योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-63, verse-9

सुरघुरुवाच ।
न तदस्ति मुने वस्तु यत्रोपादेयतास्ति नः ।
यावत्किंचिदिदं दृश्यं तावदेतन्न किंचन ॥ ९ ॥

suraghuruvāca ,
na tadasti mune vastu yatropādeyatāsti naḥ ,
yāvatkiṃcididaṃ dṛśyaṃ tāvadetanna kiṃcana 9

9. sura-guruḥ uvāca na tat asti mune vastu yatra upādeyatā
asti naḥ yāvat kiṃcit idam dṛśyam tāvat etat na kiṃcana

9. sura-guruḥ uvāca: mune,
naḥ yatra upādeyatā asti,
tat vastu na asti.
yāvat kiṃcit idam dṛśyam (asti),
tāvat etat na kiṃcana.

9. The preceptor of the gods said: "O sage, there is no thing (vastu) for us which possesses desirability. Whatever little of this visible world (dṛśyam) exists, all that is truly nothing at all."

Words meanings summery:

• सुर-गुरुः (sura-guruḥ) - The preceptor of the gods, Bṛhaspati (preceptor of the gods)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• तत् (tat) - that (that, it)

• अस्ति (asti) - is (is, exists)

• मुने (mune) - O sage (O sage, O ascetic)

• वस्तु (vastu) - thing (thing, object, reality, substance)

• यत्र (yatra) - in which (thing) (where, in which)

• उपादेयता (upādeyatā) - desirability, worthiness of acceptance (desirability, worthiness to be accepted, usefulness)

• अस्ति (asti) - is (is, exists)

• नः (naḥ) - for us (to us, for us, our)

• यावत् (yāvat) - whatever, as far as (as much as, as long as, whatever)

• किंचित् (kiṁcit) - whatever little (something, whatever little)

• इदम् (idam) - this

• दृश्यम् (dṛśyam) - visible world / phenomenon (visible, perceivable, phenomenon)

• तावत् (tāvat) - all that, to that extent (so much, to that extent, all that)

• एतत् (etat) - all that (referring to the visible world) (this, it)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• किंचन (kiṁcana) - nothing at all (anything, nothing at all (with na))

Words meanings and morphology

सुर-गुरुः (sura-guruḥ) - The preceptor of the gods, Bṛhaspati (preceptor of the gods)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sura-guru

sura-guru - preceptor of the gods (Bṛhaspati)

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (sura+guru)

• sura – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• guru – teacher, preceptor (guru), heavy
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'.

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

perfect tense, active voice

Perfect form of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

अस्ति (asti) - is (is, exists)

(verb)

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

present tense, active voice

Root: as (class 2)

मुने (mune) - O sage (O sage, O ascetic)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, contemplative

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Direct address.

वस्तु (vastu) - thing (thing, object, reality, substance)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vastu

vastu - object, thing, reality, substance

Root: vas (class 1)

यत्र (yatra) - in which (thing) (where, in which)

(indeclinable)

Note: Relates to 'vastu'.

उपादेयता (upādeyatā) - desirability, worthiness of acceptance (desirability, worthiness to be accepted, usefulness)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of upādeyatā

upādeyatā - desirability, worthiness to be accepted, usefulness

Derived from 'upādeya' (to be accepted) + 'tā' (abstract suffix).

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Subject of the clause 'yatra upādeyatā asti'.

अस्ति (asti) - is (is, exists)

(verb)

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

present tense, active voice

Root: as (class 2)

नः (naḥ) - for us (to us, for us, our)

(pronoun)

plural of asmad

asmad - we, us

Note: Here, dative sense 'for us'.

यावत् (yāvat) - whatever, as far as (as much as, as long as, whatever)

(indeclinable)

Note: Functions as an adjective for 'kiṃcit idam dṛśyam'.

किंचित् (kiṁcit) - whatever little (something, whatever little)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiṃcit

kiṁcit - something, anything, whatever little

'kim' + 'cit' (indefinite particle).

Note: Refers to the visible world.

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here

Note: Adjective modifying 'dṛśyam'.

दृश्यम् (dṛśyam) - visible world / phenomenon (visible, perceivable, phenomenon)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dṛśya

dṛśya - visible, perceivable, to be seen, phenomenon

Gerundive

Derived from √dṛś with suffix -ya.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Subject of the implied 'asti'.

तावत् (tāvat) - all that, to that extent (so much, to that extent, all that)

(indeclinable)

Note: Functions as an adjective for 'etat'.

एतत् (etat) - all that (referring to the visible world) (this, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, it

Note: Subject of the clause 'etat na kiṃcana'.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

किंचन (kiṁcana) - nothing at all (anything, nothing at all (with na))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiṃcana

kiṁcana - anything (used with 'na' to mean 'nothing at all')

'kim' + 'cana' (indefinite particle).

Note: Predicate of the clause 'etat na kiṃcana'.

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