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7,165

योगवासिष्ठः       yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-165, verse-16

ग्रहीतृग्रहणग्राह्यरूपमाशून्यमेव च ।
सदस्त्वेवासदेवास्तु जगदत्राङ्ग किं ग्रहः ॥ १६ ॥
grahītṛgrahaṇagrāhyarūpamāśūnyameva ca ,
sadastvevāsadevāstu jagadatrāṅga kiṃ grahaḥ 16
16. grahītṛ-grahaṇa-grāhya-rūpam āśūnyam eva ca | sat
astu eva asat eva astu jagat atra aṅga kim grahaḥ ||
16. grahītṛ-grahaṇa-grāhya-rūpam ca eva āśūnyam aṅga,
jagat sat eva astu asat eva astu atra kim grahaḥ
16. The forms of the perceiver, the act of perception, and the perceived object are all completely void. Therefore, dear one, let the world (jagat) be real, or let it be unreal; what concern is there here?

Words meanings summery:

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  • ग्रहीतृ-ग्रहण-ग्राह्य-रूपम् (grahītṛ-grahaṇa-grāhya-rūpam) - the triad of subject, object, and act of perception (the form of the perceiver, perception, and the perceived)
  • आशून्यम् (āśūnyam) - completely empty, entirely void
  • एव (eva) - (emphatic particle) (only, just, indeed, certainly)
  • (ca) - and (connecting this idea to previous verse, or just a filler) (and, also)
  • सत् (sat) - real (as opposed to unreal) (real, existent, good, being)
  • अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be
  • एव (eva) - (emphatic particle) (only, just, indeed, certainly)
  • असत् (asat) - unreal (as opposed to real) (unreal, non-existent, bad)
  • एव (eva) - (emphatic particle) (only, just, indeed, certainly)
  • अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be
  • जगत् (jagat) - the world, moving, living beings
  • अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter
  • अङ्ग (aṅga) - dear one (vocative of affection or address) (oh dear, indeed, body part, limb)
  • किम् (kim) - what kind of, what is the point (what, why)
  • ग्रहः (grahaḥ) - attachment, concern, insistence (seizing, grasping, attachment, concern)

Words meanings and morphology

ग्रहीतृ-ग्रहण-ग्राह्य-रूपम् (grahītṛ-grahaṇa-grāhya-rūpam) - the triad of subject, object, and act of perception (the form of the perceiver, perception, and the perceived)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of grahītṛ-grahaṇa-grāhya-rūpa
grahītṛ-grahaṇa-grāhya-rūpa - the form or nature of the perceiver, the act of perceiving, and the perceived object
Compound type : dvandva-tatpurusha (grahītṛ+grahaṇa+grāhya+rūpa)
  • grahītṛ – perceiver, one who grasps or takes
    noun (masculine)
    Agent noun
    From root grah + tṛc suffix
    Root: grah (class 9)
  • grahaṇa – the act of grasping, seizing, taking, perception, understanding
    noun (neuter)
    Action noun
    From root grah + lyuṭ suffix
    Root: grah (class 9)
  • grāhya – to be grasped, to be perceived, object of perception
    adjective (neuter)
    Gerundive/Future Passive Participle
    From root grah + ṇyat suffix
    Root: grah (class 9)
  • rūpa – form, nature, appearance
    noun (neuter)
Note: It is the subject of the implied verb 'is' with āśūnyam.
आशून्यम् (āśūnyam) - completely empty, entirely void
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of āśūnya
āśūnya - completely empty, quite void, utterly devoid of substance
Intensified form of śūnya (empty)
Note: Predicate adjective.
एव (eva) - (emphatic particle) (only, just, indeed, certainly)
(indeclinable)
Note: Emphasizes the void nature.
(ca) - and (connecting this idea to previous verse, or just a filler) (and, also)
(indeclinable)
सत् (sat) - real (as opposed to unreal) (real, existent, good, being)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of sat
sat - existent, real, true, good, being
Present Active Participle
From root as (to be)
Root: as (class 2)
Note: Here used as a substantive meaning 'the real'.
अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of as
Root: as (class 2)
एव (eva) - (emphatic particle) (only, just, indeed, certainly)
(indeclinable)
Note: Emphasizes 'let it be'.
असत् (asat) - unreal (as opposed to real) (unreal, non-existent, bad)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of asat
asat - non-existent, unreal, untrue, bad
Present Active Participle (negative)
Negation of sat
Compound type : tatpurusha (a+sat)
  • a – not, non-
    indeclinable
  • sat – existent, real
    adjective (neuter)
    Present Active Participle
    from root as (to be)
    Root: as (class 2)
Note: Here used as a substantive meaning 'the unreal'.
एव (eva) - (emphatic particle) (only, just, indeed, certainly)
(indeclinable)
Note: Emphasizes 'let it be'.
अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of as
Root: as (class 2)
जगत् (jagat) - the world, moving, living beings
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat
jagat - the world, universe, moving, living
Present Active Participle
Derived from root gam (to go, move)
Root: gam (class 1)
Note: Subject of 'astu'.
अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter
(indeclinable)
अङ्ग (aṅga) - dear one (vocative of affection or address) (oh dear, indeed, body part, limb)
(indeclinable)
किम् (kim) - what kind of, what is the point (what, why)
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of kim
kim - who, what, which, why
Note: Interrogative pronoun, functions adverbially here.
ग्रहः (grahaḥ) - attachment, concern, insistence (seizing, grasping, attachment, concern)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of graha
graha - seizing, grasping, holding, taking, perception, understanding, attachment, insistence, planet
From root grah (to seize, grasp)
Root: grah (class 9)
Note: Subject of the interrogative question.