योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-56, verse-16

भित्त्यभावादनाकारा बहिस्त्रिभुवनादिकाः ।
न ताः सन्ति न वासि त्वं किं केन परिरोध्यते ॥ १६ ॥

bhittyabhāvādanākārā bahistribhuvanādikāḥ ,
na tāḥ santi na vāsi tvaṃ kiṃ kena parirodhyate 16

16. bhitti-abhāvāt anākārāḥ bahiḥ tri-bhuvana-ādikāḥ
na tāḥ santi na vā asi tvam kim kena parirodhyate

16. bhitti-abhāvāt anākārāḥ bahiḥ tri-bhuvana-ādikāḥ
tāḥ na santi tvam ca na asi kim kena parirodhyate

16. Because there is no wall or limiting boundary (bhitti), those external entities like the three worlds and so forth, which are ultimately formless, do not truly exist. Nor are you (the Self) thus limited. Therefore, what can be obstructed, and by whom?

Words meanings summery:

• भित्त्यभावात् (bhittyabhāvāt) - due to the absence of a limiting boundary (due to the absence of a wall, due to the lack of support)

• अनाकाराः (anākārāḥ) - formless, without inherent shape or structure (formless, shapeless)

• बहिः (bahiḥ) - existing externally (to the Self) (outside, external, externally)

• त्रि-भुवन-आदिकाः (tri-bhuvana-ādikāḥ) - entities such as the three worlds (the three worlds and so forth, beginning with the three worlds)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• ताः (tāḥ) - those (implied entities like the three worlds) (they (feminine plural), those)

• सन्ति (santi) - they truly exist (they are, they exist)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• वा (vā) - nor (or, nor)

• असि (asi) - you (the Self) are (limited/contained) (you are)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (the Self) (you)

• किम् (kim) - what? (what?, why?)

• केन (kena) - by whom (or by what means) (by whom, by what)

• परिरोध्यते (parirodhyate) - is obstructed or confined (is obstructed, is hindered, is confined)

Words meanings and morphology

भित्त्यभावात् (bhittyabhāvāt) - due to the absence of a limiting boundary (due to the absence of a wall, due to the lack of support)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of bhittyabhāva

bhittyabhāva - absence of a wall, lack of support

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhitti+abhāva)

• bhitti – wall, partition, support, basis
  noun (feminine)
• abhāva – absence, non-existence, non-being
  noun (masculine)
  negative prefix a + bhāva
  Prefix: a
  Root: bhū (class 1)

अनाकाराः (anākārāḥ) - formless, without inherent shape or structure (formless, shapeless)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of anākāra

anākāra - formless, shapeless

Compound type : nañ-bahuvrīhi (an+ākāra)

• an – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• ākāra – form, shape, appearance, aspect
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with tāḥ (implied subject, referring to tribhuvanādikāḥ which could take feminine form here).

बहिः (bahiḥ) - existing externally (to the Self) (outside, external, externally)

(indeclinable)

त्रि-भुवन-आदिकाः (tri-bhuvana-ādikāḥ) - entities such as the three worlds (the three worlds and so forth, beginning with the three worlds)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tribhuvanādika

tribhuvanādika - beginning with the three worlds, including the three worlds

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tri-bhuvana+ādika)

• tri-bhuvana – the three worlds (heaven, earth, underworld)
  noun (neuter)
• ādika – beginning with, and so forth, etc.
  adjective (masculine)
  suffix 'ika' added to 'ādi'

Note: Agrees with tāḥ (implied subject). The adjectival ending -ikā makes it feminine plural.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the verb 'santi'.

ताः (tāḥ) - those (implied entities like the three worlds) (they (feminine plural), those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it, they

Note: Refers to `anākārāḥ bahis tribhuvanādikāḥ`.

सन्ति (santi) - they truly exist (they are, they exist)

(verb)

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

Present indicative, 3rd person plural.

Root: as (class 2)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the verb 'asi'.

वा (vā) - nor (or, nor)

(indeclinable)

असि (asi) - you (the Self) are (limited/contained) (you are)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

Present indicative, 2nd person singular.

Root: as (class 2)

त्वम् (tvam) - you (the Self) (you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular or plural)

Note: Null gender for pronouns like yuşmad/asmad is common.

किम् (kim) - what? (what?, why?)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which, why, wherefore

Note: Used as an interrogative object here.

केन (kena) - by whom (or by what means) (by whom, by what)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which

Note: Can be masculine or neuter instrumental singular.

परिरोध्यते (parirodhyate) - is obstructed or confined (is obstructed, is hindered, is confined)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of rudh

Present passive, 3rd person singular.

Root rudh (class 7) with prefix pari.

Prefix: pari

Root: rudh (class 7)