योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-7, verse-38

नासतो विद्यते भावो नाभावो विद्यते सतः ।
यत्तु नास्ति स्वभावेन कः क्लेशस्तस्य मार्जने ॥ ३८ ॥

nāsato vidyate bhāvo nābhāvo vidyate sataḥ ,
yattu nāsti svabhāvena kaḥ kleśastasya mārjane 38

38. na asataḥ vidyate bhāvaḥ na abhāvaḥ vidyate sataḥ
yat tu na asti svabhāvena kaḥ kleśaḥ tasya mārjane

38. asataḥ bhāvaḥ na vidyate; sataḥ abhāvaḥ na vidyate.
yat tu svabhāvena na asti,
tasya mārjane kaḥ kleśaḥ (asti)?

38. The non-existent (asat) has no true being (bhāva), and the existent (sat) has no non-being (abhāva). As for that which does not exist by its intrinsic nature (svabhāva), what difficulty is there in wiping it away?

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

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

• विद्यते (vidyate) - is found, exists, is

• भावः (bhāvaḥ) - being, existence, state, nature

• न (na) - not, no

• अभावः (abhāvaḥ) - non-being, non-existence, absence

• विद्यते (vidyate) - is found, exists, is

• सतः (sataḥ) - of the ultimate reality (brahman) (of the existent, of the real)

• यत् (yat) - which, that which

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, as for

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• स्वभावेन (svabhāvena) - by its own nature, inherently, naturally

• कः (kaḥ) - what? who?

• क्लेशः (kleśaḥ) - trouble, difficulty, pain, affliction

• तस्य (tasya) - of that, its

• मार्जने (mārjane) - in wiping away, in cleansing

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

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

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, false; the non-existent, unreality

Present Active Participle

negative participle of 'as' (to be), used as a noun

Prefix: a

Root: as (class 2)

विद्यते (vidyate) - is found, exists, is

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 2)

भावः (bhāvaḥ) - being, existence, state, nature

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhāva

bhāva - being, existence, state, nature, disposition, feeling

Root: bhū (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अभावः (abhāvaḥ) - non-being, non-existence, absence

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhāva

abhāva - non-being, non-existence, absence, negation

Prefix: a

Root: bhū (class 1)

विद्यते (vidyate) - is found, exists, is

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 2)

सतः (sataḥ) - of the ultimate reality (brahman) (of the existent, of the real)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of sat

sat - existing, real, true; the existent, reality

Present Active Participle

present participle of 'as' (to be), used as a noun

Root: as (class 2)

यत् (yat) - which, that which

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who, that

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, as for

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

स्वभावेन (svabhāvena) - by its own nature, inherently, naturally

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of svabhāva

svabhāva - own nature, inherent disposition, essential property (svabhāva)

Compound type : karmadharaya (sva+bhāva)

• sva – own, one's own
  pronoun (masculine)
• bhāva – being, existence, state, nature
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

कः (kaḥ) - what? who?

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun)

क्लेशः (kleśaḥ) - trouble, difficulty, pain, affliction

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kleśa

kleśa - pain, distress, trouble, affliction, suffering (kleśa)

Root: kliś (class 9)

तस्य (tasya) - of that, its

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

मार्जने (mārjane) - in wiping away, in cleansing

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of mārjana

mārjana - wiping, cleansing, purification (action noun)

Root: mṛj (class 2)