योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-36, verse-17

इत्याद्यनर्थकं वाक्यं तथा सत्यं स एव च ।
न तदस्ति न यत्सत्यं न तदस्ति न यत्त्वसौ ॥ १७ ॥

ityādyanarthakaṃ vākyaṃ tathā satyaṃ sa eva ca ,
na tadasti na yatsatyaṃ na tadasti na yattvasau 17

17. iti ādi anarthakam vākyam tathā satyam saḥ eva ca na
tat asti na yat satyam na tat asti na yat tu asau

17. iti ādi vākyam anarthakam.
tathā ca saḥ eva satyam.
tat na asti yat na satyam.
tat na asti yat tu asau na.

17. Statements such as these are meaningless, yet similarly, He Himself is the truth. There is nothing that is not true, and there is nothing that He (asau) is not.

Words meanings summery:

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner, here

• आदि (ādi) - beginning, and so on, et cetera

• अनर्थकम् (anarthakam) - meaningless, useless, vain

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - sentence, statement, speech, word

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, so, in that manner

• सत्यम् (satyam) - truth, reality, what is true

• सः (saḥ) - he, that (masculine)

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

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• न (na) - not, no

• तत् (tat) - that (neuter), it

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• न (na) - not, no

• यत् (yat) - which, that which (neuter)

• सत्यम् (satyam) - true, real

• न (na) - not, no

• तत् (tat) - that (neuter), it

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• न (na) - not, no

• यत् (yat) - which, that which (neuter)

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

• असौ (asau) - that one, he, she, it (referring to something distant or well-known)

Words meanings and morphology

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner, here

(indeclinable)

आदि (ādi) - beginning, and so on, et cetera

(adjective)

of ādi

ādi - beginning, start, and so on, et cetera, foremost

अनर्थकम् (anarthakam) - meaningless, useless, vain

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anarthaka

anarthaka - meaningless, useless, vain, absurd

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (an+arthaka)

• an – not, without, non-
  indeclinable
• arthaka – meaningful, having purpose, significant
  adjective (masculine)

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - sentence, statement, speech, word

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - sentence, statement, speech, word, utterance

Root: vac (class 2)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

सत्यम् (satyam) - truth, reality, what is true

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality, what is true, true, real, virtuous

Derived from 'sat' (being, existing, true).

Root: as (class 2)

सः (saḥ) - he, that (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, exactly

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that (neuter), it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Present active 3rd person singular of root 'as'.

Root: as (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

यत् (yat) - which, that which (neuter)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that which, who

सत्यम् (satyam) - true, real

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality, what is true, true, real, virtuous

Derived from 'sat' (being, existing, true).

Root: as (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that (neuter), it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Present active 3rd person singular of root 'as'.

Root: as (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

यत् (yat) - which, that which (neuter)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that which, who

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

(indeclinable)

असौ (asau) - that one, he, she, it (referring to something distant or well-known)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that one (referring to something distant, unknown, or well-known and revered), he, she, it