योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-94, verse-49

यद्वेत्ति कल्पितं तत्सत्पश्यत्यनुभवत्यपि ।
यो यावन्मात्रकस्तत्स कस्मात्किल न पश्यति ॥ ४९ ॥

yadvetti kalpitaṃ tatsatpaśyatyanubhavatyapi ,
yo yāvanmātrakastatsa kasmātkila na paśyati 49

49. yat vetti kalpitam tat sat paśyati anubhavati api |
yaḥ yāvanmātrakaḥ tat saḥ kasmāt kila na paśyati ||

49. yat kalpitam vetti,
tat sat paśyati api anubhavati.
yaḥ yāvanmātrakaḥ (asti),
saḥ tat kasmāt kila na paśyati?

49. Whatever one understands to be imagined, that very thing one sees and experiences as real. Why indeed would a person, whose understanding is confined to that extent, not perceive it as real?

Words meanings summery:

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

• वेत्ति (vetti) - knows, understands, perceives

• कल्पितम् (kalpitam) - that which is conjured (by the mind) (imagined, fabricated, created, conjured)

• तत् (tat) - that, it, that one

• सत् (sat) - real, existent, true, good

• पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, perceives, beholds

• अनुभवति (anubhavati) - experiences, perceives, undergoes

• अपि (api) - also, even, too, moreover

• यः (yaḥ) - whoever, he who, which one

• यावन्मात्रकः (yāvanmātrakaḥ) - one whose understanding or reality is limited to the imagined (of such a measure, of such an extent, limited to that)

• तत् (tat) - that (imagined reality seen as real) (that, this, thus)

• सः (saḥ) - he, that one

• कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why, for what reason, from what

• किल (kila) - indeed, surely, as it were, it is said (emphatic or dubitative particle)

• न (na) - not, no

• पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, perceives, beholds

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - whatever, which, that which

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that which, whatever

Note: Object of 'vetti'.

वेत्ति (vetti) - knows, understands, perceives

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of vid

Present Indicative

Root √vid, 2nd conjugation (adādi-gaṇa).

Root: vid (class 2)

कल्पितम् (kalpitam) - that which is conjured (by the mind) (imagined, fabricated, created, conjured)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kalpita

kalpita - imagined, fabricated, created, conjured, arranged

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √kḷp (to arrange, to make, to imagine) with the suffix -ta.

Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'yat'.

तत् (tat) - that, it, that one

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she, this

Note: Refers to 'yat kalpitam'.

सत् (sat) - real, existent, true, good

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sat

sat - being, existing, real, true, good

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root √as (to be) with the suffix -at.

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'tat'.

पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, perceives, beholds

(verb)

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

Present Indicative

Root √dṛś, 1st conjugation, present stem paśya-.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

अनुभवति (anubhavati) - experiences, perceives, undergoes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of anubhū

Present Indicative

Verb with prefix 'anu' and root √bhū (to be, to become), 1st conjugation.

Prefix: anu

Root: bhū (class 1)

अपि (api) - also, even, too, moreover

(indeclinable)

यः (yaḥ) - whoever, he who, which one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, that which

यावन्मात्रकः (yāvanmātrakaḥ) - one whose understanding or reality is limited to the imagined (of such a measure, of such an extent, limited to that)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yāvanmātraka

yāvanmātraka - of such a measure, of such an extent, only so much, merely so

Compound type : karmadhāraya (yāvat+mātraka)

• yāvat – as much as, as many as, as long as
  indeclinable
• mātraka – measuring, having the measure of, only, mere, small
  adjective (masculine)
  Suffix -ka added to mātra (measure, extent).

तत् (tat) - that (imagined reality seen as real) (that, this, thus)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she, this

Note: Object of 'paśyati', referring back to 'kalpitam sat'.

सः (saḥ) - he, that one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she, this

Note: Refers to 'yaḥ'.

कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why, for what reason, from what

(pronoun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Functions as an interrogative adverb 'why'.

किल (kila) - indeed, surely, as it were, it is said (emphatic or dubitative particle)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, perceives, beholds

(verb)

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

Present Indicative

Root √dṛś, 1st conjugation, present stem paśya-.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

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