योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-47, verse-52

जगत्त्वमज्ञसंबुद्धं ज्ञो विदन्नसदेव यत् ।
सतीव तत्र स्फुरति तदनभ्यासजृम्भितम् ॥ ५२ ॥

jagattvamajñasaṃbuddhaṃ jño vidannasadeva yat ,
satīva tatra sphurati tadanabhyāsajṛmbhitam 52

52. jagat-tvam ajña-sambuddham jñaḥ vidan asat eva yat
satī iva tatra sphurati tat anabhyāsa-jṛmbhitam

52. yat jagat-tvam ajña-sambuddham jñaḥ vidan asat eva
tat satī iva tatra sphurati anabhyāsa-jṛmbhitam

52. The very nature of the world (jagat-tvam), which the ignorant perceive as real, but the knower (jña) understands as unreal, still appears as if real. That appearance arises from a lack of spiritual discipline (anabhyāsa).

Words meanings summery:

• जगत्-त्वम् (jagat-tvam) - world-ness, the nature of the world, worldly existence

• अज्ञ-सम्बुद्धम् (ajña-sambuddham) - understood/perceived by the ignorant

• ज्ञः (jñaḥ) - a knower, a wise person, an expert

• विदन् (vidan) - knowing, understanding

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

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, quite

• यत् (yat) - which, that

• सती (satī) - as if real (real, existing, true; a chaste woman)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• तत्र (tatra) - in the world (implied context) (there, in that place, at that time)

• स्फुरति (sphurati) - appears, manifests (vibrates, throbs, quivers, flashes, appears, manifests)

• तत् (tat) - refers to the world's nature/appearance (that, it)

• अनभ्यास-जृम्भितम् (anabhyāsa-jṛmbhitam) - arisen/sprung from non-practice/lack of spiritual discipline

Words meanings and morphology

जगत्-त्वम् (jagat-tvam) - world-ness, the nature of the world, worldly existence

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat-tva

jagat-tva - world-ness, the nature of the world, worldly existence

Compound word, 'tva' suffix to 'jagat'

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jagat+tva)

• jagat – world, universe; moving, living
  noun (neuter)
  present active participle
  From root 'gam' (to go) with 'ja' prefix, or 'jan' (to be born)
  Root: gam (class 1)
• tva – the state of being, -ness, -hood
  suffix (neuter)

अज्ञ-सम्बुद्धम् (ajña-sambuddham) - understood/perceived by the ignorant

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ajña-sambuddha

ajña-sambuddha - understood/perceived by the ignorant

past passive participle

Compound of 'ajña' (ignorant) and 'sambuddha' (understood)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ajña+sambuddha)

• ajña – ignorant, foolish; an ignorant person
  adjective (masculine)
  `a-` (not) + `jña` (knower)
  Prefix: a
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• sambuddha – understood, perceived, enlightened
  participle (masculine)
  past passive participle
  From 'sam-' + root 'budh' (to awaken, perceive)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: budh (class 1)

ज्ञः (jñaḥ) - a knower, a wise person, an expert

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jña

jña - knowing, wise; a knower, an expert

From root 'jñā' (to know)

Root: jñā (class 9)

विदन् (vidan) - knowing, understanding

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vidat

vidat - knowing, understanding, finding

present active participle

From root 'vid' (to know), Śatṛ participle

Root: vid (class 2)

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

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - unreal, non-existent, false, evil

present active participle (negative)

`a-` (not) + `sat` (being, existing - present participle of 'as')

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sat)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• sat – being, existing, real, good
  participle (neuter)
  present active participle
  From root 'as' (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, quite

(indeclinable)

यत् (yat) - which, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Relative pronoun

सती (satī) - as if real (real, existing, true; a chaste woman)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sat

sat - being, existing, real, true, good

present active participle

Feminine nominative singular form of 'sat' (from root 'as', to be)

Root: as (class 2)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison

तत्र (tatra) - in the world (implied context) (there, in that place, at that time)

(indeclinable)

From 'tad' + 'tra' suffix

स्फुरति (sphurati) - appears, manifests (vibrates, throbs, quivers, flashes, appears, manifests)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of sphur

present indicative

Parasmaipada verb, class 6

Root: sphur (class 6)

तत् (tat) - refers to the world's nature/appearance (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative pronoun

अनभ्यास-जृम्भितम् (anabhyāsa-jṛmbhitam) - arisen/sprung from non-practice/lack of spiritual discipline

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anabhyāsa-jṛmbhita

anabhyāsa-jṛmbhita - arisen from non-practice/lack of spiritual discipline

past passive participle ('jṛmbhita')

Compound: 'anabhyāsa' (non-practice) + 'jṛmbhita' (expanded, arisen)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (anabhyāsa+jṛmbhita)

• anabhyāsa – non-practice, lack of practice, lack of spiritual discipline
  noun (masculine)
  `an-` (not) + `abhyāsa` (practice)
  Prefixes: an+abhi
  Root: as (class 4)
• jṛmbhita – yawned, stretched, expanded, developed, arisen
  participle (neuter)
  past passive participle
  From root 'jṛmbh' (to yawn, expand, arise)
  Root: jṛmbh (class 1)

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