योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-132, verse-17

नेदं नेदं सदित्येव विचारानुभवे स्थितम् ।
तथापीदमिदं चेति दुर्दृष्टिर्न निवर्तते ॥ १७ ॥

nedaṃ nedaṃ sadityeva vicārānubhave sthitam ,
tathāpīdamidaṃ ceti durdṛṣṭirna nivartate 17

17. na idam na idam sat iti eva vicārānubhave sthitam
tathāpi idam idam ca iti durdṛṣṭiḥ na nivartate

17. na idam na idam sat iti eva vicārānubhave sthitam
tathāpi idam idam ca iti durdṛṣṭiḥ na nivartate

17. Even though it is established through intellectual discrimination and experience (vicārānubhave) that 'this is not the true Being (sat), this is not the true Being (sat)' (referring to the phenomenal world), still, the erroneous perception (durdṛṣṭiḥ) that asserts 'this is this' does not cease.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no, neither

• इदम् (idam) - this (phenomenal object/perception) (this, this one)

• न (na) - not, no, neither

• इदम् (idam) - this (phenomenal object/perception) (this, this one)

• सत् (sat) - the true Being (sat), ultimate Reality (real, existent, true, good)

• इति (iti) - thus, so, thereupon, this

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, certainly

• विचारानुभवे (vicārānubhave) - in the experience of inquiry, in the discriminative experience

• स्थितम् (sthitam) - established, situated, fixed, existing

• तथापि (tathāpi) - nevertheless, still, yet, even so

• इदम् (idam) - this (phenomenal object/perception) (this, this one)

• इदम् (idam) - this (phenomenal object/perception) (this, this one)

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• इति (iti) - thus, so, thereupon, this

• दुर्दृष्टिः (durdṛṣṭiḥ) - erroneous view, bad vision, false perception

• न (na) - not, no, neither

• निवर्तते (nivartate) - turns back, ceases, desists, returns

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no, neither

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this (phenomenal object/perception) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, it

न (na) - not, no, neither

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this (phenomenal object/perception) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, it

सत् (sat) - the true Being (sat), ultimate Reality (real, existent, true, good)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sat

sat - existing, real, true, good, being, reality

Present Participle

Present participle of the root as- 'to be'

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Used here as a noun.

इति (iti) - thus, so, thereupon, this

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

विचारानुभवे (vicārānubhave) - in the experience of inquiry, in the discriminative experience

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vicārānubhava

vicārānubhava - experience of inquiry, discriminative perception

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (vicāra+anubhava)

• vicāra – inquiry, discrimination, investigation
  noun (masculine)
• anubhava – experience, perception, feeling
  noun (masculine)

स्थितम् (sthitam) - established, situated, fixed, existing

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sthita

sthita - stood, standing, situated, fixed, established, existing

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sthā- 'to stand'

Root: sthā (class 1)

तथापि (tathāpi) - nevertheless, still, yet, even so

(indeclinable)

Compound of tathā + api

इदम् (idam) - this (phenomenal object/perception) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, it

इदम् (idam) - this (phenomenal object/perception) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, it

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - thus, so, thereupon, this

(indeclinable)

दुर्दृष्टिः (durdṛṣṭiḥ) - erroneous view, bad vision, false perception

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of durdṛṣṭi

durdṛṣṭi - bad sight, erroneous view, false perception

Compound type : Pra-ādi Tatpuruṣa (dur+dṛṣṭi)

• dur – bad, difficult, ill, hard
  indeclinable
• dṛṣṭi – sight, vision, view, opinion
  noun (feminine)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

न (na) - not, no, neither

(indeclinable)

निवर्तते (nivartate) - turns back, ceases, desists, returns

(verb)

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

Present Tense

Derived from root vṛt- 'to turn' with prefix ni-

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)