योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-148, verse-12

चिन्मात्रं वर्जयित्वैकं ब्रह्मान्यत्सर्वदाखिलम् ।
विद्धि सत्यमसत्यं च नियतानियतं स्थितम् ॥ १२ ॥

cinmātraṃ varjayitvaikaṃ brahmānyatsarvadākhilam ,
viddhi satyamasatyaṃ ca niyatāniyataṃ sthitam 12

12. cinmātram varjayitvā ekam brahma anyat sarvadā
akhilam viddhi satyam asatyam ca niyatāniyatam sthitam

12. ekam cinmātram brahma varjayitvā,
anyat sarvadā akhilam satyam asatyam ca niyatāniyatam sthitam viddhi.

12. Excluding the one pure consciousness (brahman), understand that everything else in its entirety is always simultaneously real and unreal, constant and inconstant.

Words meanings summery:

• चिन्मात्रम् (cinmātram) - consisting of consciousness, pure consciousness

• वर्जयित्वा (varjayitvā) - having excluded, leaving aside, abandoning

• एकम् (ekam) - one, singular, unique

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman, the Absolute Reality, the ultimate truth

• अन्यत् (anyat) - everything else (in the universe) (other, different, another)

• सर्वदा (sarvadā) - always, at all times, forever

• अखिलम् (akhilam) - entire, whole, complete, all-encompassing

• विद्धि (viddhi) - know, understand, perceive

• सत्यम् (satyam) - real, true, existent

• असत्यम् (asatyam) - unreal, false, non-existent

• च (ca) - and, also

• नियतानियतम् (niyatāniyatam) - fixed and inconstant, constant and inconstant

• स्थितम् (sthitam) - existing, standing, situated

Words meanings and morphology

चिन्मात्रम् (cinmātram) - consisting of consciousness, pure consciousness

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of cinmātra

cinmātra - consisting of consciousness, pure consciousness

Compound type : karmadhāraya (cit+mātra)

• cit – consciousness, knowledge, pure thought
  noun (feminine)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• mātra – only, merely, consisting of, measure
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Used as a noun referring to Brahman

वर्जयित्वा (varjayitvā) - having excluded, leaving aside, abandoning

(indeclinable)

Gerund (absolutive)

Derived from root vṛj with the suffix -tvā

Root: vṛj (class 1)

एकम् (ekam) - one, singular, unique

(numeral)

Note: Qualifies 'Brahman'

ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman, the Absolute Reality, the ultimate truth

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman, the Absolute Reality, the ultimate truth

अन्यत् (anyat) - everything else (in the universe) (other, different, another)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, different, another

Note: Object of 'viddhi' (know)

सर्वदा (sarvadā) - always, at all times, forever

(indeclinable)

अखिलम् (akhilam) - entire, whole, complete, all-encompassing

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of akhila

akhila - entire, whole, complete, all

Derived from 'a' (not) and 'khila' (gap/void)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+khila)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• khila – gap, void, waste land
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies 'anyat'

विद्धि (viddhi) - know, understand, perceive

(verb)

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

Root: vid (class 2)

सत्यम् (satyam) - real, true, existent

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - real, true, existent

Derived from 'sat' (being, existent)

Note: Predicative accusative modifying 'anyat'

असत्यम् (asatyam) - unreal, false, non-existent

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of asatya

asatya - unreal, false, non-existent

Negative compound of 'satya'

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+satya)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• satya – real, true, existent
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Predicative accusative modifying 'anyat'

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

नियतानियतम् (niyatāniyatam) - fixed and inconstant, constant and inconstant

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of niyatāniyata

niyatāniyata - fixed and inconstant, constant and inconstant

Compound type : dvandva (niyata+aniyata)

• niyata – fixed, restrained, constant
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root yam with prefix ni
  Prefix: ni
  Root: yam (class 1)
• aniyata – inconstant, unfixed, unrestrained
  adjective (masculine)
  Negative compound of 'niyata'

Note: Predicative accusative modifying 'anyat'

स्थितम् (sthitam) - existing, standing, situated

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sthita

sthita - standing, existing, situated, abiding

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Predicative accusative modifying 'anyat'

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