योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-100, verse-37

नित्यासंभवबन्धस्य बद्धोऽस्मीति कुकल्पना ।
यस्य काल्पनिकस्तस्य मोक्षो मिथ्या न तत्त्वतः ॥ ३७ ॥

nityāsaṃbhavabandhasya baddho'smīti kukalpanā ,
yasya kālpanikastasya mokṣo mithyā na tattvataḥ 37

37. nityāsaṃbhavabandhasya baddhaḥ asmi iti kukalpanā
yasya kālpanikaḥ tasya mokṣaḥ mithyā na tattvataḥ

37. nityāsaṃbhavabandhasya baddhaḥ asmi iti kukalpanā
yasya kālpanikaḥ tasya mokṣaḥ mithyā na tattvataḥ

37. The idea "I am bound" is a false imagination (kukalpanā), as bondage is inherently impossible. For one who perceives this bondage as imaginary (kālpanika), liberation (mokṣa) is likewise an illusion, not a reality in truth.

Words meanings summery:

• नित्यासंभवबन्धस्य (nityāsaṁbhavabandhasya) - of an eternally non-existent bondage, of perpetual impossibility of bondage

• बद्धः (baddhaḥ) - bound, tied, fettered

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• इति (iti) - thus, in this way, (marks direct speech)

• कुकल्पना (kukalpanā) - a bad imagination, a wrong notion, an evil conception

• यस्य (yasya) - whose, for whom, of whom

• काल्पनिकः (kālpanikaḥ) - imaginary, fictional, conventional

• तस्य (tasya) - his, for him, of that

• मोक्षः (mokṣaḥ) - liberation, release, emancipation

• मिथ्या (mithyā) - falsely, wrongly, untrue, unreal, false

• न (na) - not, no

• तत्त्वतः (tattvataḥ) - in reality, truly, essentially

Words meanings and morphology

नित्यासंभवबन्धस्य (nityāsaṁbhavabandhasya) - of an eternally non-existent bondage, of perpetual impossibility of bondage

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of nityāsaṃbhavabandha

nityāsaṁbhavabandha - perpetually non-existent bondage, impossible bondage

Compound type : tatpurusha (nitya+asaṃbhava+bandha)

• nitya – eternal, perpetual, constant
  adjective (masculine)
• asaṃbhava – impossible, non-existent, not being
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root bhū with prefixes a-saṃ
  Prefixes: a+sam
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• bandha – bondage, fetter, tie, binding
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root bandh
  Root: bandh (class 9)

बद्धः (baddhaḥ) - bound, tied, fettered

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of baddha

baddha - bound, tied, restrained, captured, fastened

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root bandh

Root: bandh (class 9)

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present tense, 1st person singular

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, in this way, (marks direct speech)

(indeclinable)

कुकल्पना (kukalpanā) - a bad imagination, a wrong notion, an evil conception

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kukalpanā

kukalpanā - wrong imagination, bad conception, evil fancy

Compound type : tatpurusha (ku+kalpanā)

• ku – bad, evil, wrong, miserable
  indeclinable
• kalpanā – imagination, conception, contrivance, fiction
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root kḷp (to be able, to form) with suffix -anā
  Root: kḷp (class 1)

यस्य (yasya) - whose, for whom, of whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

काल्पनिकः (kālpanikaḥ) - imaginary, fictional, conventional

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kālpanika

kālpanika - imaginary, fictitious, conventional, artificial

Derived from kalpanā (imagination) with suffix -ika

तस्य (tasya) - his, for him, of that

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative/personal pronoun)

मोक्षः (mokṣaḥ) - liberation, release, emancipation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mokṣa

mokṣa - liberation, emancipation, release, freedom, salvation

Derived from root muc (to free, release)

Root: muc (class 6)

मिथ्या (mithyā) - falsely, wrongly, untrue, unreal, false

(indeclinable)

Note: Here used as a predicate adjective for mokṣa.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

तत्त्वतः (tattvataḥ) - in reality, truly, essentially

(indeclinable)

Derived from tattva (reality, truth) with suffix -tas