योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-35, verse-35

नेह बन्धो न मोक्षोऽस्ति नाबन्धोऽस्ति न बन्धता ।
मिथ्योत्थितैव मायेयमिन्द्रजाललता यथा ॥ ३५ ॥

neha bandho na mokṣo'sti nābandho'sti na bandhatā ,
mithyotthitaiva māyeyamindrajālalatā yathā 35

35. na iha bandhaḥ na mokṣaḥ asti na abandhaḥ asti na
bandhatā mithyā utthitā eva māyā iyam indrajālalatā yathā

35. iha bandhaḥ na asti mokṣaḥ na
asti abandhaḥ na asti bandhatā
na asti iyam māyā mithyā utthitā
eva asti yathā indrajālalatā

35. Here, there is neither bondage nor liberation (mokṣa), neither freedom from bondage nor the state of being bound. This (entire phenomenal world) is simply an illusion (māyā) that has arisen falsely, just like a magician's trick (indrajāla).

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this case

• बन्धः (bandhaḥ) - bondage, tie, fetter

• न (na) - not, nor

• मोक्षः (mokṣaḥ) - liberation, release

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• न (na) - not, nor

• अबन्धः (abandhaḥ) - non-bondage, freedom from bondage

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• न (na) - not, nor

• बन्धता (bandhatā) - state of being bound, bondage

• मिथ्या (mithyā) - falsely, wrongly, untrue

• उत्थिता (utthitā) - risen, arisen, appeared

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, merely

• माया (māyā) - illusion, cosmic illusion, magic

• इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

• इन्द्रजाललता (indrajālalatā) - magician's trick creeper, illusionary creeper

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this case

(indeclinable)

बन्धः (bandhaḥ) - bondage, tie, fetter

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bandha

bandha - binding, bondage, tie, fetter

Root: bandh (class 1)

न (na) - not, nor

(indeclinable)

मोक्षः (mokṣaḥ) - liberation, release

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mokṣa

mokṣa - liberation, release, emancipation, freedom

Root: muc (class 6)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

न (na) - not, nor

(indeclinable)

अबन्धः (abandhaḥ) - non-bondage, freedom from bondage

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abandha

abandha - non-binding, freedom from bondage

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (na+bandha)

• na – not, no
  indeclinable
• bandha – binding, bondage, tie, fetter
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bandh (class 1)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

न (na) - not, nor

(indeclinable)

बन्धता (bandhatā) - state of being bound, bondage

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bandhatā

bandhatā - state of being bound, bondage, dependency

Root: bandh

मिथ्या (mithyā) - falsely, wrongly, untrue

(indeclinable)

उत्थिता (utthitā) - risen, arisen, appeared

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of utthita

utthita - risen, arisen, appeared, produced, stood up

Past Passive Participle

From ut-√sthā

Prefix: ut

Root: sthā (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, merely

(indeclinable)

माया (māyā) - illusion, cosmic illusion, magic

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of māyā

māyā - illusion, magic, cosmic illusion, supernatural power

इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

इन्द्रजाललता (indrajālalatā) - magician's trick creeper, illusionary creeper

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of indrajālalatā

indrajālalatā - a magic creeper, a magician's illusion

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (indra-jāla+latā)

• indra-jāla – magic, conjuring, illusion, net of Indra
  noun (neuter)
• latā – creeper, vine, slender branch
  noun (feminine)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

(indeclinable)

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