योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-38, verse-27

शान्ताशेषविशेषस्य निरेषणविशेषतः ।
सत्तामसत्तां सदृशौ क आकलयितुं क्षमः ॥ २७ ॥

śāntāśeṣaviśeṣasya nireṣaṇaviśeṣataḥ ,
sattāmasattāṃ sadṛśau ka ākalayituṃ kṣamaḥ 27

27. śāntāśeṣaviśeṣasya niḥ-eṣaṇaviśeṣataḥ sattām
asattām sadṛśau kaḥ ākalayitum kṣamaḥ

27. śāntāśeṣaviśeṣasya niḥ-eṣaṇaviśeṣataḥ [ca] kaḥ
sattām asattām sadṛśau ākalayitum kṣamaḥ [bhavati]

27. For that [reality] whose every particular distinction has entirely ceased, and which is specifically free from all seeking, who is capable of grasping existence and non-existence as equivalent?

Words meanings summery:

• शान्ताशेषविशेषस्य (śāntāśeṣaviśeṣasya) - of the ultimate reality, which is beyond all particular distinctions (of that which has all distinctions entirely pacified)

• निः-एषणविशेषतः (niḥ-eṣaṇaviśeṣataḥ) - specifically due to its lack of any striving or desire, implying its transcendental nature (particularly from desirelessness, by virtue of a specific freedom from seeking)

• सत्ताम् (sattām) - existence, being, reality

• असत्ताम् (asattām) - non-existence, non-being, unreality

• सदृशौ (sadṛśau) - alike, similar, equivalent

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what

• आकलयितुम् (ākalayitum) - to grasp, to comprehend, to determine, to estimate

• क्षमः (kṣamaḥ) - capable, able, skilled

Words meanings and morphology

शान्ताशेषविशेषस्य (śāntāśeṣaviśeṣasya) - of the ultimate reality, which is beyond all particular distinctions (of that which has all distinctions entirely pacified)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine/neuter, singular of śāntāśeṣaviśeṣa

śāntāśeṣaviśeṣa - that which has all distinctions pacified

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śānta+aśeṣa+viśeṣa)

• śānta – calmed, peaceful, pacified
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root śam- (to be calm) with suffix -ta.
  Root: śam (class 4)
• aśeṣa – all, entire, without remainder
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from a- (negative prefix) and śeṣa (remainder).
• viśeṣa – distinction, particularity, specific quality, difference
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root śiṣ (to distinguish) with prefix vi-.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: śiṣ (class 7)

निः-एषणविशेषतः (niḥ-eṣaṇaviśeṣataḥ) - specifically due to its lack of any striving or desire, implying its transcendental nature (particularly from desirelessness, by virtue of a specific freedom from seeking)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial use of -tas suffix on a compound meaning 'specific desirelessness'.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (niḥeṣaṇa+viśeṣa)

• niḥeṣaṇa – desireless, absence of seeking or craving
  adjective/noun (masculine/neuter)
  From nir- (without) and eṣaṇa (seeking, desire).
  Prefix: nir
• viśeṣa – distinction, particularity, specific quality
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root śiṣ (to distinguish) with prefix vi-.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: śiṣ (class 7)

Note: The -tas suffix indicates 'from' or 'by means of', making the phrase adverbial.

सत्ताम् (sattām) - existence, being, reality

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sattā

sattā - existence, being, reality, essence

Derived from root as (to be) with suffix -tā (feminine abstract noun).

Root: as (class 2)

असत्ताम् (asattām) - non-existence, non-being, unreality

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of asattā

asattā - non-existence, non-being, unreality

Derived from a- (negative prefix) and sattā (existence).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sattā)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• sattā – existence, being, reality
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root as (to be) with suffix -tā (feminine abstract noun).
  Root: as (class 2)

सदृशौ (sadṛśau) - alike, similar, equivalent

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine/neuter, dual of sadṛśa

sadṛśa - similar, resembling, like, identical

From sa- (with) and dṛśa (seeing, appearance), meaning 'of like appearance'.

Note: Agrees with 'sattām' and 'asattām' in duality.

कः (kaḥ) - who, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

आकलयितुम् (ākalayitum) - to grasp, to comprehend, to determine, to estimate

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive form derived from the causative of root kal (to count, to know) with prefix ā-.

Prefix: ā

Root: kal (class 10)

क्षमः (kṣamaḥ) - capable, able, skilled

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣama

kṣama - capable, able, fit, patient

Derived from root kṣam (to be patient, to be able).

Root: kṣam (class 1)