योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-38, verse-30

सम्यक्परीक्षितं यावन्न भ्रान्तिर्न परीक्षकाः ।
न नाम जन्ममरणे केवलं शान्तमव्ययम् ॥ ३० ॥

samyakparīkṣitaṃ yāvanna bhrāntirna parīkṣakāḥ ,
na nāma janmamaraṇe kevalaṃ śāntamavyayam 30

30. samyak parīkṣitam yāvat na bhrāntiḥ na parīkṣakāḥ
na nāma janmamaraṇe kevalam śāntam avyayam

30. yāvat samyak parīkṣitam na [bhavati tāvat]
bhrāntiḥ na [bhavati] [api ca] parīkṣakāḥ na
[bhavanti] [api tu] nāma janmamaraṇe na
[sthaḥ api tu] kevalam śāntam avyayam [asti]

30. As long as [truth] has not been thoroughly investigated, there is delusion and there are those who investigate. Indeed, there are no birth and no death; there is only the peaceful, imperishable [ultimate reality].

Words meanings summery:

• सम्यक् (samyak) - properly, completely, thoroughly, truly

• परीक्षितम् (parīkṣitam) - the truth or reality being thoroughly investigated (examined, investigated, ascertained)

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, until, as much as

• न (na) - not, no

• भ्रान्तिः (bhrāntiḥ) - delusion, illusion, error

• न (na) - not, no

• परीक्षकाः (parīkṣakāḥ) - those who are engaged in the process of investigation, which ceases upon realization (examiners, investigators)

• न (na) - not, no

• नाम (nāma) - used emphatically, 'indeed' or 'in reality' (indeed, truly, by name, an emphatic particle)

• जन्ममरणे (janmamaraṇe) - the cycle of birth and death (saṃsāra) (birth and death)

• केवलम् (kevalam) - only [the ultimate reality] (solely, merely, only, absolute)

• शान्तम् (śāntam) - the peaceful [ultimate reality] (peaceful, calm, pacified)

• अव्ययम् (avyayam) - the imperishable [ultimate reality] (imperishable, immutable, unchanging)

Words meanings and morphology

सम्यक् (samyak) - properly, completely, thoroughly, truly

(indeclinable)

परीक्षितम् (parīkṣitam) - the truth or reality being thoroughly investigated (examined, investigated, ascertained)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parīkṣita

parīkṣita - examined, investigated, ascertained

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root īkṣ (to see) with prefixes pari- and sam-.

Prefixes: pari+sam

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, until, as much as

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

भ्रान्तिः (bhrāntiḥ) - delusion, illusion, error

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhrānti

bhrānti - delusion, error, illusion, confusion

Derived from root bhram (to wander, to err).

Root: bhram (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

परीक्षकाः (parīkṣakāḥ) - those who are engaged in the process of investigation, which ceases upon realization (examiners, investigators)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of parīkṣaka

parīkṣaka - examiner, investigator, observer

Agent noun derived from root īkṣ (to see) with prefixes pari- and sam-.

Prefixes: pari+sam

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

नाम (nāma) - used emphatically, 'indeed' or 'in reality' (indeed, truly, by name, an emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

जन्ममरणे (janmamaraṇe) - the cycle of birth and death (saṃsāra) (birth and death)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of janmamaraṇa

janmamaraṇa - birth and death

Compound type : dvandva (janman+maraṇa)

• janman – birth, origin, life
  noun (neuter)
  Verbal noun
  Noun derived from root jan (to be born).
  Root: jan (class 4)
• maraṇa – death, dying
  noun (neuter)
  Verbal noun
  Noun derived from root mṛ (to die).
  Root: mṛ (class 6)

केवलम् (kevalam) - only [the ultimate reality] (solely, merely, only, absolute)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kevala

kevala - sole, mere, only, absolute, pure, unmixed

शान्तम् (śāntam) - the peaceful [ultimate reality] (peaceful, calm, pacified)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śānta

śānta - calmed, peaceful, pacified, tranquil

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root śam- (to be calm) with suffix -ta.

Root: śam (class 4)

अव्ययम् (avyayam) - the imperishable [ultimate reality] (imperishable, immutable, unchanging)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of avyaya

avyaya - imperishable, immutable, unchanging, indeclinable

Derived from a- (negative prefix) and vyaya (expenditure, decay).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vyaya)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• vyaya – expenditure, loss, decay, passing away
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root ī (to go) with prefixes vi- and a-.
  Prefixes: vi+a
  Root: ī (class 2)