योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-7, verse-43

यथा वन्ध्यासुतो नास्ति यथा नास्ति मरौ जलम् ।
यथा नास्ति नभोयक्षस्तथा नास्ति जगद्भ्रमः ॥ ४३ ॥

yathā vandhyāsuto nāsti yathā nāsti marau jalam ,
yathā nāsti nabhoyakṣastathā nāsti jagadbhramaḥ 43

43. yathā vandhyāsutaḥ na asti yathā na asti marau jalam
yathā na asti nabhoyakṣaḥ tathā na asti jagadbhramaḥ

43. yathā vandhyāsutaḥ na asti,
yathā marau jalam na asti,
yathā nabhoyakṣaḥ na asti,
tathā jagadbhramaḥ na asti.

43. Just as a barren woman's son does not exist, just as water in a desert does not exist, and just as a sky-yakṣa does not exist, so too, the illusion (bhrama) of the world (jagat) does not exist.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

• वन्ध्यासुतः (vandhyāsutaḥ) - son of a barren woman

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - exists, is

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - exists, is

• मरौ (marau) - in a desert

• जलम् (jalam) - water

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - exists, is

• नभोयक्षः (nabhoyakṣaḥ) - sky-yakṣa, a yakṣa in the sky

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - exists, is

• जगद्भ्रमः (jagadbhramaḥ) - illusion of the world, worldly delusion

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

(indeclinable)

वन्ध्यासुतः (vandhyāsutaḥ) - son of a barren woman

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vandhyāsuta

vandhyāsuta - son of a barren woman

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vandhyā+suta)

• vandhyā – barren woman, sterile
  noun (feminine)
• suta – son, born
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sū (class 4)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - exists, is

(verb)

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

present active indicative 3rd singular

Root: as (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - exists, is

(verb)

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

present active indicative 3rd singular

Root: as (class 2)

मरौ (marau) - in a desert

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of maru

maru - desert, wilderness

जलम् (jalam) - water

(noun)

neuter, singular of jala

jala - water

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - exists, is

(verb)

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

present active indicative 3rd singular

Root: as (class 2)

नभोयक्षः (nabhoyakṣaḥ) - sky-yakṣa, a yakṣa in the sky

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nabhoyakṣa

nabhoyakṣa - sky-yakṣa, a celestial being in the sky

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nabhas+yakṣa)

• nabhas – sky, atmosphere, ether
  noun (neuter)
• yakṣa – a class of semi-divine beings, guardian of treasures
  noun (masculine)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - exists, is

(verb)

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

present active indicative 3rd singular

Root: as (class 2)

जगद्भ्रमः (jagadbhramaḥ) - illusion of the world, worldly delusion

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jagadbhrama

jagadbhrama - the illusion of the world, worldly delusion

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jagat+bhrama)

• jagat – world, universe, moving
  noun (neuter)
  present active participle
  Derived from root gam (to go).
  Root: gam (class 1)
• bhrama – illusion, delusion, error, wandering
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhram (class 1)