योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-161, verse-27

बाह्ये तदेवमित्यादिगुणसाम्यादशेषतः ।
न जाग्रत्स्वप्नयोर्ज्यायानेकोऽपि यमयोरिव ॥ २७ ॥

bāhye tadevamityādiguṇasāmyādaśeṣataḥ ,
na jāgratsvapnayorjyāyāneko'pi yamayoriva 27

27. bāhye tat evam iti ādi guṇa-sāmyāt aśeṣataḥ na
jāgrat-svapnayoḥ jyāyān ekaḥ api yamayoḥ iva

27. bāhye tat evam iti ādi guṇa-sāmyāt aśeṣataḥ jāgrat-svapnayoḥ ekaḥ api jyāyān na (asti) yamayoḥ iva.

27. In external matters, due to the complete (aśeṣataḥ) similarity of qualities, such as "that is exactly like this" and so on, not even one of the waking (jāgrat) and dream (svapna) states is superior to the other, just as one twin (Yama) is not superior to the other.

Words meanings summery:

• बाह्ये (bāhye) - in external matters (in external matters, externally, in the outside)

• तत् (tat) - that (referring to how things are in reality) (that, it)

• एवम् (evam) - thus (referring to a mode of perception or existence) (thus, in this manner)

• इति (iti) - marking the preceding as an example (thus, so, in this way, (marks direct speech or thought))

• आदि (ādi) - and so on, etcetera (beginning, etcetera, and so on)

• गुण-साम्यात् (guṇa-sāmyāt) - due to the similarity of qualities (due to similarity of qualities)

• अशेषतः (aśeṣataḥ) - entirely, completely (entirely, completely, without remainder)

• न (na) - negating superiority (not, no)

• जाग्रत्-स्वप्नयोः (jāgrat-svapnayoḥ) - of the waking (jāgrat) and dream (svapna) states (of waking and dream states)

• ज्यायान् (jyāyān) - superior, greater (greater, superior, older)

• एकः (ekaḥ) - even one (of the two states) (one, a single)

• अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

• यमयोः (yamayoḥ) - of the two (twins, like Yama and Yami) (of the two Yamas, of the pair (twins))

• इव (iva) - like, just as (like, as, as if)

Words meanings and morphology

बाह्ये (bāhye) - in external matters (in external matters, externally, in the outside)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of bāhya

bāhya - external, outside, foreign

Derived from 'bahis' (outside) + 'ya' suffix

Note: Refers to 'bāhye vastuni' (in the external object/matter).

तत् (tat) - that (referring to how things are in reality) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

एवम् (evam) - thus (referring to a mode of perception or existence) (thus, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - marking the preceding as an example (thus, so, in this way, (marks direct speech or thought))

(indeclinable)

आदि (ādi) - and so on, etcetera (beginning, etcetera, and so on)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ādi

ādi - beginning, etcetera, and so on

Note: Typically used with 'iti' as 'ityādi' to mean 'etcetera'.

गुण-साम्यात् (guṇa-sāmyāt) - due to the similarity of qualities (due to similarity of qualities)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of guṇa-sāmya

guṇa-sāmya - similarity of qualities

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (guṇa+sāmya)

• guṇa – quality, attribute, property
  noun (masculine)
• sāmya – equality, similarity, sameness
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from 'sama' + 'ṣyañ' suffix

अशेषतः (aśeṣataḥ) - entirely, completely (entirely, completely, without remainder)

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'na' + 'śeṣa' (remainder) + 'tas' suffix

Note: Ablative suffix 'tas' attached to the adjective 'aśeṣa', forming an adverbial expression.

न (na) - negating superiority (not, no)

(indeclinable)

जाग्रत्-स्वप्नयोः (jāgrat-svapnayoḥ) - of the waking (jāgrat) and dream (svapna) states (of waking and dream states)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of jāgrat-svapna

jāgrat-svapna - waking and dream (states)

Compound type : dvandva (jāgrat+svapna)

• jāgrat – waking, awake, waking state
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  From root 'jāgṛ' (class 2) + śatṛ suffix
  Root: jāgṛ (class 2)
• svapna – dream, sleep, dream state
  noun (masculine)
  Root: svap (class 2)

ज्यायान् (jyāyān) - superior, greater (greater, superior, older)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jyāyas

jyāyas - greater, superior, older

Comparative degree

Comparative form of 'vṛddha' (old/great)

Note: Agrees with 'ekaḥ'.

एकः (ekaḥ) - even one (of the two states) (one, a single)

(numeral)

अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

यमयोः (yamayoḥ) - of the two (twins, like Yama and Yami) (of the two Yamas, of the pair (twins))

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of yama

yama - twin, pair, Yama (deity of death)

Root: yam (class 1)

Note: Refers to a pair of twins (e.g., Yama and Yami).

इव (iva) - like, just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)