योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-68, verse-28

यदसत्तत्कृतं सत्यं यत्सत्यं तदसत्कतम् ।
अहो नु मोहमाहात्म्यं जीवस्यास्याविचारजम् ॥ २८ ॥

yadasattatkṛtaṃ satyaṃ yatsatyaṃ tadasatkatam ,
aho nu mohamāhātmyaṃ jīvasyāsyāvicārajam 28

28. yat asat tat kṛtam satyam yat satyam tat asatkṛtam
aho nu mohamāhātmyam jīvasya asya avicārajam

28. yat asat tat satyam kṛtam yat satyam tat asatkṛtam
aho nu asya jīvasya avicārajam mohamāhātmyam

28. What is unreal is made real, and what is real is made unreal! Oh, indeed, what a great power (māhātmya) delusion (moha) possesses for this living being (jīva), a power born from a lack of discrimination (avicāra).

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - what, which

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

• तत् (tat) - that

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - made, done, created

• सत्यम् (satyam) - real, true, existent

• यत् (yat) - what, which

• सत्यम् (satyam) - real, true, existent

• तत् (tat) - that

• असत्कृतम् (asatkṛtam) - made unreal, rendered non-existent

• अहो (aho) - oh!, alas! (exclamation)

• नु (nu) - indeed, now, then (particle)

• मोहमाहात्म्यम् (mohamāhātmyam) - the great power of delusion; the grandeur of illusion

• जीवस्य (jīvasya) - of the living being, of the soul (jīva)

• अस्य (asya) - of this (jīva) (of this, his)

• अविचारजम् (avicārajam) - born of non-discrimination, originating from lack of thought

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - what, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

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

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, false, bad

Negation of 'sat' (existent, real) with prefix 'a-'.

Prefix: a

Root: as (class 2)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

कृतम् (kṛtam) - made, done, created

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed, created

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'kṛ' (to do, make).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

सत्यम् (satyam) - real, true, existent

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - true, real, existent, truth

Derived from 'sat' (being, existent).

यत् (yat) - what, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

सत्यम् (satyam) - real, true, existent

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - true, real, existent, truth

Derived from 'sat' (being, existent).

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

असत्कृतम् (asatkṛtam) - made unreal, rendered non-existent

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asatkṛta

asatkṛta - made unreal, disparaged, dishonored

Past Passive Participle

Compound of 'asat' (unreal) and 'kṛta' (made).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (asat+kṛta)

• asat – non-existent, unreal, false
  adjective (neuter)
  Negation of 'sat' (existent, real) with prefix 'a-'.
  Prefix: a
  Root: as (class 2)
• kṛta – done, made, performed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root 'kṛ' (to do, make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

अहो (aho) - oh!, alas! (exclamation)

(indeclinable)

नु (nu) - indeed, now, then (particle)

(indeclinable)

मोहमाहात्म्यम् (mohamāhātmyam) - the great power of delusion; the grandeur of illusion

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mohamāhātmya

mohamāhātmya - the greatness or power of delusion

Compound of 'moha' (delusion) and 'māhātmya' (greatness, power).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (moha+māhātmya)

• moha – delusion, bewilderment, infatuation (moha)
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'muh' (to be bewildered, faint).
  Root: muh (class 4)
• māhātmya – greatness, glory, grandeur, majesty, power
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from 'mahātman' (great soul) with suffix '-ya'.

जीवस्य (jīvasya) - of the living being, of the soul (jīva)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - living, alive, living being, soul, individual self (jīva)

Derived from root 'jīv' (to live).

Root: jīv (class 1)

अस्य (asya) - of this (jīva) (of this, his)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

अविचारजम् (avicārajam) - born of non-discrimination, originating from lack of thought

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of avicāraja

avicāraja - born of thoughtlessness or lack of discrimination

Compound of 'a-' (not), 'vicāra' (discrimination), and '-ja' (born of).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+vicāra+ja)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• vicāra – consideration, discrimination, reflection, investigation
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'car' (to move, go) with prefix 'vi'.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: car (class 1)
• ja – born, produced from, caused by
  adjective (masculine)
  Suffix derived from root 'jan' (to be born).
  Root: jan (class 4)

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