योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-119, verse-20

न महाभूतता काचिन्न च कारणता क्वचित् ।
न च त्रिकालकलना न भावाभाववस्तुता ॥ २० ॥

na mahābhūtatā kācinna ca kāraṇatā kvacit ,
na ca trikālakalanā na bhāvābhāvavastutā 20

20. na mahābhūtatā kācit na ca kāraṇatā kvacit
na ca trikālakalanā na bhāvābhāvavastutā

20. na mahābhūtatā kācit na ca kāraṇatā kvacit
na ca trikālakalanā na bhāvābhāvavastutā

20. There is no state of being a fundamental element (mahābhūtatā), nor any causality (kāraṇatā) anywhere. There is no reckoning of the three times (trikālakalanā) (past, present, future), nor any essential nature of existence and non-existence (bhāvābhāvavastutā).

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• महाभूतता (mahābhūtatā) - state of being a great element, the nature of fundamental elements

• काचित् (kācit) - some, any, a certain

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - nor (when used with `na`) (and, also, moreover)

• कारणता (kāraṇatā) - causality, the state of being a cause

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - anywhere, sometimes, in some place

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - nor (when used with `na`) (and, also, moreover)

• त्रिकालकलना (trikālakalanā) - calculation of the three times, reckoning of past, present, and future

• न (na) - not, no

• भावाभाववस्तुता (bhāvābhāvavastutā) - reality of existence and non-existence, the essential nature of being and non-being

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

महाभूतता (mahābhūtatā) - state of being a great element, the nature of fundamental elements

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahābhūtatā

mahābhūtatā - state of being a great element, the nature of fundamental elements (earth, water, fire, air, ether)

Derived from the compound `mahābhūta` (great element) + `tā` (suffix for abstract noun)

काचित् (kācit) - some, any, a certain

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kācid

kācid - some, any, a certain

From `ka` (who/what) + `cid` (particle indicating indefiniteness)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - nor (when used with `na`) (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

कारणता (kāraṇatā) - causality, the state of being a cause

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kāraṇatā

kāraṇatā - causality, the state of being a cause, the quality of being a cause

Derived from `kāraṇa` (cause) + `tā` (suffix for abstract noun)

क्वचित् (kvacit) - anywhere, sometimes, in some place

(indeclinable)

From `kva` (where) + `cid` (particle indicating indefiniteness)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - nor (when used with `na`) (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

त्रिकालकलना (trikālakalanā) - calculation of the three times, reckoning of past, present, and future

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of trikālakalanā

trikālakalanā - calculation of the three times, reckoning of past, present, and future

Compound of `trikāla` (three times) and `kalanā` (calculation, reckoning).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (trikāla+kalanā)

• trikāla – three times (past, present, future)
  noun (masculine)
• kalanā – calculation, reckoning, comprehension
  noun (feminine)
  From root `kal` (to count, compute)
  Root: kal (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

भावाभाववस्तुता (bhāvābhāvavastutā) - reality of existence and non-existence, the essential nature of being and non-being

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhāvābhāvavastutā

bhāvābhāvavastutā - reality of existence and non-existence, the essential nature of being and non-being

Abstract noun derived from the compound `bhāvābhāvavastu` by adding the suffix `tā`.