योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-160, verse-38

यस्त्विदं कल्पितं च द्वे वस्तुनी अनुवर्तते ।
स्वर्गादिवदवाप्नोति प्राप्नोत्येवैकमेकधीः ॥ ३८ ॥

yastvidaṃ kalpitaṃ ca dve vastunī anuvartate ,
svargādivadavāpnoti prāpnotyevaikamekadhīḥ 38

38. yaḥ tu idam kalpitam ca dve vastunī anuvartate
svargādivat avāpnoti prāpnoti eva ekam ekadhīḥ

38. yaḥ tu ekadhīḥ idam kalpitam ca dve vastunī svargādivat anuvartate,
ekam eva avāpnoti prāpnoti

38. However, whoever clings to these two imagined entities – like heavenly realms and the like – if they possess a singular focus (ekadhīḥ), they certainly attain only one (of them).

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

• तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

• इदम् (idam) - this

• कल्पितम् (kalpitam) - imagined, created, fabricated

• च (ca) - and, also

• द्वे (dve) - two

• वस्तुनी (vastunī) - objects, entities, things

• अनुवर्तते (anuvartate) - clings to, pursues (follows, adheres to, engages in, acts accordingly)

• स्वर्गादिवत् (svargādivat) - like heaven and so on, similar to heavenly realms

• अवाप्नोति (avāpnoti) - attains, obtains, reaches

• प्राप्नोति (prāpnoti) - attains, obtains, reaches

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• एकम् (ekam) - only one (of the two entities) (one, a single one)

• एकधीः (ekadhīḥ) - possessing a singular focus (single-minded, whose intellect is one/focused)

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this (pronoun)

कल्पितम् (kalpitam) - imagined, created, fabricated

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kalpita

kalpita - imagined, created, fabricated, fictitious

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root kḷp (to imagine, create).

Root: kḷp (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

द्वे (dve) - two

(adjective)

neuter, dual of dvi

dvi - two (numeral)

वस्तुनी (vastunī) - objects, entities, things

(noun)

neuter, dual of vastu

vastu - object, entity, thing, substance, reality

अनुवर्तते (anuvartate) - clings to, pursues (follows, adheres to, engages in, acts accordingly)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of vṛt

present middle

Root vṛt with prefix anu.

Prefix: anu

Root: vṛt (class 1)

स्वर्गादिवत् (svargādivat) - like heaven and so on, similar to heavenly realms

(indeclinable)

Formed by adding the suffix -vat (like, similar to) to the compound svargādi (heaven, etc.).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svarga+ādi)

• svarga – heaven, paradise
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, etcetera, and so on
  noun (masculine)

अवाप्नोति (avāpnoti) - attains, obtains, reaches

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of āp

present active

Root āp with prefix ava.

Prefix: ava

Root: āp (class 5)

प्राप्नोति (prāpnoti) - attains, obtains, reaches

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of āp

present active

Root āp with prefix pra.

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

एकम् (ekam) - only one (of the two entities) (one, a single one)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique

एकधीः (ekadhīḥ) - possessing a singular focus (single-minded, whose intellect is one/focused)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ekadhī

ekadhī - single-minded, one whose intellect is focused on a single object

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (eka+dhī)

• eka – one, single, unique
  adjective (masculine)
• dhī – intellect, mind, understanding, thought, focus
  noun (feminine)

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