योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-79, verse-27

एवं चेत्तत्परो लोकः सत्स्वर्गनरकादिकम् ।
इत्येषापि न संवित्किं सत्यतामुपगच्छति ॥ २७ ॥

evaṃ cettatparo lokaḥ satsvarganarakādikam ,
ityeṣāpi na saṃvitkiṃ satyatāmupagacchati 27

27. evam cet tat paraḥ lokaḥ sat svarga naraka ādikam
iti eṣā api na saṃvit kim satyatām upagacchati

27. evam cet,
tat saṃvit api,
paraḥ lokaḥ sat svarga naraka ādikam iti eṣā kim satyatām na upagacchati?

27. If this is the case, then doesn't this understanding (saṃvit) also attain reality – that there is an afterlife (para loka) with existing heavens and hells and so forth?

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• चेत् (cet) - if

• तत् (tat) - then (as a consequence) (then, that, therefore)

• परः (paraḥ) - other (referring to the afterlife) (other, subsequent, supreme, excellent, afterlife)

• लोकः (lokaḥ) - the (other) world, afterlife (world, realm, people)

• सत् (sat) - existent (referring to heavens and hells) (existing, real, true, good)

• स्वर्ग (svarga) - heaven, celestial world

• नरक (naraka) - hell, underworld

• आदिकम् (ādikam) - and so on, beginning with, et cetera

• इति (iti) - thus, so, this (marks quotation)

• एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• संवित् (saṁvit) - this understanding/knowledge (consciousness (saṃvit), knowledge, understanding)

• किम् (kim) - (interrogative particle for rhetorical question) (what, why, whether, indeed (interrogative particle))

• सत्यताम् (satyatām) - to reality, truth

• उपगच्छति (upagacchati) - attains, approaches, reaches

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

Particle introducing a condition.

तत् (tat) - then (as a consequence) (then, that, therefore)

(indeclinable)

Demonstrative pronoun, here used as an adverbial particle.

परः (paraḥ) - other (referring to the afterlife) (other, subsequent, supreme, excellent, afterlife)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of para

para - other, subsequent, supreme, excellent, distant, ultimate, afterlife

लोकः (lokaḥ) - the (other) world, afterlife (world, realm, people)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people, society, universe

From root `lok` (to see, perceive).

Root: lok (class 1)

Note: Refers to the "other world" or "afterlife."

सत् (sat) - existent (referring to heavens and hells) (existing, real, true, good)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sat

sat - existing, being, true, real, good, virtuous; also "existent being", "reality"

Present Active Participle

From root `as` (to be).

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Modifies `svarganarakādikam`.

स्वर्ग (svarga) - heaven, celestial world

(noun)

masculine, singular of svarga

svarga - heaven, celestial world, abode of the gods

Compound of `su` (good) and `ṛj` (to go) or `gā` (to go).

नरक (naraka) - hell, underworld

(noun)

masculine, singular of naraka

naraka - hell, underworld, abode of torment

From `nara` (man) + `ka` (suffix).

आदिकम् (ādikam) - and so on, beginning with, et cetera

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ādi

ādi - beginning, commencement, and so on, et cetera, first

Here with `ka` suffix.

Compound type : dvandva/tatpuruṣa (sat+svarga+naraka+ādi)

• sat – existing, being, true, real, good, virtuous; existent being, reality
  adjective (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  From root `as` (to be).
  Root: as (class 2)
• svarga – heaven, celestial world, abode of the gods
  noun (masculine)
• naraka – hell, underworld, abode of torment
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, commencement, and so on, et cetera, first
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to "heaven, hell, etc. that exist".

इति (iti) - thus, so, this (marks quotation)

(indeclinable)

एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one, here

Demonstrative pronoun.

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

संवित् (saṁvit) - this understanding/knowledge (consciousness (saṃvit), knowledge, understanding)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃvit

saṁvit - consciousness, knowledge, understanding, intelligence (saṃvit)

From `sam-` + root `vid` (to know, perceive).

Prefix: sam

Root: vid (class 2)

किम् (kim) - (interrogative particle for rhetorical question) (what, why, whether, indeed (interrogative particle))

(indeclinable)

Often used to form a question.

सत्यताम् (satyatām) - to reality, truth

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of satyatā

satyatā - truth, reality, genuineness, existence

From `satya` (true) + `tā` (suffix for abstract noun).

Note: Object of `upagacchati`.

उपगच्छति (upagacchati) - attains, approaches, reaches

(verb)

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

Present Active

From `upa-` + root `gam` (to go), 3rd person singular present, parasmaipada.

Prefix: upa

Root: gam (class 1)