योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-29, verse-61

सदसद्रूप आभासो यथा किमपि लक्ष्यते ।
तमसीक्षितयत्नेन ब्रह्मणीदं तथा जगत् ॥ ६१ ॥

sadasadrūpa ābhāso yathā kimapi lakṣyate ,
tamasīkṣitayatnena brahmaṇīdaṃ tathā jagat 61

61. sat asat rūpaḥ ābhāsaḥ yathā kim api lakṣyate |
tamasi īkṣitayatnena brahmaṇi idam tathā jagat

61. yathā tamasi īkṣitayatnena kim api sadasadrūpaḥ ābhāsaḥ lakṣyate,
tathā idam jagat brahmaṇi

61. Just as something indistinct (ābhāsa) appears in the darkness when one makes an effort to perceive it, similarly, this world (jagat) appears in Brahman (brahman) as having the nature of both existence and non-existence.

Words meanings summery:

• सत् (sat) - existent, real, good

• असत् (asat) - non-existent, unreal, bad

• रूपः (rūpaḥ) - nature, form, appearance

• आभासः (ābhāsaḥ) - appearance, semblance, reflection, illusion

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• किम् (kim) - something, anything (when combined with api)

• अपि (api) - even, also, indeed, something (when combined with 'kim')

• लक्ष्यते (lakṣyate) - is perceived, is observed, is seen

• तमसि (tamasi) - in darkness

• ईक्षितयत्नेन (īkṣitayatnena) - by the effort of seeing, by trying to perceive

• ब्रह्मणि (brahmaṇi) - in Brahman

• इदम् (idam) - this

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, similarly

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe, moving

Words meanings and morphology

सत् (sat) - existent, real, good

(adjective)

neuter, singular of sat

sat - existing, being, real, true, good (present active participle)

Present Active Participle

From root 'as' (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

असत् (asat) - non-existent, unreal, bad

(adjective)

neuter, singular of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, false, bad (present active participle with negative prefix)

Present Active Participle

'a' (not) + 'sat' (existing). From root 'as' (to be).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sat)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• sat – existing, being
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  Present Active Participle of 'as'
  Root: as (class 2)

रूपः (rūpaḥ) - nature, form, appearance

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, shape, appearance, nature, beauty

Root: rūp (class 10)

आभासः (ābhāsaḥ) - appearance, semblance, reflection, illusion

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ābhāsa

ābhāsa - appearance, reflection, semblance, illusion, faint likeness

From root 'bhās' (to shine) with prefix 'ā'.

Prefix: ā

Root: bhās (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

किम् (kim) - something, anything (when combined with api)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why

अपि (api) - even, also, indeed, something (when combined with 'kim')

(indeclinable)

लक्ष्यते (lakṣyate) - is perceived, is observed, is seen

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of lakṣ

Present Passive

Passive form of root 'lakṣ'

Root: lakṣ (class 1)

तमसि (tamasi) - in darkness

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of tamas

tamas - darkness, gloom, ignorance, quality of inertia

Root: tam (class 4)

ईक्षितयत्नेन (īkṣitayatnena) - by the effort of seeing, by trying to perceive

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of īkṣitayatna

īkṣitayatna - effort of seeing/perceiving

From 'īkṣita' (seen, observed - PPP of īkṣ) and 'yatna' (effort).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (īkṣita-yatna) (īkṣita+yatna)

• īkṣita – seen, observed, perceived
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of 'īkṣ'
  Root: īkṣ (class 1)
• yatna – effort, exertion, endeavor
  noun (masculine)

ब्रह्मणि (brahmaṇi) - in Brahman

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - the Absolute, the ultimate reality, the Supreme Being (brahman)

Root: bṛh (class 1)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Agrees with 'jagat'.

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, similarly

(indeclinable)

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe, moving

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, the moving, animated

Present Active Participle

From root 'gam' (to go) reduplicated, used as a noun.

Root: gam (class 1)

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