महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-68, verse-37

यस्याभावे च भूतानामभावः स्यात्समन्ततः ।
भावे च भावो नित्यः स्यात्कस्तं न प्रतिपूजयेत् ॥३७॥

37. yasyābhāve ca bhūtānāmabhāvaḥ syātsamantataḥ ,
bhāve ca bhāvo nityaḥ syātkastaṁ na pratipūjayet.

37. yasya abhāve ca bhūtānām abhāvaḥ syāt samantataḥ
bhāve ca bhāvaḥ nityaḥ syāt kaḥ tam na pratipūjayet

37. yasya abhāve ca bhūtānām abhāvaḥ samantataḥ syāt ca
bhāve nityaḥ bhāvaḥ syāt kaḥ tam na pratipūjayet

37. And in whose absence there would be a complete non-existence of all beings, but in whose presence there is eternal existence, who would not honor him?

Words meanings summery:

• यस्य (yasya) - whose, of whom

• अभावे (abhāve) - in the absence, in the non-existence

• च (ca) - and

• भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of beings, of creatures

• अभावः (abhāvaḥ) - absence, non-existence

• स्यात् (syāt) - would be, may be

• समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - entirely, all around, completely

• भावे (bhāve) - in the existence, in the presence

• च (ca) - and

• भावः (bhāvaḥ) - existence, being

• नित्यः (nityaḥ) - eternal, constant, perpetual

• स्यात् (syāt) - would be, may be

• कः (kaḥ) - who

• तम् (tam) - him

• न (na) - not

• प्रतिपूजयेत् (pratipūjayet) - would honor, would worship

Words meanings and morphology

यस्य (yasya) - whose, of whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

अभावे (abhāve) - in the absence, in the non-existence

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of abhāva

abhāva - absence, non-existence, annihilation, lack

From 'a' (not) and 'bhāva' (existence).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+bhāva)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• bhāva – existence, being, state, disposition
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'bhū' (to be, exist).
  Root: bhū (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of beings, of creatures

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, past (as participle)

Past Passive Participle

From root 'bhū' (to be, exist).

Root: bhū (class 1)

अभावः (abhāvaḥ) - absence, non-existence

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhāva

abhāva - absence, non-existence, annihilation, lack

From 'a' (not) and 'bhāva' (existence).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+bhāva)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• bhāva – existence, being, state, disposition
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'bhū' (to be, exist).
  Root: bhū (class 1)

स्यात् (syāt) - would be, may be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of as

Optative Active

3rd person singular, optative mood, active voice, from root 'as'.

Root: as (class 2)

समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - entirely, all around, completely

(indeclinable)

From 'samanta' (all around) with suffix '-tas'.

भावे (bhāve) - in the existence, in the presence

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of bhāva

bhāva - existence, being, state, disposition, feeling

From root 'bhū' (to be, exist).

Root: bhū (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

भावः (bhāvaḥ) - existence, being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhāva

bhāva - existence, being, state, disposition, feeling

From root 'bhū' (to be, exist).

Root: bhū (class 1)

नित्यः (nityaḥ) - eternal, constant, perpetual

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nitya

nitya - eternal, constant, perpetual, regular, innate

Note: Agrees with 'bhāvaḥ'

स्यात् (syāt) - would be, may be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of as

Optative Active

3rd person singular, optative mood, active voice, from root 'as'.

Root: as (class 2)

कः (kaḥ) - who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

तम् (tam) - him

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

प्रतिपूजयेत् (pratipūjayet) - would honor, would worship

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of prati-pūj

Optative Active

3rd person singular, optative mood, active voice, from root 'pūj' (to worship) with prefix 'prati' (towards, in return).

Prefix: prati

Root: pūj (class 10)