योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-79, verse-9

सर्वमात्मैव कौ दिष्टौ भावाभावौ क्व च स्थितौ ।
क्व बन्धमोक्षकलने किमन्यद्राम शोच्यते ॥ ९ ॥

sarvamātmaiva kau diṣṭau bhāvābhāvau kva ca sthitau ,
kva bandhamokṣakalane kimanyadrāma śocyate 9

9. sarvam ātmā eva kau diṣṭau bhāvābhāvau kva ca
sthitau kva bandhamokṣakalane kim anyat rāma śocyate

9. sarvam ātmā eva bhāvābhāvau kau diṣṭau ca kva
sthitau bandhamokṣakalane kva rāma anyat kim śocyate

9. If everything is truly the self (ātman) alone, then where are existence and non-existence to be found? And where do they stand? Where are the notions of bondage and liberation (mokṣa)? O Rāma, what else is there to lament?

Words meanings summery:

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything, the whole

• आत्मा (ātmā) - the self, soul, spirit

• एव (eva) - alone, only, indeed, just

• कौ (kau) - which two? what two?

• दिष्टौ (diṣṭau) - decreed, appointed, directed, situated

• भावाभावौ (bhāvābhāvau) - existence and non-existence, being and non-being

• क्व (kva) - where, in what place

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• स्थितौ (sthitau) - standing, situated, existing

• क्व (kva) - where, in what place

• बन्धमोक्षकलने (bandhamokṣakalane) - the conceptions/notions of bondage and liberation

• किम् (kim) - what, why

• अन्यत् (anyat) - other, another, else

• राम (rāma) - O Rāma (vocative)

• शोच्यते (śocyate) - is lamented, is grieved over, should be lamented

Words meanings and morphology

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything, the whole

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

आत्मा (ātmā) - the self, soul, spirit

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence

एव (eva) - alone, only, indeed, just

(indeclinable)

कौ (kau) - which two? what two?

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of kim

kim - who, what, which

दिष्टौ (diṣṭau) - decreed, appointed, directed, situated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of diṣṭa

diṣṭa - decreed, appointed, directed, indicated

Past Passive Participle

From root diś (to point out, direct)

Root: diś (class 6)

भावाभावौ (bhāvābhāvau) - existence and non-existence, being and non-being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of bhāvābhāva

bhāvābhāva - existence and non-existence, being and non-being

Compound of bhāva (existence) and abhāva (non-existence)

Compound type : dvandva (bhāva+abhāva)

• bhāva – existence, state, being, nature
  noun (masculine)
  From root bhū (to be) + a suffix
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• abhāva – non-existence, absence, negation
  noun (masculine)
  From a (negation) + bhāva (existence)

क्व (kva) - where, in what place

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

स्थितौ (sthitau) - standing, situated, existing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of sthita

sthita - standing, situated, existing, firm

Past Passive Participle

From root sthā (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

क्व (kva) - where, in what place

(indeclinable)

बन्धमोक्षकलने (bandhamokṣakalane) - the conceptions/notions of bondage and liberation

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of bandhamokṣakalana

bandhamokṣakalana - the notions or calculations of bondage and liberation

Compound of bandha (bondage) + mokṣa (liberation) + kalana (calculation, notion)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bandha+mokṣa+kalana)

• bandha – bondage, fetter, tie, connection
  noun (masculine)
  From root bandh (to bind)
  Root: bandh (class 9)
• mokṣa – liberation, release, freedom, salvation
  noun (masculine)
  From root muc (to free, release) + sa suffix
  Root: muc (class 6)
• kalana – calculation, estimation, conception, thought
  noun (neuter)
  From root kal (to reckon, perceive) + ana suffix
  Root: kal (class 1)

किम् (kim) - what, why

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

अन्यत् (anyat) - other, another, else

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

राम (rāma) - O Rāma (vocative)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (a proper name, usually referring to the son of Daśaratha, or here, a general interlocutor)

शोच्यते (śocyate) - is lamented, is grieved over, should be lamented

(verb)

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

Root: śuc (class 1)