योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-119, verse-38

असदभ्युदितं विश्वं सदप्यभ्युदितं सदा ।
प्रतिभासात्सदाभासमवस्तुत्वादसन्मयम् ॥ ३८ ॥

asadabhyuditaṃ viśvaṃ sadapyabhyuditaṃ sadā ,
pratibhāsātsadābhāsamavastutvādasanmayam 38

38. asat abhyuditam viśvam sat api abhyuditam sadā
pratibhāsāt sadābhāsam avastutvāt asanmayam

38. viśvam asat abhyuditam api ca sat sadā abhyuditam (asti)
pratibhāsāt sadābhāsam (asti) avastutvāt asanmayam (asti)

38. The universe (viśva) arises as non-existent (asat), yet it also always appears as existent (sat). Due to its mere appearance, it is always perceived as existing, but due to its lack of ultimate substance (avastutvāt), it is of the nature of non-being (asanmayam).

Words meanings summery:

• असत् (asat) - non-existent, unreal, non-being

• अभ्युदितम् (abhyuditam) - arisen, appeared, manifested

• विश्वम् (viśvam) - the universe, the cosmos

• सत् (sat) - existent, real, being

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• अभ्युदितम् (abhyuditam) - arisen, appeared, manifested

• सदा (sadā) - always, ever

• प्रतिभासात् (pratibhāsāt) - from appearance, due to manifestation

• सदाभासम् (sadābhāsam) - always appearing, always existent in appearance

• अवस्तुत्वात् (avastutvāt) - from unreality, due to lack of substance

• असन्मयम् (asanmayam) - made of non-being, consisting of unreality

Words meanings and morphology

असत् (asat) - non-existent, unreal, non-being

(adjective/noun)

Compound type : Nañ-Tatpuruṣa (a+sat)

• a – not, non-
  prefix
• sat – being, existing, real
  adjective/noun (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  Present active participle of root √as (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)

अभ्युदितम् (abhyuditam) - arisen, appeared, manifested

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of abhyudita

abhyudita - arisen, appeared, manifested

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √i (to go) with prefixes abhi-ud-

Prefixes: abhi+ud

Root: i (class 2)

विश्वम् (viśvam) - the universe, the cosmos

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of viśva

viśva - all, entire, universal; the universe, the world

Nominative singular neuter.

सत् (sat) - existent, real, being

(adjective/noun)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

Particle

अभ्युदितम् (abhyuditam) - arisen, appeared, manifested

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of abhyudita

abhyudita - arisen, appeared, manifested

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √i (to go) with prefixes abhi-ud-

Prefixes: abhi+ud

Root: i (class 2)

सदा (sadā) - always, ever

(indeclinable)

Adverb of time.

प्रतिभासात् (pratibhāsāt) - from appearance, due to manifestation

(noun)

Ablative, masculine/neuter, singular of pratibhāsa

pratibhāsa - appearance, manifestation, lustre

Derived from root √bhās (to shine) with prefix prati-.

Prefix: prati

Root: bhās (class 1)

सदाभासम् (sadābhāsam) - always appearing, always existent in appearance

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sadābhāsa

sadābhāsa - always appearing, constantly manifested

Compound of 'sadā' (always) + 'ābhāsa' (appearance). Nominative singular neuter.

Compound type : Avyayībhāva (sadā+ābhāsa)

• sadā – always, ever
  indeclinable
• ābhāsa – appearance, semblance, manifestation
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root √bhās (to shine) with prefix ā-
  Prefix: ā
  Root: bhās (class 1)

अवस्तुत्वात् (avastutvāt) - from unreality, due to lack of substance

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of avastutva

avastutva - unreality, lack of substance

Compound of 'a' (negation) + 'vastu' (substance) + '-tva' (abstract noun suffix).

Compound type : Nañ-Tatpuruṣa (a+vastu+tva)

• a – not, non-
  prefix
• vastu – object, substance, reality
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vas (class 1)
• tva – suffix forming abstract nouns, '-ness', '-hood'
  suffix (neuter)

असन्मयम् (asanmayam) - made of non-being, consisting of unreality

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asanmaya

asanmaya - consisting of non-being, made of unreality

Compound of 'asat' (non-being) + '-maya' (made of, consisting of). Nominative singular neuter.

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (asat+maya)

• asat – non-existent, non-being
  adjective/noun (neuter)
  Present Active Participle (negated)
  Root: as (class 2)
• maya – made of, consisting of
  suffix
  Suffix -maya used to form adjectives meaning 'made of' or 'full of'