the manner that

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a simile.