योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-11, verse-12

मनागपि न संबन्धस्तव दृश्येन वस्तुना ।
अविद्यमानरूपेण संबन्धः कोऽयमीदृशः ॥ १२ ॥

manāgapi na saṃbandhastava dṛśyena vastunā ,
avidyamānarūpeṇa saṃbandhaḥ ko'yamīdṛśaḥ 12

12. manāk api na sambandhaḥ tava dṛśyena vastunā
avidyamānarūpeṇa sambandhaḥ kaḥ ayam īdṛśaḥ

12. tava dṛśyena vastunā manāk api sambandhaḥ na.
avidyamānarūpeṇa ayam īdṛśaḥ kaḥ sambandhaḥ?

12. You have not even the slightest connection (sambandha) with the visible object (dṛśya). What kind of connection (sambandha) can this be with that which is non-existent in its very form?

Words meanings summery:

• मनाक् (manāk) - even a little, slightly (a little, slightly, for a moment)

• अपि (api) - even (emphasizing 'slightly') (even, also, too, moreover)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• सम्बन्धः (sambandhaḥ) - connection (connection, relation, association)

• तव (tava) - your (your, of you)

• दृश्येन (dṛśyena) - with the visible (object) (by the visible, by the perceptible)

• वस्तुना (vastunā) - with an object, with a thing (by a thing, by an object, by substance)

• अविद्यमानरूपेण (avidyamānarūpeṇa) - with something whose form is non-existent (by that whose form is non-existent, by the non-existent form)

• सम्बन्धः (sambandhaḥ) - connection (connection, relation, association)

• कः (kaḥ) - what (kind of) (who, what, which)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (this, he, it)

• ईदृशः (īdṛśaḥ) - such (a connection) (such, of this kind)

Words meanings and morphology

मनाक् (manāk) - even a little, slightly (a little, slightly, for a moment)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even (emphasizing 'slightly') (even, also, too, moreover)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

सम्बन्धः (sambandhaḥ) - connection (connection, relation, association)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sambandha

sambandha - connection, relation, association, relationship

Derived from 'sam' + 'bandh' (to bind, connect).

Prefix: sam

Root: bandh (class 9)

तव (tava) - your (your, of you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

दृश्येन (dṛśyena) - with the visible (object) (by the visible, by the perceptible)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of dṛśya

dṛśya - visible, perceptible; a visible object, the visible world

Gerundive/Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'dṛś' (to see) with suffix '-yat' (or '-ya').

Root: dṛś (class 1)

वस्तुना (vastunā) - with an object, with a thing (by a thing, by an object, by substance)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of vastu

vastu - thing, object, substance, reality

अविद्यमानरूपेण (avidyamānarūpeṇa) - with something whose form is non-existent (by that whose form is non-existent, by the non-existent form)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of avidyamānarūpa

avidyamānarūpa - having a non-existent form, whose nature is non-existence

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (avidyamāna+rūpa)

• avidyamāna – non-existent, not present
  adjective (neuter)
  Present Active Participle (negative)
  Derived from 'na' (not) + 'vidyamāna' (present active participle of 'vid' - to exist).
  Prefix: a
  Root: vid (class 2)
• rūpa – form, shape, nature, beauty
  noun (neuter)

सम्बन्धः (sambandhaḥ) - connection (connection, relation, association)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sambandha

sambandha - connection, relation, association, relationship

Derived from 'sam' + 'bandh' (to bind, connect).

Prefix: sam

Root: bandh (class 9)

कः (kaḥ) - what (kind of) (who, what, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ka

ka - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun)

अयम् (ayam) - this (this, he, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

ईदृशः (īdṛśaḥ) - such (a connection) (such, of this kind)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of īdṛśa

īdṛśa - such, of this kind, like this