योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-89, verse-14

दृश्यमस्त्यपरिज्ञातं परिज्ञातं न विद्यते ।
परिज्ञातं तदेवास्य शृणोषि यदिदं चिरम् ॥ १४ ॥

dṛśyamastyaparijñātaṃ parijñātaṃ na vidyate ,
parijñātaṃ tadevāsya śṛṇoṣi yadidaṃ ciram 14

14. dṛśyam asti aparijñātam parijñātam na vidyate
parijñātam tat eva asya śṛṇoṣi yat idam ciram

14. dṛśyam aparijñātam asti parijñātam na vidyate
tat eva parijñātam asya yat idam ciram śṛṇoṣi

14. The perceptible world (dṛśyam) is inherently not fully known. That which is truly and fully known does not exist as a separate observable entity. That very ultimate reality, which has been understood for a long time, is what you are now hearing about.

Words meanings summery:

• दृश्यम् (dṛśyam) - the phenomenal world, the objective reality (visible, perceptible, what is seen)

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• अपरिज्ञातम् (aparijñātam) - unknown, not fully comprehended, not perceived

• परिज्ञातम् (parijñātam) - ultimate reality, true knowledge (fully known, fully comprehended, understood)

• न (na) - not, no

• विद्यते (vidyate) - exists as a separate, perceivable object (exists, is found, is present)

• परिज्ञातम् (parijñātam) - the ultimate truth, the Self (fully known, fully comprehended, understood)

• तत् (tat) - that ultimate reality (that, that (thing))

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

• अस्य (asya) - of this ultimate reality/truth (of this, its)

• शृणोषि (śṛṇoṣi) - you hear, you listen

• यत् (yat) - which, that (relative pronoun)

• इदम् (idam) - this teaching, this discourse (this, this (thing))

• चिरम् (ciram) - enduring, traditional (for a long time, ancient, eternal)

Words meanings and morphology

दृश्यम् (dṛśyam) - the phenomenal world, the objective reality (visible, perceptible, what is seen)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dṛśya

dṛśya - visible, to be seen, an object of sight, the world

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

from root dṛś- with suffix -ya

Root: dṛś (class 1)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

present indicative active 3rd singular

Root: as (class 2)

अपरिज्ञातम् (aparijñātam) - unknown, not fully comprehended, not perceived

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of aparijñāta

aparijñāta - unknown, not fully understood, not perceived

Past Passive Participle

from a- (negation) + pari- (around, fully) + jñā (to know)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+parijñāta)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negation prefix
• parijñāta – fully known, understood, perceived
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from pari- + jñā-
  Prefix: pari
  Root: jñā (class 9)

परिज्ञातम् (parijñātam) - ultimate reality, true knowledge (fully known, fully comprehended, understood)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parijñāta

parijñāta - fully known, understood, perceived

Past Passive Participle

from pari- (around, fully) + jñā (to know)

Prefix: pari

Root: jñā (class 9)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

विद्यते (vidyate) - exists as a separate, perceivable object (exists, is found, is present)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of vid

present indicative middle 3rd singular

from root vid- (to be) in middle voice

Root: vid (class 4)

Note: Can also be passive of 'to know'.

परिज्ञातम् (parijñātam) - the ultimate truth, the Self (fully known, fully comprehended, understood)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parijñāta

parijñāta - fully known, understood, perceived

Past Passive Participle

from pari- (around, fully) + jñā (to know)

Prefix: pari

Root: jñā (class 9)

तत् (tat) - that ultimate reality (that, that (thing))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

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

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - of this ultimate reality/truth (of this, its)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

शृणोषि (śṛṇoṣi) - you hear, you listen

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (lat) of śru

present indicative active 2nd singular

Root: śru (class 5)

यत् (yat) - which, that (relative pronoun)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

इदम् (idam) - this teaching, this discourse (this, this (thing))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

चिरम् (ciram) - enduring, traditional (for a long time, ancient, eternal)

(indeclinable)

Note: Functions as an adverb here, 'for a long time'.

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