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

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
सत एवागमापायौ प्रष्टव्यौ नासतः सता ।
अहंत्वमूर्मिकात्वं च सती तु न कदाचन ॥ ३ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
sata evāgamāpāyau praṣṭavyau nāsataḥ satā ,
ahaṃtvamūrmikātvaṃ ca satī tu na kadācana 3

3. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca sataḥ eva āgamāpāyau praṣṭavyau na
asataḥ satā ahaṃtvam ūrmikātvam ca satī tu na kadācana

3. [he rāma] satā satāḥ eva āgamāpāyau praṣṭavyau,
asataḥ na [praṣṭavyau] ahaṃtvam ūrmikātvam ca tu kadācana satī na [bhavataḥ]

3. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: One should only inquire into the origin and dissolution of that which is existent (sat), not into the non-existent from the existent. But the sense of 'I-ness' (ahaṃtva) and the quality of being a ripple (ūrmikātva) are never truly existent.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha (proper noun)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• सतः (sataḥ) - of the existent (sat) (of the existent, from the existent)

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

• आगमापायौ (āgamāpāyau) - origin and dissolution (coming and going, origin and dissolution)

• प्रष्टव्यौ (praṣṭavyau) - should be questioned (to be questioned, to be asked)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• असतः (asataḥ) - of the non-existent (of the non-existent, from the non-existent)

• सता (satā) - by the existent (sat) (by the existent, by the good)

• अहंत्वम् (ahaṁtvam) - the sense of 'I-ness' (ahaṃtva) (ego, sense of 'I', I-ness)

• ऊर्मिकात्वम् (ūrmikātvam) - the quality of being a ripple (ūrmikātva) (ripple-ness, the quality of being a ripple)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• सती (satī) - truly existent (predicative for the non-existent nature of ego and ripple-ness) (being, existing (feminine))

• तु (tu) - but (but, indeed, however)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• कदाचन (kadācana) - never (never, at any time)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - The glorious Vasiṣṭha, a revered name for Sage Vasiṣṭha.

Compound name

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – prosperity, welfare, divine grace, goddess Lakṣmī, auspicious, glorious
  noun (feminine)
• vasiṣṭha – Vasiṣṭha (name of a Vedic sage), most excellent, wealthiest
  proper noun (masculine)
  superlative adjective in general
  From 'vas' (to dwell, to shine)
  Root: vas (class 1)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect past (lit) of vac

perfect tense form

Irregular perfect tense form of 'vac' (root)

Root: vac (class 2)

सतः (sataḥ) - of the existent (sat) (of the existent, from the existent)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of sat

sat - existent, real, true, good, being, reality

present active participle

From root 'as' (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Refers to "that which is existent".

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

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

आगमापायौ (āgamāpāyau) - origin and dissolution (coming and going, origin and dissolution)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of āgamāpāya

āgamāpāya - coming and going, birth and death, appearance and disappearance, origin and dissolution

Dvaṃdva compound of āgama (coming) and apāya (going away)

Compound type : itaretara dvandva (āgama+apāya)

• āgama – coming, arrival, origin, tradition, scripture
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'gam' (to go) with 'ā' prefix
  Prefix: ā
  Root: gam (class 1)
• apāya – going away, departure, dissolution, destruction, loss
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'i' (to go) with 'apa' prefix
  Prefix: apa
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Dual form for "coming and going".

प्रष्टव्यौ (praṣṭavyau) - should be questioned (to be questioned, to be asked)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of praṣṭavya

praṣṭavya - to be asked, to be questioned, proper to ask

gerundive (future passive participle)

From root 'prach' (to ask) with 'tavya' suffix

Root: prach (class 6)

Note: Null gender for participle means it takes the gender of the noun it qualifies. Here, āgamāpāyau is masculine dual nominative.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Negative particle

असतः (asataḥ) - of the non-existent (of the non-existent, from the non-existent)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, false, bad, non-being

Negative prefix 'a' + 'sat' (existent)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sat)

• a – not, non-, un-
  prefix/indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• sat – existent, real, true, good, being, reality
  adjective/noun (neuter)
  present active participle
  From root 'as' (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)

Note: Refers to "that which is non-existent".

सता (satā) - by the existent (sat) (by the existent, by the good)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of sat

sat - existent, real, true, good, being, reality

present active participle

From root 'as' (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Refers to the agent, the one who questions.

अहंत्वम् (ahaṁtvam) - the sense of 'I-ness' (ahaṃtva) (ego, sense of 'I', I-ness)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ahaṃtva

ahaṁtva - egohood, I-ness, self-consciousness, the quality of being 'I'

Derived from 'aham' (I) with suffix 'tva'

ऊर्मिकात्वम् (ūrmikātvam) - the quality of being a ripple (ūrmikātva) (ripple-ness, the quality of being a ripple)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ūrmikātva

ūrmikātva - ripple-ness, the state or quality of being a small wave

Derived from 'ūrmikā' (ripple) with suffix 'tva'

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

सती (satī) - truly existent (predicative for the non-existent nature of ego and ripple-ness) (being, existing (feminine))

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sat

sat - existent, real, true, good, being, reality

present active participle

From root 'as' (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

तु (tu) - but (but, indeed, however)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction/particle

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Negative particle

कदाचन (kadācana) - never (never, at any time)

(indeclinable)

Adverb formed from 'kadā' (when) + 'cana' (emphatic particle)