योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-75, verse-36

अस्त्यवस्तुनि वस्त्वन्तः काञ्चनं सिकतास्विव ।
अस्ति वस्तुन्यवस्त्वन्तर्मलं हेमकणेष्विव ॥ ३६ ॥

astyavastuni vastvantaḥ kāñcanaṃ sikatāsviva ,
asti vastunyavastvantarmalaṃ hemakaṇeṣviva 36

36. asti avastuni vastu antaḥ kāñcanam sikatāsu iva
asti vastuni avastu antaḥ malam hemakaṇeṣu iva

36. avastuni antaḥ vastu asti sikatāsu kāñcanam iva
vastuni antaḥ avastu malam asti hemakaṇeṣu iva

36. Just as gold is found within sand, so too is reality (vastu) perceived within that which is unreal (avastu). And just as impurities are found within particles of gold, so too is unreality (avastu) perceived as an impurity within that which is real (vastu).

Words meanings summery:

• अस्ति (asti) - exists (is, exists)

• अवस्तुनि (avastuni) - within that which is unreal or unsubstantial (in unreality, in non-existent things, in what is unsubstantial)

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

• अन्तः (antaḥ) - within (inside, within, internal)

• काञ्चनम् (kāñcanam) - gold (gold, golden)

• सिकतासु (sikatāsu) - in sand (in sands, in sand)

• इव (iva) - like, just as (like, as, as if)

• अस्ति (asti) - exists (is, exists)

• वस्तुनि (vastuni) - within that which is real (vastu) (in reality, in a thing)

• अवस्तु (avastu) - unreality (avastu), impurity (unreality, non-existent thing, unsubstantial)

• अन्तः (antaḥ) - within (inside, within, internal)

• मलम् (malam) - impurity, dirt (dirt, impurity, stain, defect)

• हेमकणेषु (hemakaṇeṣu) - in particles of gold (in particles of gold, in gold dust)

• इव (iva) - like, just as (like, as, as if)

Words meanings and morphology

अस्ति (asti) - exists (is, exists)

(verb)

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

Present Active Indicative

3rd person singular, present tense, active voice, parasmaipada

Root: as (class 2)

अवस्तुनि (avastuni) - within that which is unreal or unsubstantial (in unreality, in non-existent things, in what is unsubstantial)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of avastu

avastu - unreality, non-existent thing, unsubstantial

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vastu)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• vastu – thing, object, reality, substance
  noun (neuter)

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

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vastu

vastu - thing, object, reality, substance

अन्तः (antaḥ) - within (inside, within, internal)

(indeclinable)

काञ्चनम् (kāñcanam) - gold (gold, golden)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāñcana

kāñcana - gold, golden

सिकतासु (sikatāsu) - in sand (in sands, in sand)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of sikatā

sikatā - sand, gravel

इव (iva) - like, just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - exists (is, exists)

(verb)

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

Present Active Indicative

3rd person singular, present tense, active voice, parasmaipada

Root: as (class 2)

वस्तुनि (vastuni) - within that which is real (vastu) (in reality, in a thing)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vastu

vastu - thing, object, reality, substance

अवस्तु (avastu) - unreality (avastu), impurity (unreality, non-existent thing, unsubstantial)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of avastu

avastu - unreality, non-existent thing, unsubstantial

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vastu)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• vastu – thing, object, reality, substance
  noun (neuter)

अन्तः (antaḥ) - within (inside, within, internal)

(indeclinable)

मलम् (malam) - impurity, dirt (dirt, impurity, stain, defect)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mala

mala - dirt, impurity, stain, defect, evil

हेमकणेषु (hemakaṇeṣu) - in particles of gold (in particles of gold, in gold dust)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of hemakaṇa

hemakaṇa - gold particle, gold dust

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (heman+kaṇa)

• heman – gold
  noun (neuter)
• kaṇa – grain, particle, atom
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)