योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-68, verse-35

अजातसंकल्पमयं प्रत्यक्षं सत्कथं भवेत् ।
स्वयमेव न यत्सत्यं तत्स्यात्कार्यकरं कथम् ॥ ३५ ॥

ajātasaṃkalpamayaṃ pratyakṣaṃ satkathaṃ bhavet ,
svayameva na yatsatyaṃ tatsyātkāryakaraṃ katham 35

35. ajāta-saṅkalpamayam pratyakṣam sat katham bhavet
svayam eva na yat satyam tat syāt kāryakaram katham

35. yat ajāta-saṅkalpamayam pratyakṣam sat katham bhavet
yat svayam eva satyam na tat kāryakaram katham syāt

35. How can direct perception (pratyakṣa), which is not born of mental conceptualization (saṅkalpa), truly exist or be considered real (sat)? How can that which is not real (satya) in itself be effective or productive?

Words meanings summery:

• अजात-सङ्कल्पमयम् (ajāta-saṅkalpamayam) - referring to direct perception that is purportedly free from mental conceptualization (saṅkalpa) (not consisting of born or produced mental constructs/intentions)

• प्रत्यक्षम् (pratyakṣam) - direct sensory experience, a means of knowledge (pramāṇa) (direct perception, evident, visible)

• सत् (sat) - truly existent, having objective reality (real, existent, true, good)

• कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may it be, should it be, it would be

• स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by oneself, automatically

• एव (eva) - emphasizes the inherent nature of reality (indeed, only, merely, certainly)

• न (na) - not, no

• यत् (yat) - which, that which

• सत्यम् (satyam) - real, true, truth

• तत् (tat) - that

• स्यात् (syāt) - may it be, should it be, it would be

• कार्यकरम् (kāryakaram) - effective, productive of results, causing action

• कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

Words meanings and morphology

अजात-सङ्कल्पमयम् (ajāta-saṅkalpamayam) - referring to direct perception that is purportedly free from mental conceptualization (saṅkalpa) (not consisting of born or produced mental constructs/intentions)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ajāta-saṅkalpamaya

ajāta-saṅkalpamaya - not consisting of born or produced mental constructs

Compound type : bahuvrihi (a+jāta+saṅkalpa+maya)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• jāta – born, produced, manifested
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'jan' (to be born, produced)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• saṅkalpa – mental conceptualization, intention, resolve, ideation
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'kḷp' (to fashion, imagine) with prefix 'sam'
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• maya – made of, consisting of, characterized by
  suffix

प्रत्यक्षम् (pratyakṣam) - direct sensory experience, a means of knowledge (pramāṇa) (direct perception, evident, visible)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pratyakṣa

pratyakṣa - direct perception, evident, visible

Derived from 'prati' + 'akṣa' (eye/sense organ)

सत् (sat) - truly existent, having objective reality (real, existent, true, good)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sat

sat - real, existent, true, good

Present Active Participle

Present participle of root 'as' (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

(indeclinable)

भवेत् (bhavet) - may it be, should it be, it would be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, potential mood (liṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by oneself, automatically

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - emphasizes the inherent nature of reality (indeed, only, merely, certainly)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

यत् (yat) - which, that which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, that which, whoever

सत्यम् (satyam) - real, true, truth

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - true, real, truth, reality

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

स्यात् (syāt) - may it be, should it be, it would be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, potential mood (liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

कार्यकरम् (kāryakaram) - effective, productive of results, causing action

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāryakara

kāryakara - effective, productive, causing action

Compound type : tatpurusha (kārya+kara)

• kārya – to be done, effect, action, duty
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  Passive future participle from root 'kṛ' (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• kara – making, causing, doer, hand
  adjective (masculine)
  From root 'kṛ' (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

(indeclinable)