योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-125, verse-17

दुःसाध्यं ब्रूहि तत्त्वज्ञ साध्यासाध्यस्वरूपिणः ।
तस्मादस्याः सदैकस्या विपश्चिद्राजसंविदः ॥ १७ ॥

duḥsādhyaṃ brūhi tattvajña sādhyāsādhyasvarūpiṇaḥ ,
tasmādasyāḥ sadaikasyā vipaścidrājasaṃvidaḥ 17

17. duḥsādhyam brūhi tattvajña sādhyāsādhyasvarūpiṇaḥ
| tasmāt asyāḥ sadā ekasyāḥ vipaścitrājasaṃvidaḥ

17. he tattvajña! duḥsādhyam brūhi tasmāt asyāḥ sadā ekasyāḥ vipaścitrājasaṃvidaḥ sādhyāsādhyasvarūpiṇaḥ (astīti).

17. O knower of truth (tattvajña), tell me what is difficult to achieve *for* this royal consciousness (saṃvid) of the wise, which, though always one, possesses the nature of both attainable and unattainable (and continues in the next verse).

17. אמור לי, יודע האמת, מה יכול להיות קשה להשגה עבור מי שטבעו כולל הן את הניתן להשגה והן את מה שאינו ניתן להשגה? לכן, עבור התודעה האחת של המלך וִפַּשְׁצִ'ית...

Words meanings summery:

• दुःसाध्यम् (duḥsādhyam) - difficult to achieve, hard to accomplish

• ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell, speak

• तत्त्वज्ञ (tattvajña) - O knower of truth/reality

• साध्यासाध्यस्वरूपिणः (sādhyāsādhyasvarūpiṇaḥ) - of the one having the nature of both attainable and unattainable

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

• अस्याः (asyāḥ) - of this, for this (feminine)

• सदा (sadā) - always, ever

• एकस्याः (ekasyāḥ) - of the one, of the single (feminine)

• विपश्चित्राजसंविदः (vipaścitrājasaṁvidaḥ) - of the royal consciousness of the wise, for the royal consciousness of the wise

Words meanings and morphology

दुःसाध्यम् (duḥsādhyam) - difficult to achieve, hard to accomplish

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of duḥsādhya

duḥsādhya - difficult to accomplish, hard to achieve

Gerundive

Derived from root sādh (to accomplish) with prefix dus- (difficult) and suffix -ya.

Prefix: dus

Root: sādh (class 5)

ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell, speak

(verb)

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

Root: brū (class 2)

तत्त्वज्ञ (tattvajña) - O knower of truth/reality

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tattvajña

tattvajña - knower of truth, knower of reality

Compound type : tatpurusha (tattva+jña)

• tattva – truth, reality, principle, essence
  noun (neuter)
• jña – knowing, knower
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: jñā (class 9)

साध्यासाध्यस्वरूपिणः (sādhyāsādhyasvarūpiṇaḥ) - of the one having the nature of both attainable and unattainable

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, singular of sādhyāsādhyasvarūpin

sādhyāsādhyasvarūpin - having the nature of what is to be accomplished and what is not to be accomplished

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sādhya+asādhya+svarūpin)

• sādhya – to be accomplished, attainable
  participle (neuter)
  Gerundive
  Root: sādh (class 5)
• asādhya – not to be accomplished, unattainable
  participle (neuter)
  Gerundive
  Negative particle 'a' + Gerundive 'sādhya'
  Prefix: a
  Root: sādh (class 5)
• svarūpin – having one's own form, having a particular nature
  adjective (masculine)

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अस्याः (asyāḥ) - of this, for this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this

सदा (sadā) - always, ever

(indeclinable)

एकस्याः (ekasyāḥ) - of the one, of the single (feminine)

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique

विपश्चित्राजसंविदः (vipaścitrājasaṁvidaḥ) - of the royal consciousness of the wise, for the royal consciousness of the wise

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of vipaścitrājasaṃvid

vipaścitrājasaṁvid - the royal consciousness of the wise

Compound type : tatpurusha (vipaścitrāja+saṃvid)

• vipaścitrāja – king of the wise, royal among the wise
  noun (masculine)
• saṃvid – consciousness, understanding, knowledge
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: vid (class 2)

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