योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-154, verse-14

अदृष्टपूर्वदूरस्थदृश्यमानपुरोपमम् ।
इति ते सर्वमाख्यातं बोधितोऽसि निरन्तरम् ॥ १४ ॥

adṛṣṭapūrvadūrasthadṛśyamānapuropamam ,
iti te sarvamākhyātaṃ bodhito'si nirantaram 14

14. adṛṣṭapūrvadūrasthadṛśyamānapuropamam iti
te sarvam ākhyātam bodhitaḥ asi nirantaram

14. adṛṣṭapūrvadūrasthadṛśyamānapuropamam iti
te sarvam ākhyātam asi bodhitaḥ nirantaram

14. It is comparable to a city seen from afar, never before observed. Thus, all this has been explained to you; you have been continuously enlightened.

14. דבר זה דומה לעיר רחוקה שמעולם לא נראתה קודם לכן וכעת היא נצפית. כך הסברתי לך את הכל, והוריתי לך את התורה ללא הרף.

Words meanings summery:

• अदृष्टपूर्वदूरस्थदृश्यमानपुरोपमम् (adṛṣṭapūrvadūrasthadṛśyamānapuropamam) - comparable to a city seen from afar, never seen before

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, indicates conclusion or quotation

• ते (te) - to you (to you, your)

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all this (referring to the preceding explanation) (all, whole, everything)

• आख्यातम् (ākhyātam) - told, related, explained

• बोधितः (bodhitaḥ) - enlightened, awakened, instructed

• असि (asi) - you are

• निरन्तरम् (nirantaram) - continuously, constantly, incessantly

Words meanings and morphology

अदृष्टपूर्वदूरस्थदृश्यमानपुरोपमम् (adṛṣṭapūrvadūrasthadṛśyamānapuropamam) - comparable to a city seen from afar, never seen before

(adjective)

neuter, singular of adṛṣṭapūrvadūrasthadṛśyamānapuropama

adṛṣṭapūrvadūrasthadṛśyamānapuropama - comparable to a city seen from afar, never seen before

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (adṛṣṭapūrva+dūrastha+dṛśyamāna+pura+upama)

• adṛṣṭapūrva – never seen before
  adjective
• dūrastha – situated far away, distant
  adjective
• dṛśyamāna – being seen, visible
  participle
  Present Passive Participle (śānac)
  Derived from root 'dṛś' (to see).
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• pura – city, town
  noun (neuter)
• upama – like, resembling, comparable
  adjective

Note: This entire compound describes the nature of reality or illusion from the previous verse.

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, indicates conclusion or quotation

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - to you (to you, your)

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

Note: Dative case, 'to you'.

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all this (referring to the preceding explanation) (all, whole, everything)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, whole, every

Note: Subject of 'ākhyātam'.

आख्यातम् (ākhyātam) - told, related, explained

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ākhyāta

ākhyāta - told, related, explained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'khyā' (to tell) with upasarga 'ā'.

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Predicate participle, 'has been explained'.

बोधितः (bodhitaḥ) - enlightened, awakened, instructed

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bodhita

bodhita - enlightened, awakened, instructed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'budh' (to awaken, enlighten).

Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Predicate participle, 'you have been enlightened'.

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Second person singular present tense of 'to be'.

निरन्तरम् (nirantaram) - continuously, constantly, incessantly

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (nis+antara)

• nis – without, out, away
  upasarga
• antara – interval, space, inner, other
  noun (neuter)

Note: Adverbial use of the neuter accusative singular, or considered a proper indeclinable.

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