योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-137, verse-52

नखकेशादि देहेऽस्मिन्विदिताविदितं यथा ।
न जडं च जडं चैव सुषुप्तं चेतनात्मनि ॥ ५२ ॥

nakhakeśādi dehe'sminviditāviditaṃ yathā ,
na jaḍaṃ ca jaḍaṃ caiva suṣuptaṃ cetanātmani 52

52. nakhakeśādi dehe asmin vidita aviditam yathā
na jaḍam ca jaḍam ca eva suṣuptam cetanātmani

52. yathā asmin dehe nakhakeśādi vidita aviditam
na jaḍam ca jaḍam ca eva cetanātmani suṣuptam

52. Just as things like nails and hair in this body are both known and unknown, and simultaneously not inanimate and inanimate, so too is deep sleep (suṣupti) in the conscious Self (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• नखकेशादि (nakhakeśādi) - things like nails and hair (nails, hair, etc.)

• देहे (dehe) - in the body

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (masculine/neuter)

• विदित (vidita) - known, perceived

• अविदितम् (aviditam) - unknown, unperceived

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

• न (na) - not, no

• जडम् (jaḍam) - inanimate, inert, dull

• च (ca) - and, also

• जडम् (jaḍam) - inanimate, inert, dull

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, even

• सुषुप्तम् (suṣuptam) - deep sleep, dreamless sleep

• चेतनात्मनि (cetanātmani) - in the conscious Self (ātman)

Words meanings and morphology

नखकेशादि (nakhakeśādi) - things like nails and hair (nails, hair, etc.)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nakhakeśādi

nakhakeśādi - nails, hair, and so on; beginning with nails and hair

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (nakha+keśa+ādi)

• nakha – nail, claw
  noun (masculine)
• keśa – hair
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, starting with, etc.
  indeclinable

देहे (dehe) - in the body

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form, mass

Root: dih (class 2)

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (masculine/neuter)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Agrees with 'dehe'.

विदित (vidita) - known, perceived

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vidita

vidita - known, perceived, understood, ascertained

Past Passive Participle

from √vid (to know, perceive)

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'nakhakeśādi' (implied neuter collective noun).

अविदितम् (aviditam) - unknown, unperceived

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of avidita

avidita - unknown, unperceived, unnoticed

negation of vidita

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vidita)

• a – not, un-
  prefix
  Negative prefix.
• vidita – known, perceived, understood
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from √vid (to know, perceive)
  Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'nakhakeśādi'.

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

जडम् (jaḍam) - inanimate, inert, dull

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jaḍa

jaḍa - cold, inert, inanimate, dull, senseless

Note: Agrees with 'nakhakeśādi'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

जडम् (jaḍam) - inanimate, inert, dull

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jaḍa

jaḍa - cold, inert, inanimate, dull, senseless

Note: Agrees with 'nakhakeśādi'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, even

(indeclinable)

सुषुप्तम् (suṣuptam) - deep sleep, dreamless sleep

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of suṣupta

suṣupta - deep sleep, dreamless sleep, asleep

Past Passive Participle

from su + √svap (to sleep)

Prefix: su

Root: svap (class 2)

चेतनात्मनि (cetanātmani) - in the conscious Self (ātman)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of cetanātman

cetanātman - conscious Self (ātman)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (cetana+ātman)

• cetana – conscious, sentient, animate
  adjective (masculine)
  from √cit (to perceive, know)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• ātman – Self, soul, essence, breath
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)