योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-127, verse-32

असतः संभवो नास्ति नास्त्वभावः सतः सखे ।
आविर्भावतिरोभावाः संस्थानानाममी परम् ॥ ३२ ॥

asataḥ saṃbhavo nāsti nāstvabhāvaḥ sataḥ sakhe ,
āvirbhāvatirobhāvāḥ saṃsthānānāmamī param 32

32. asataḥ saṃbhavaḥ na asti na asti tu abhāvaḥ sataḥ
sakhe āvirbhāva-tirobhāvāḥ saṃsthānānām amī param

32. sakhe asataḥ saṃbhavaḥ na asti sataḥ abhāvaḥ tu na
asti amī saṃsthānānām āvirbhāva-tirobhāvāḥ param

32. O friend, there is no existence of the non-existent, nor is there non-existence for the existent. These are merely the appearances and disappearances of forms and configurations.

Words meanings summery:

• असतः (asataḥ) - of the non-existent, of the unreal

• संभवः (saṁbhavaḥ) - origin, birth, existence, possibility

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed

• अभावः (abhāvaḥ) - non-existence, absence, destruction

• सतः (sataḥ) - of the existent, of the real

• सखे (sakhe) - O friend!

• आविर्भाव-तिरोभावाः (āvirbhāva-tirobhāvāḥ) - appearances and disappearances, manifestations and concealments

• संस्थानानाम् (saṁsthānānām) - of forms, of configurations, of structures

• अमी (amī) - these

• परम् (param) - merely, only (merely, only, supremely)

Words meanings and morphology

असतः (asataḥ) - of the non-existent, of the unreal

(adjective)

Genitive, neuter, singular of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, false, evil

Present Active Participle (negative)

Derived from the negative particle 'a-' and the root 'as' (to be) forming 'sat' (existent)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sat)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• sat – existent, real, true, good
  adjective (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  Derived from the root 'as' (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)

Note: Used substantively (of that which is non-existent).

संभवः (saṁbhavaḥ) - origin, birth, existence, possibility

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃbhava

saṁbhava - origin, birth, existence, possibility, production

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed

(indeclinable)

अभावः (abhāvaḥ) - non-existence, absence, destruction

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhāva

abhāva - non-existence, absence, destruction, annihilation

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+bhāva)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• bhāva – existence, state, being, nature, emotion
  noun (masculine)

सतः (sataḥ) - of the existent, of the real

(adjective)

Genitive, neuter, singular of sat

sat - existent, real, true, good, being

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root 'as' (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Used substantively (of that which is existent).

सखे (sakhe) - O friend!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sakhi

sakhi - friend, companion, comrade

आविर्भाव-तिरोभावाः (āvirbhāva-tirobhāvāḥ) - appearances and disappearances, manifestations and concealments

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of āvirbhāvatirobhāva

āvirbhāvatirobhāva - appearances and disappearances, manifestations and concealments

Compound type : dvandva (āvirbhāva+tirobhāva)

• āvirbhāva – appearance, manifestation, emergence
  noun (masculine)
  From 'āvis' (visible) and root 'bhū' (to be)
  Prefix: āvis
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• tirobhāva – disappearance, concealment, vanishing
  noun (masculine)
  From 'tiras' (away, out of sight) and root 'bhū' (to be)
  Prefix: tiras
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Implied verb 'are'.

संस्थानानाम् (saṁsthānānām) - of forms, of configurations, of structures

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of saṃsthāna

saṁsthāna - form, configuration, structure, appearance, shape

अमी (amī) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of adas

adas - this, that (remote demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Refers to 'āvirbhāva-tirobhāvāḥ'.

परम् (param) - merely, only (merely, only, supremely)

(indeclinable)