योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-100, verse-37

संविदा संविदोऽसत्तामिहाव्याप्य विनष्टया ।
निर्णीयाङ्गीकृतं यैर्वा जाड्यं तद्वालकैरलम् ॥ ३७ ॥

saṃvidā saṃvido'sattāmihāvyāpya vinaṣṭayā ,
nirṇīyāṅgīkṛtaṃ yairvā jāḍyaṃ tadvālakairalam 37

37. saṃvidā saṃvidaḥ asattām iha avyāpya vinaṣṭayā
nirṇīya aṅgīkṛtam yaiḥ vā jāḍyam tat bālakaiḥ alam

37. yaiḥ iha avyāpya vinaṣṭayā saṃvidā saṃvidaḥ asattām
nirṇīya tat jāḍyam vā aṅgīkṛtam bālakaiḥ alam

37. Useless are those foolish persons by whom inertness (jāḍya) is accepted, having determined here the non-existence of consciousness (saṃvid) through a consciousness (saṃvid) that is (itself) destroyed and fails to pervade (reality).

Words meanings summery:

• संविदा (saṁvidā) - by consciousness, by knowledge, by understanding

• संविदः (saṁvidaḥ) - of consciousness, of knowledge

• असत्ताम् (asattām) - non-existence, unreality

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• अव्याप्य (avyāpya) - without pervading, not having comprehended

• विनष्टया (vinaṣṭayā) - by that which is destroyed, by the perished

• निर्णीय (nirṇīya) - having ascertained, having decided

• अङ्गीकृतम् (aṅgīkṛtam) - accepted, assented to

• यैः (yaiḥ) - by whom

• वा (vā) - or, indeed

• जाड्यम् (jāḍyam) - inertness, dullness, stupidity

• तत् (tat) - that

• बालकैः (bālakaiḥ) - by children, by fools

• अलम् (alam) - enough, useless, futile

Words meanings and morphology

संविदा (saṁvidā) - by consciousness, by knowledge, by understanding

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of saṃvid

saṁvid - consciousness, knowledge, understanding, intellect (saṃvid)

Prefix: sam

Root: vid (class 2)

संविदः (saṁvidaḥ) - of consciousness, of knowledge

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of saṃvid

saṁvid - consciousness, knowledge, understanding, intellect (saṃvid)

Prefix: sam

Root: vid (class 2)

असत्ताम् (asattām) - non-existence, unreality

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of asattā

asattā - non-existence, unreality, non-being

Compound type : Nañ-tatpuruṣa (na+sattā)

• na – not, non-
  indeclinable
• sattā – existence, reality, being
  noun (feminine)
  Root: as (class 2)

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

अव्याप्य (avyāpya) - without pervading, not having comprehended

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Negated absolutive of vyāpya (from vi-āp)

Compound type : Nañ-tatpuruṣa (na+vyāpya)

• na – not, non-
  indeclinable
• vyāpya – having pervaded, having comprehended
  indeclinable
  Absolutive (gerund)
  Prefixes: vi+ā
  Root: āp (class 5)

विनष्टया (vinaṣṭayā) - by that which is destroyed, by the perished

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of vinaṣṭa

vinaṣṭa - destroyed, perished, ruined

Past Passive Participle

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

निर्णीय (nirṇīya) - having ascertained, having decided

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Prefix: nir

Root: nī (class 1)

अङ्गीकृतम् (aṅgīkṛtam) - accepted, assented to

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of aṅgīkṛta

aṅgīkṛta - accepted, assented, agreed

Past Passive Participle

From the secondary root aṅgī-kṛ (to accept)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

यैः (yaiḥ) - by whom

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

वा (vā) - or, indeed

(indeclinable)

जाड्यम् (jāḍyam) - inertness, dullness, stupidity

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jāḍya

jāḍya - inertness, dullness, stupidity, rigidity

Derived from jaḍa (inert, dull)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, that one

बालकैः (bālakaiḥ) - by children, by fools

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bālaka

bālaka - child, boy, fool, ignorant person

अलम् (alam) - enough, useless, futile

(indeclinable)