योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-53, verse-16

असत्यलमहंकारे संबन्धः कस्य केन कः ।
संबन्धाभावसंसिद्धौ विलीना द्वित्वकल्पना ॥ १६ ॥

asatyalamahaṃkāre saṃbandhaḥ kasya kena kaḥ ,
saṃbandhābhāvasaṃsiddhau vilīnā dvitvakalpanā 16

16. asati alam ahaṅkāre sambandhaḥ kasya kena kaḥ
sambandha-abhāva-saṃsiddhau vilīnā dvitva-kalpanā

16. ahaṅkāre asati alam kasya kena kaḥ sambandhaḥ
sambandha-abhava-samsiddhau dvitva-kalpana vilina

16. When the ego (ahaṅkāra) is completely absent, then whose connection (sambandha) is there, with what, and what kind of connection? With the perfect realization of the absence of all relations, the conception of duality (dvitvakalpanā) completely dissolves.

Words meanings summery:

• असति (asati) - when non-existent, when absent, if there is no

• अलम् (alam) - completely, utterly (emphasizing absence) (enough, sufficient, in vain, no need for)

• अहङ्कारे (ahaṅkāre) - in the ego (ahaṅkāra), in the sense of 'I'

• सम्बन्धः (sambandhaḥ) - connection, relationship, relation

• कस्य (kasya) - whose? of what?

• केन (kena) - by what? by whom?

• कः (kaḥ) - what? who? (what kind of?)

• सम्बन्ध-अभाव-संसिद्धौ (sambandha-abhāva-saṁsiddhau) - in the perfect realization of the absence of relation

• विलीना (vilīnā) - dissolved, merged, vanished

• द्वित्व-कल्पना (dvitva-kalpanā) - the conception of duality, imagination of two-ness

Words meanings and morphology

असति (asati) - when non-existent, when absent, if there is no

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal

Present Active Participle (negated)

Negation 'a' + Present active participle from root 'as' (to be). Used in locative absolute construction.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+sat)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• sat – being, existing, real
  adjective
  Present Active Participle
  Present active participle of root 'as' (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)

अलम् (alam) - completely, utterly (emphasizing absence) (enough, sufficient, in vain, no need for)

(indeclinable)

अहङ्कारे (ahaṅkāre) - in the ego (ahaṅkāra), in the sense of 'I'

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ahaṅkāra

ahaṅkāra - ego, ego-sense, I-consciousness

Prefix: aham

Root: kṛ (class 8)

सम्बन्धः (sambandhaḥ) - connection, relationship, relation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sambandha

sambandha - connection, relationship, relation

Action noun from root bandh with prefix sam-.

Prefix: sam

Root: bandh (class 9)

कस्य (kasya) - whose? of what?

(interrogative pronoun)

केन (kena) - by what? by whom?

(interrogative pronoun)

कः (kaḥ) - what? who? (what kind of?)

(interrogative pronoun)

सम्बन्ध-अभाव-संसिद्धौ (sambandha-abhāva-saṁsiddhau) - in the perfect realization of the absence of relation

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of sambandhābhāvasaṃsiddhi

sambandhābhāvasaṁsiddhi - perfect realization of the absence of relation

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sambandha+abhāva+saṃsiddhi)

• sambandha – connection, relation
  noun (masculine)
  Action noun from root bandh with prefix sam-.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: bandh (class 9)
• abhāva – absence, non-existence
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: a
• saṃsiddhi – perfect attainment, complete realization
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root sidh with prefix sam-.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sidh (class 4)

विलीना (vilīnā) - dissolved, merged, vanished

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vilīna

vilīna - dissolved, merged, vanished

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root lī (to dissolve, to merge) with prefix vi-.

Prefix: vi

Root: lī (class 4)

द्वित्व-कल्पना (dvitva-kalpanā) - the conception of duality, imagination of two-ness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dvitvakalpanā

dvitvakalpanā - the conception of duality, imagination of two-ness

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvitva+kalpanā)

• dvitva – two-ness, duality
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from dvi (two) with suffix -tva.
• kalpanā – conception, imagination, fabrication
  noun (feminine)
  Action noun from root kḷp.
  Root: kḷp (class 1)

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