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3,121

योगवासिष्ठः       yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-121, verse-32

नाविद्या विद्यते किंचित्तैलादि सिकतास्विव ।
हेम्नः किं कटकादन्यत्पदं स्याद्धेमतां विना ॥ ३२ ॥
nāvidyā vidyate kiṃcittailādi sikatāsviva ,
hemnaḥ kiṃ kaṭakādanyatpadaṃ syāddhematāṃ vinā 32
32. na avidyā vidyate kiñcit taila ādi sikatāsu iva |
hemnaḥ kim kaṭakāt anyat padam syāt heṃatām vinā
32. yathā sikatāsu taila ādi kiñcit (api) na vidyate,
tathā avidyā (api) na vidyate hemnaḥ heṃatām vinā kaṭakāt anyat kim padam syāt?
32. There is no ignorance (avidyā) at all, just as oil is not found in sand. What form (pada) could there be of gold, other than a bracelet, without its inherent gold-ness (heṃatā)?

Words meanings summery:

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  • (na) - not
  • अविद्या (avidyā) - ignorance, nescience
  • विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found
  • किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything, at all, a little
  • तैल (taila) - oil
  • आदि (ādi) - et cetera, and so on
  • सिकतासु (sikatāsu) - in sand
  • इव (iva) - like, as
  • हेम्नः (hemnaḥ) - of gold
  • किम् (kim) - what?
  • कटकात् (kaṭakāt) - from a bracelet
  • अन्यत् (anyat) - other, different
  • पदम् (padam) - form, state, word, place
  • स्यात् (syāt) - would be, might be
  • हेंअताम् (heṁatām) - without gold-ness, its golden nature
  • विना (vinā) - without

Words meanings and morphology

(na) - not
(indeclinable)
अविद्या (avidyā) - ignorance, nescience
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of avidyā
avidyā - ignorance, spiritual ignorance, nescience, illusion
Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vidyā)
  • a – not, non-, un-
    indeclinable
  • vidyā – knowledge, learning, science, wisdom
    noun (feminine)
    Root: vid (class 2)
विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of vid
From root vid, class 4, Middle Voice
Root: vid (class 4)
किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything, at all, a little
(indeclinable)
तैल (taila) - oil
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of taila
taila - oil, sesame oil
आदि (ādi) - et cetera, and so on
(indeclinable)
सिकतासु (sikatāsu) - in sand
(noun)
Locative, feminine, plural of sikatā
sikatā - sand, gravel
इव (iva) - like, as
(indeclinable)
हेम्नः (hemnaḥ) - of gold
(noun)
Genitive, neuter, singular of heman
heman - gold
किम् (kim) - what?
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of kim
kim - what?, which?, why?, how?
कटकात् (kaṭakāt) - from a bracelet
(noun)
Ablative, masculine, singular of kaṭaka
kaṭaka - bracelet, ring, chain, circle
अन्यत् (anyat) - other, different
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of anya
anya - other, different, another, diverse
पदम् (padam) - form, state, word, place
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of pada
pada - foot, step, mark, place, state, word, form, office
स्यात् (syāt) - would be, might be
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of as
Root: as (class 2)
हेंअताम् (heṁatām) - without gold-ness, its golden nature
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of heṃatā
heṁatā - gold-ness, the quality of being gold
Derived from heman (gold) with suffix -tā (feminine noun forming suffix for abstract quality)
विना (vinā) - without
(indeclinable)