योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-143, verse-55

ज्ञानं यदेव तज्ज्ञेयं ज्ञेयस्यासंभवात्पृथक् ।
यथा ज्ञानमतो ज्ञेयं तनोत्यात्मानमात्मना ॥ ५५ ॥

jñānaṃ yadeva tajjñeyaṃ jñeyasyāsaṃbhavātpṛthak ,
yathā jñānamato jñeyaṃ tanotyātmānamātmanā 55

55. jñānam yat eva tat jñeyam jñeyasya asaṃbhavāt pṛthak
yathā jñānam ataḥ jñeyam tanoti ātmānam ātmanā

55. jñānam yat eva tat jñeyam jñeyasya asaṃbhavāt pṛthak
yathā jñānam ataḥ jñeyam tanoti ātmānam ātmanā

55. Knowledge itself is the knowable, for there is no possibility of the knowable existing separately. Therefore, just as knowledge, the knowable manifests the self (ātman) through the self (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• ज्ञानम् (jñānam) - knowledge (knowledge, cognition, understanding)

• यत् (yat) - which, what, that

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

• तत् (tat) - that

• ज्ञेयम् (jñeyam) - the knowable (knowable, object of knowledge)

• ज्ञेयस्य (jñeyasya) - of the knowable

• असंभवात् (asaṁbhavāt) - due to the impossibility (of separate existence) (from impossibility, due to non-existence)

• पृथक् (pṛthak) - separately (separate, apart, different)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, how)

• ज्ञानम् (jñānam) - knowledge (knowledge, cognition, understanding)

• अतः (ataḥ) - therefore (therefore, from this, hence)

• ज्ञेयम् (jñeyam) - the knowable (knowable, object of knowledge)

• तनोति (tanoti) - manifests, expands (expands, spreads, manifests)

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - the self (ātman) (the self, soul)

• आत्मना (ātmanā) - through the self (ātman) (by the self, by oneself)

Words meanings and morphology

ज्ञानम् (jñānam) - knowledge (knowledge, cognition, understanding)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jñāna

jñāna - knowledge, cognition, wisdom, understanding

Derived from root jñā (to know) + lyuṭ suffix.

Root: jñā (class 9)

यत् (yat) - which, what, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that (relative pronoun)

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

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

ज्ञेयम् (jñeyam) - the knowable (knowable, object of knowledge)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jñeya

jñeya - knowable, to be known, object of knowledge

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

Derived from root jñā (to know) + ṇyat suffix.

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Functions as a noun here.

ज्ञेयस्य (jñeyasya) - of the knowable

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jñeya

jñeya - knowable, to be known, object of knowledge

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

Derived from root jñā (to know) + ṇyat suffix.

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Qualifies asaṃbhavāt.

असंभवात् (asaṁbhavāt) - due to the impossibility (of separate existence) (from impossibility, due to non-existence)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of asaṃbhava

asaṁbhava - impossibility, non-existence, unsuitableness

Negative compound with 'a' + 'saṃbhava' (existence).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+saṃbhava)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• saṃbhava – existence, origin, possibility
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from saṃ + bhū (to be, to exist).
  Prefix: sam
  Root: bhū (class 1)

पृथक् (pṛthak) - separately (separate, apart, different)

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, how)

(indeclinable)

ज्ञानम् (jñānam) - knowledge (knowledge, cognition, understanding)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jñāna

jñāna - knowledge, cognition, wisdom, understanding

Derived from root jñā (to know) + lyuṭ suffix.

Root: jñā (class 9)

अतः (ataḥ) - therefore (therefore, from this, hence)

(indeclinable)

ज्ञेयम् (jñeyam) - the knowable (knowable, object of knowledge)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jñeya

jñeya - knowable, to be known, object of knowledge

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

Derived from root jñā (to know) + ṇyat suffix.

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Functions as a noun here.

तनोति (tanoti) - manifests, expands (expands, spreads, manifests)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of tan

Present Indicative, Parasmaipada

Root tan (class 8) + ti ending.

Root: tan (class 8)

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - the self (ātman) (the self, soul)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, essence, breath

आत्मना (ātmanā) - through the self (ātman) (by the self, by oneself)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, essence, breath