योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-84, verse-40

यद्यथाभूतसर्वार्थक्रियाकारि प्रदृश्यते ।
तत्सत्यमात्मनोऽन्यस्य नैवातत्तामुपेयुषः ॥ ४० ॥

yadyathābhūtasarvārthakriyākāri pradṛśyate ,
tatsatyamātmano'nyasya naivātattāmupeyuṣaḥ 40

40. yat yathābhūtasarvārthakriyākāri pradṛśyate tat
satyam ātmanaḥ anyasya na eva atattām upeyuṣaḥ

40. yat yathābhūtasarvārthakriyākāri pradṛśyate tat
ātmanaḥ satyam (asti) na eva anyasya atattām upeyuṣaḥ

40. Whatever appears as it truly is, performing all purposeful actions, that is real (satya) for the self (ātman). It is certainly not real for another who has embraced the state of 'not-being-that' (atat-tā).

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - which, whatever, that which

• यथाभूतसर्वार्थक्रियाकारि (yathābhūtasarvārthakriyākāri) - performing all purposeful actions as they truly exist

• प्रदृश्यते (pradṛśyate) - is seen, appears, is perceived

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• सत्यम् (satyam) - real, true, truth

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self, of the soul

• अन्यस्य (anyasya) - of another, of someone else

• न (na) - not, no

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

• अतत्ताम् (atattām) - The state of not being the self (ātman). (the state of not being that, non-identity)

• उपेयुषः (upeyuṣaḥ) - for one who has attained/obtained/approached

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - which, whatever, that which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whatever, that

यथाभूतसर्वार्थक्रियाकारि (yathābhūtasarvārthakriyākāri) - performing all purposeful actions as they truly exist

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yathābhūtasarvārthakriyākārin

yathābhūtasarvārthakriyākārin - performing all purposeful actions as they truly exist, acting effectively in all matters as they are

Compound formed from yathābhūta (as it truly exists) + sarvārthakriyā (all purposeful actions) + kārin (performing).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (yathābhūta+sarvārthakriyā+kārin)

• yathābhūta – as it has become, as it truly exists, real, true
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle (modified by indeclinable)
  Combination of yathā (as, in whatever manner) and bhūta (become, existed, P.P.P. of √bhū).
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• sarvārthakriyā – action concerning all objects/purposes
  noun (feminine)
  Compound of sarva (all), artha (purpose/object), and kriyā (action).
• kārin – doing, making, causing, performing
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  Agent suffix -in from verb root √kṛ (to do, make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

प्रदृश्यते (pradṛśyate) - is seen, appears, is perceived

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of dṛś

Prefix: pra

Root: dṛś (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

सत्यम् (satyam) - real, true, truth

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - true, real, existent, truth, reality

Derived from sat (being, existent).

Root: as (class 2)

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self, of the soul

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, individual soul, Supreme Soul (ātman)

अन्यस्य (anyasya) - of another, of someone else

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different, distinct

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, certainly

(indeclinable)

अतत्ताम् (atattām) - The state of not being the self (ātman). (the state of not being that, non-identity)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of atattā

atattā - the state of not being that, non-identity, the condition of being other

Compound of a- (not), tat (that), and -tā (abstract suffix).

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+tat+tā)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• tat – that, it
  pronoun (neuter)
• tā – state of being, abstract suffix
  noun (feminine)
  Feminine abstract noun suffix, forms abstract nouns from adjectives or nouns.

उपेयुषः (upeyuṣaḥ) - for one who has attained/obtained/approached

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of upeyuṣ

upeyuṣ - having approached, having obtained, having attained, having reached

Perfect Active Participle

Derived from verb root √i (to go) with prefix upa- and perfect participle suffix -vāṃs/-uṣ.

Prefix: upa

Root: i (class 2)

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