योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-33, verse-17

दृश्यात्यन्ताभावतस्तु परमेवावशिष्यते ।
अन्याभाववशादाशु जीवस्तत्रैव लीयते ॥ १७ ॥

dṛśyātyantābhāvatastu paramevāvaśiṣyate ,
anyābhāvavaśādāśu jīvastatraiva līyate 17

17. dṛśyātyantābhāvataḥ tu param eva avaśiṣyate
anyābhāvavaśāt āśu jīvaḥ tatra eva līyate

17. tu dṛśyātyantābhāvataḥ param eva avaśiṣyate.
anyābhāvavaśāt jīvaḥ āśu tatra eva līyate

17. But from the absolute non-existence of the perceived (world), only the Supreme Reality remains. Due to the absence of anything else, the individual soul (jīva) quickly merges into that very (Supreme Reality).

Words meanings summery:

• दृश्यात्यन्ताभावतः (dṛśyātyantābhāvataḥ) - from the absolute non-existence of the perceived (world)

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

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

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

• अवशिष्यते (avaśiṣyate) - remains, is left over

• अन्याभाववशात् (anyābhāvavaśāt) - due to the non-existence of another, because of the absence of anything else

• आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly

• जीवः (jīvaḥ) - the individual soul (jīva), living being

• तत्र (tatra) - in that (Supreme Reality) (there, in that)

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, certainly

• लीयते (līyate) - merges (merges, dissolves, disappears)

Words meanings and morphology

दृश्यात्यन्ताभावतः (dṛśyātyantābhāvataḥ) - from the absolute non-existence of the perceived (world)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of dṛśyātyantābhāva

dṛśyātyantābhāva - absolute non-existence of the visible/perceived

tatpuruṣa compound: 'dṛśya' (perceivable) + 'atyantābhāva' (absolute non-existence)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dṛśya+atyantābhāva)

• dṛśya – visible, perceivable, the phenomenal world
  adjective (neuter)
  gerundive/future passive participle
  from root 'dṛś' (to see) + suffix '-ya'
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• atyantābhāva – absolute non-existence, complete absence
  noun (masculine)
  tatpuruṣa compound: 'atyanta' + 'abhāva'

Note: indicates the cause or origin

तु (tu) - but (but, indeed, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

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

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, ultimate, highest, beyond, other

Note: subject of 'avaśiṣyate'

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

(indeclinable)

अवशिष्यते (avaśiṣyate) - remains, is left over

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of avaśiṣ

verb with prefix 'ava-'

Prefix: ava

Root: śiṣ (class 7)

अन्याभाववशात् (anyābhāvavaśāt) - due to the non-existence of another, because of the absence of anything else

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of anyābhāvavaśa

anyābhāvavaśa - dependence on the absence of another

tatpuruṣa compound: 'anya' (other) + 'abhāva' (absence) + 'vaśa' (power, control, means)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (anya+abhāva+vaśa)

• anya – other, another
  pronoun (masculine/feminine/neuter)
• abhāva – non-existence, absence
  noun (masculine)
  nañ-tatpuruṣa compound from 'a-' (not) + 'bhāva' (existence)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• vaśa – power, control, will, means
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vaś (class 2)

Note: indicates the reason or cause

आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly

(indeclinable)

जीवः (jīvaḥ) - the individual soul (jīva), living being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - living, alive, individual soul, living being (jīva)

from root 'jīv' (to live)

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: subject of 'līyate'

तत्र (tatra) - in that (Supreme Reality) (there, in that)

(indeclinable)

derived from 'tad' (that) + suffix '-tra' (locative sense)

एव (eva) - only, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

लीयते (līyate) - merges (merges, dissolves, disappears)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of lī

root verb 'lī' (4th class middle/passive)

Root: lī (class 4)

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