योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-68, verse-33

लोकत्रयानुभवदं त्यक्त्वा प्रत्यक्षमैहिकम् ।
मायात्मकं यो गृह्णाति नास्ति मूढतमस्ततः ॥ ३३ ॥

lokatrayānubhavadaṃ tyaktvā pratyakṣamaihikam ,
māyātmakaṃ yo gṛhṇāti nāsti mūḍhatamastataḥ 33

33. lokatrayānubhavadam tyaktvā pratyakṣam aihikam
māyātmakam yaḥ gṛhṇāti na asti mūḍhatamaḥ tataḥ

33. yaḥ lokatrayānubhavadam tyaktvā,
aihikam pratyakṣam māyātmakam gṛhṇāti,
tataḥ mūḍhatamaḥ na asti.

33. He who, having abandoned that which grants the experience of the three worlds (i.e., ultimate reality), grasps the worldly, directly perceivable (realm) which is intrinsically illusory (māyā), there is no one more deluded than him.

Words meanings summery:

• लोकत्रयानुभवदम् (lokatrayānubhavadam) - that which grants the experience of the three worlds (referring to ultimate reality) (giving experience of the three worlds)

• त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned (having abandoned, having left, having given up)

• प्रत्यक्षम् (pratyakṣam) - the directly perceivable (realm) (direct perception, visible, manifest, perceptible object)

• ऐहकम् (aihakam) - worldly (worldly, pertaining to this world, temporal)

• मायात्मकम् (māyātmakam) - intrinsically illusory (māyā) (consisting of illusion (māyā), illusory by nature)

• यः (yaḥ) - he who (who, he who)

• गृह्णाति (gṛhṇāti) - grasps (takes, accepts, grasps, seizes)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अस्ति (asti) - is (is, exists)

• मूढतमः (mūḍhatamaḥ) - most deluded (most deluded, most foolish, most ignorant)

• ततः (tataḥ) - than him (from him, than him, thence, therefore)

Words meanings and morphology

लोकत्रयानुभवदम् (lokatrayānubhavadam) - that which grants the experience of the three worlds (referring to ultimate reality) (giving experience of the three worlds)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of lokatrayānubhavada

lokatrayānubhavada - giving experience of the three worlds

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (lokatraya+anubhava+da)

• lokatraya – the three worlds
  noun (neuter)
• anubhava – experience, perception
  noun (masculine)
  From anu-bhū + a
  Prefix: anu
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• da – giver, bestower
  adjective (masculine)
  From dā + ka
  Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Object of tyaktvā, refers to the ultimate reality that is the ground of all experience.

त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned (having abandoned, having left, having given up)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

From tyaj + ktvā

Root: tyaj (class 1)

Note: Absolutive participle.

प्रत्यक्षम् (pratyakṣam) - the directly perceivable (realm) (direct perception, visible, manifest, perceptible object)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pratyakṣa

pratyakṣa - direct perception, visible, manifest, perceptible, before the eyes

prati (towards) + akṣa (eye)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (prati+akṣa)

• prati – towards, against, in opposition to, in return
  indeclinable
• akṣa – eye, sense organ, knowledge
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of gṛhṇāti.

ऐहकम् (aihakam) - worldly (worldly, pertaining to this world, temporal)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of aihika

aihika - worldly, pertaining to this world, temporal

From iha (here, in this world) + ṭhak

Note: Modifies pratyakṣam.

मायात्मकम् (māyātmakam) - intrinsically illusory (māyā) (consisting of illusion (māyā), illusory by nature)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of māyātmaka

māyātmaka - consisting of illusion (māyā), illusory by nature, having the nature of māyā

māyā + ātman (nature) + ka

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (māyā+ātman)

• māyā – illusion, cosmic illusion, magic, artifice
  noun (feminine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies pratyakṣam.

यः (yaḥ) - he who (who, he who)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Relative pronoun, subject of gṛhṇāti.

गृह्णाति (gṛhṇāti) - grasps (takes, accepts, grasps, seizes)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of grah

Present tense, 3rd person singular of grah (9th class)

Root: grah (class 9)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation for asti.

अस्ति (asti) - is (is, exists)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present tense, 3rd person singular of as (2nd class)

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Null verb when combined with na (nāsti).

मूढतमः (mūḍhatamaḥ) - most deluded (most deluded, most foolish, most ignorant)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mūḍhatama

mūḍhatama - most deluded, most foolish, most ignorant

Superlative of mūḍha (deluded) + tama

Note: Predicate nominative.

ततः (tataḥ) - than him (from him, than him, thence, therefore)

(indeclinable)

From tad + tasil

Note: Used with superlative (mūḍhatamaḥ) to indicate comparison.

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