योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-163, verse-37

द्वैताद्वैतसमुद्भेदैर्वाक्यसंदर्भविभ्रमैः ।
क्रीडन्त्यबुद्धाः शिशवो बोधवृद्धा हसन्ति तान् ॥ ३७ ॥

dvaitādvaitasamudbhedairvākyasaṃdarbhavibhramaiḥ ,
krīḍantyabuddhāḥ śiśavo bodhavṛddhā hasanti tān 37

37. dvaitādvaitasamudbhedaiḥ vākyasaṃdarbhavibhramaiḥ
krīḍanti abuddhāḥ śiśavaḥ bodhavṛddhāḥ hasanti tān

37. abuddhāḥ śiśavaḥ dvaitādvaitasamudbhedaiḥ
vākyasaṃdarbhavibhramaiḥ krīḍanti bodhavṛddhāḥ tān hasanti

37. Ignorant individuals, like children, amuse themselves with the distinctions between duality (dvaita) and non-duality (advaita), and with the perplexing interpretations of various texts. Those who are mature in understanding (bodhavṛddhāḥ) merely laugh at them.

Words meanings summery:

• द्वैताद्वैतसमुद्भेदैः (dvaitādvaitasamudbhedaiḥ) - by the emerging distinctions or differentiations of duality and non-duality

• वाक्यसंदर्भविभ्रमैः (vākyasaṁdarbhavibhramaiḥ) - by the delusions or confusions arising from textual contexts or interpretations

• क्रीडन्ति (krīḍanti) - they play, they sport, they amuse themselves

• अबुद्धाः (abuddhāḥ) - the ignorant, the unenlightened

• शिशवः (śiśavaḥ) - children, infants

• बोधवृद्धाः (bodhavṛddhāḥ) - those advanced in wisdom, the wise, mature in understanding

• हसन्ति (hasanti) - they laugh, they mock

• तान् (tān) - them

Words meanings and morphology

द्वैताद्वैतसमुद्भेदैः (dvaitādvaitasamudbhedaiḥ) - by the emerging distinctions or differentiations of duality and non-duality

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of dvaitādvaitasamudbheda

dvaitādvaitasamudbheda - the emergence or differentiation of duality and non-duality

Compound type : tatpurusha (dvaita+advaita+samudbheda)

• dvaita – duality, the state of being two
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from 'dvi' (two) with 'ta' suffix.
• advaita – non-duality, oneness, the state of being not two
  noun (neuter)
  Negation 'a' + 'dvaita'.
• samudbheda – emergence, breaking forth, distinction, splitting
  noun (masculine)
  From 'sam-ud-bhid' + 'a' suffix.
  Prefixes: sam+ud
  Root: bhid (class 7)

वाक्यसंदर्भविभ्रमैः (vākyasaṁdarbhavibhramaiḥ) - by the delusions or confusions arising from textual contexts or interpretations

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vākyasaṃdarbhavibhrama

vākyasaṁdarbhavibhrama - delusion or confusion regarding the context of sentences/texts

Compound type : tatpurusha (vākya+saṃdarbha+vibhrama)

• vākya – speech, sentence, statement, text
  noun (neuter)
  From root vac (to speak) + ṇyaT suffix.
  Root: vac (class 2)
• saṃdarbha – context, connection, literary composition, collection
  noun (masculine)
  From 'sam-dṛbh' + 'a' suffix.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: dṛbh (class 6)
• vibhrama – delusion, confusion, error, bewilderment
  noun (masculine)
  From 'vi-bhram' + 'a' suffix.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: bhram (class 1)

क्रीडन्ति (krīḍanti) - they play, they sport, they amuse themselves

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of krīḍ

Present active indicative, 3rd plural.

Root: krīḍ (class 1)

अबुद्धाः (abuddhāḥ) - the ignorant, the unenlightened

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of abuddha

abuddha - ignorant, unenlightened, not understood, not awakened

Past Passive Participle

Negation 'a' + 'buddha' (from budh).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+buddha)

• a – not, un-, in- (negation prefix)
  indeclinable
• buddha – awakened, enlightened, understood, known
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'budh' + 'kta' (ta) suffix.
  Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Functions as a noun here.

शिशवः (śiśavaḥ) - children, infants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śiśu

śiśu - child, infant, young animal

बोधवृद्धाः (bodhavṛddhāḥ) - those advanced in wisdom, the wise, mature in understanding

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bodhavṛddha

bodhavṛddha - mature in understanding, old in knowledge, wise

Compound type : tatpurusha (bodha+vṛddha)

• bodha – understanding, knowledge, awakening, perception
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'budh' + 'a' suffix.
  Root: budh (class 1)
• vṛddha – old, aged, grown, increased, mature
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'vṛdh' + 'kta' (ta) suffix.
  Root: vṛdh (class 1)

Note: Functions as a noun here.

हसन्ति (hasanti) - they laugh, they mock

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of has

Present active indicative, 3rd plural.

Root: has (class 1)

तान् (tān) - them

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it, they

Note: Refers to 'abuddhāḥ śiśavaḥ'.

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