योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-21, verse-15

संसारश्चायमाभोगी परमेवेति निश्चयः ।
कारणाभावतो भाति यदिहाभातमेव तत् ॥ १५ ॥

saṃsāraścāyamābhogī parameveti niścayaḥ ,
kāraṇābhāvato bhāti yadihābhātameva tat 15

15. saṃsāraḥ ca ayam ābhogī param eva iti niścayaḥ
kāraṇābhāvataḥ bhāti yat iha ābhātam eva tat

15. ayam ābhogī saṃsāraḥ ca param eva iti niścayaḥ,
yat iha ābhātam eva tat kāraṇābhāvataḥ bhāti.

15. This extensive worldly existence (saṃsāra) is indeed the Supreme Reality itself – such is the firm conviction. Whatever appears here, that alone manifests because there is no separate cause for its appearance.

Words meanings summery:

• संसारः (saṁsāraḥ) - transmigration, cycle of birth and death, worldly existence

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• अयम् (ayam) - this

• आभोगी (ābhogī) - extensive, complete, pervading, full of experience

• परम् (param) - the Supreme, highest, ultimate

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, alone, certainly

• इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating a quote or conclusion

• निश्चयः (niścayaḥ) - firm conviction, certainty, decision

• कारणाभावतः (kāraṇābhāvataḥ) - due to the absence of a cause, from the lack of cause

• भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears, manifests

• यत् (yat) - which, whatever

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• आभातम् (ābhātam) - appeared, manifested, shone

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, alone, certainly

• तत् (tat) - that

Words meanings and morphology

संसारः (saṁsāraḥ) - transmigration, cycle of birth and death, worldly existence

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃsāra

saṁsāra - transmigration, cycle of birth and death, worldly existence, flow, course

from sam- + sṛ (to flow) with suffix ghañ

Prefix: sam

Root: sṛ (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

अयम् (ayam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Refers to 'saṃsāraḥ'.

आभोगी (ābhogī) - extensive, complete, pervading, full of experience

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ābhogin

ābhogin - pervading, extensive, enjoying, experiencing, full

from ābhoga + in (possessive suffix)

Note: Qualifies 'saṃsāraḥ'.

परम् (param) - the Supreme, highest, ultimate

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of para

para - other, supreme, highest, ultimate, distant

Note: Functions as a noun here, referring to the Supreme Reality (brahman).

एव (eva) - indeed, only, alone, certainly

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic.

इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating a quote or conclusion

(indeclinable)

Note: Indicates the preceding statement is a conclusion.

निश्चयः (niścayaḥ) - firm conviction, certainty, decision

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niścaya

niścaya - firm conviction, certainty, decision, ascertainment

from nis- + ci (to observe) + aya

Prefix: nis

Root: ci (class 5)

कारणाभावतः (kāraṇābhāvataḥ) - due to the absence of a cause, from the lack of cause

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kāraṇābhāva

kāraṇābhāva - absence of cause

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāraṇa+abhāva)

• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)
  from kṛ (to do) + ana
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• abhāva – absence, non-existence, lack
  noun (masculine)
  from a- + bhū (to be) with suffix a
  Prefix: a
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Compound of kāraṇa (cause) and abhāva (absence), in ablative case.

भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears, manifests

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhā

Root: bhā (class 2)

यत् (yat) - which, whatever

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, whatever

Note: Relative pronoun.

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

आभातम् (ābhātam) - appeared, manifested, shone

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ābhāta

ābhāta - appeared, manifested, shone, splendid

Past Passive Participle

from ā- + bhā (to shine)

Prefix: ā

Root: bhā (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'yat'.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, alone, certainly

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic.

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Correlative to 'yat'.