योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-18, verse-29

अबद्धस्यैकरूपस्य सर्वगस्यात्मनः कथम् ।
बन्धः स्यात्तदभावे तु मोक्षः कस्य विधीयते ॥ २९ ॥

abaddhasyaikarūpasya sarvagasyātmanaḥ katham ,
bandhaḥ syāttadabhāve tu mokṣaḥ kasya vidhīyate 29

29. abaddhasya ekarūpasya sarvagasya ātmanaḥ katham
bandhaḥ syāt tat abhāve tu mokṣaḥ kasya vidhīyate

29. abaddhasya ekarūpasya sarvagasya ātmanaḥ katham
bandhaḥ syāt tu tat abhāve kasya mokṣaḥ vidhīyate

29. How can there be bondage for the unconditioned, uniform, and all-pervading self (ātman)? And if there is no such bondage, then for whom is liberation (mokṣa) prescribed?

Words meanings summery:

• अबद्धस्य (abaddhasya) - of the unbound, unconditioned

• एकरूपस्य (ekarūpasya) - of the uniform, unchanging, of one nature

• सर्वगस्य (sarvagasya) - of the all-pervading, omnipresent

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self, soul, spirit

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• बन्धः (bandhaḥ) - bondage, fetter

• स्यात् (syāt) - might be, could be, let there be

• तत् (tat) - referring to 'bondage' (that, its)

• अभावे (abhāve) - in the absence, in the non-existence

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

• मोक्षः (mokṣaḥ) - liberation, release, emancipation

• कस्य (kasya) - whose, for whom

• विधीयते (vidhīyate) - is prescribed, is ordained, is performed

Words meanings and morphology

अबद्धस्य (abaddhasya) - of the unbound, unconditioned

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of abaddha

abaddha - unbound, unconditioned, not tied, free

Compound type : tatpurusha (a+baddha)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negation prefix
• baddha – bound, tied, fettered, constrained
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  derived from root bandh- 'to bind'
  Root: bandh (class 1)

एकरूपस्य (ekarūpasya) - of the uniform, unchanging, of one nature

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ekarūpa

ekarūpa - uniform, of one form, homogeneous, identical

Compound type : tatpurusha (eka+rūpa)

• eka – one, single, unique
  numeral (masculine)
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance, nature
  noun (neuter)

सर्वगस्य (sarvagasya) - of the all-pervading, omnipresent

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sarvaga

sarvaga - all-pervading, omnipresent, going everywhere

Compound type : tatpurusha (sarva+ga)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  pronoun (masculine)
• ga – going, moving, reaching
  adjective (masculine)
  Nominal derivative (suffix -ga)
  Derived from root gam- 'to go'
  Root: gam (class 1)

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self, soul, spirit

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, ultimate reality, essence

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

बन्धः (bandhaḥ) - bondage, fetter

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bandha

bandha - bondage, fetter, tie, imprisonment, attachment

Root: bandh (class 1)

स्यात् (syāt) - might be, could be, let there be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

तत् (tat) - referring to 'bondage' (that, its)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it

अभावे (abhāve) - in the absence, in the non-existence

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of abhāva

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

Compound type : tatpurusha (a+bhāva)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negation prefix
• bhāva – being, existence, state, feeling
  noun (masculine)
  derived from root bhū- 'to be'
  Root: bhū (class 1)

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

(indeclinable)

मोक्षः (mokṣaḥ) - liberation, release, emancipation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mokṣa

mokṣa - liberation, release, emancipation, freedom from transmigration

Root: muc (class 6)

कस्य (kasya) - whose, for whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which, why

विधीयते (vidhīyate) - is prescribed, is ordained, is performed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of vidhā

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)