योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-36, verse-13

सर्वं मृत्काष्ठपाषाणवारिमात्रमिदं जगत् ।
नेहास्ति त्वदृते देव यत्प्राप्तौ नाभिवाञ्छति ॥ १३ ॥

sarvaṃ mṛtkāṣṭhapāṣāṇavārimātramidaṃ jagat ,
nehāsti tvadṛte deva yatprāptau nābhivāñchati 13

13. sarvam mṛt-kāṣṭha-pāṣāṇa-vāri-mātram idam jagat na
iha asti tvat-ṛte deva yat prāptau na abhivāñchati

13. deva,
idam sarvam jagat mṛt-kāṣṭha-pāṣāṇa-vāri-mātram (asti).
iha tvat-ṛte yat prāptau na abhivāñchati,
(tat) na asti.

13. This entire world is merely composed of earth, wood, stone, and water. O God, there is nothing here without you, the attainment of which is truly desired.

13. כל העולם הזה אינו אלא חימר, עץ, אבן ומים. אין בנמצא דבר מלבדך, אל אלוהי, שיהיה ראוי להשתוקק אליו.

Words meanings summery:

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - the entire (world) (all, whole, every)

• मृत्-काष्ठ-पाषाण-वारि-मात्रम् (mṛt-kāṣṭha-pāṣāṇa-vāri-mātram) - consisting merely of earth, wood, stone, and water

• इदम् (idam) - this (world) (this, this one)

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

• न (na) - not, no

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• त्वत्-ऋते (tvat-ṛte) - without you

• देव (deva) - O God (god, deity)

• यत् (yat) - that which (thing) (which, that (relative pronoun))

• प्राप्तौ (prāptau) - in the attainment (of it) (in obtaining, in attainment, in arrival)

• न (na) - not, no

• अभिवाञ्छति (abhivāñchati) - one desires (desires, wishes for)

Words meanings and morphology

सर्वम् (sarvam) - the entire (world) (all, whole, every)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, whole, every, complete

Note: Can also be accusative singular neuter, but nominative fits better with 'idam jagat'

मृत्-काष्ठ-पाषाण-वारि-मात्रम् (mṛt-kāṣṭha-pāṣāṇa-vāri-mātram) - consisting merely of earth, wood, stone, and water

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mṛt-kāṣṭha-pāṣāṇa-vāri-mātra

mṛt-kāṣṭha-pāṣāṇa-vāri-mātra - consisting merely of earth, wood, stone, and water

Compound of mṛd (earth), kāṣṭha (wood), pāṣāṇa (stone), vāri (water), and mātra (mere, only)

Compound type : tatpurusha (mṛd+kāṣṭha+pāṣāṇa+vāri+mātra)

• mṛd – earth, clay, soil
  noun (feminine)
• kāṣṭha – wood, piece of wood, timber
  noun (neuter)
• pāṣāṇa – stone, rock
  noun (masculine)
• vāri – water
  noun (neuter)
• mātra – mere, only, consisting only of
  adjective (neuter)

इदम् (idam) - this (world) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, living

Root: gam (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

त्वत्-ऋते (tvat-ṛte) - without you

(indeclinable)

Compound of yuşmad (tvat form) and ṛte

Compound type : tatpurusha (yuşmad+ṛte)

• yuşmad – you
  pronoun
• ṛte – without, except for
  indeclinable

देव (deva) - O God (god, deity)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity, divine, celestial

Root: div (class 4)

यत् (yat) - that which (thing) (which, that (relative pronoun))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, that, what

Note: Can also be accusative singular neuter.

प्राप्तौ (prāptau) - in the attainment (of it) (in obtaining, in attainment, in arrival)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of prāpti

prāpti - attainment, acquisition, arrival

Derived from root āp (to obtain) with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अभिवाञ्छति (abhivāñchati) - one desires (desires, wishes for)

(verb)

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

Prefix: abhi

Root: vāñch (class 1)

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