योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-94, verse-51

कुम्भ उवाच ।
विद्यते यदि देहादिवस्तुसत्ता तदस्ति ते ।
अभावाद्देहसत्तादेः किंनिष्ठं तव वेदनम् ॥ ५१ ॥

kumbha uvāca ,
vidyate yadi dehādivastusattā tadasti te ,
abhāvāddehasattādeḥ kiṃniṣṭhaṃ tava vedanam 51

51. kumbhaḥ uvāca vidyate yadi dehādivastusattā tat asti
te abhāvāt dehasattādeḥ kiṃniṣṭham tava vedanam

51. kumbhaḥ uvāca yadi dehādivastusattā vidyate tat te
asti dehasattādeḥ abhāvāt tava vedanam kiṃniṣṭham

51. Kumbha said: "If the existence of objects like the body (deha) were truly present, then that [existence] would belong to you. But since the existence of the body and similar entities is absent, upon what, then, is your cognition (vedanam) based?"

Words meanings summery:

• कुम्भः (kumbhaḥ) - Kumbha (a proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

• विद्यते (vidyate) - it exists, it is present, it is found

• यदि (yadi) - if

• देहादिवस्तुसत्ता (dehādivastusattā) - the existence of objects like the body, the reality of the body and so on

• तत् (tat) - that, then, therefore

• अस्ति (asti) - it is, it exists

• ते (te) - to you, yours, of you

• अभावात् (abhāvāt) - from the non-existence, due to the absence

• देहसत्तादेः (dehasattādeḥ) - of the existence of the body, etc., of the reality of the body and so on

• किंनिष्ठम् (kiṁniṣṭham) - based on what?, what is its foundation?

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• वेदनम् (vedanam) - cognition, perception, knowledge

Words meanings and morphology

कुम्भः (kumbhaḥ) - Kumbha (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kumbha

kumbha - Kumbha, a pot, a pitcher

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

विद्यते (vidyate) - it exists, it is present, it is found

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 2)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

देहादिवस्तुसत्ता (dehādivastusattā) - the existence of objects like the body, the reality of the body and so on

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dehādivastusattā

dehādivastusattā - the existence of things like the body, etc.

Compound type : tatpurusha (deha+ādi+vastu+sattā)

• deha – body
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, etcetera, and so on
  indeclinable
• vastu – thing, object, substance, reality
  noun (neuter)
• sattā – existence, being, reality
  noun (feminine)

तत् (tat) - that, then, therefore

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, then, therefore

अस्ति (asti) - it is, it exists

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

ते (te) - to you, yours, of you

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular/plural)

Note: also possible as genitive singular

अभावात् (abhāvāt) - from the non-existence, due to the absence

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of abhāva

abhāva - non-existence, absence, privation

देहसत्तादेः (dehasattādeḥ) - of the existence of the body, etc., of the reality of the body and so on

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dehasattādi

dehasattādi - the existence of the body and so forth

Compound type : tatpurusha (dehasattā+ādi)

• dehasattā – existence of the body
  noun (feminine)
• ādi – beginning, etcetera, and so on
  indeclinable

किंनिष्ठम् (kiṁniṣṭham) - based on what?, what is its foundation?

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiṃniṣṭha

kiṁniṣṭha - founded upon what, having what as its basis

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kim+niṣṭha)

• kim – what, which, who
  pronoun
• niṣṭha – standing in, abiding in, resting on, depending on
  adjective
  derived from root 'sthā' with 'ni'
  Prefix: ni
  Root: sthā (class 1)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular/plural)

वेदनम् (vedanam) - cognition, perception, knowledge

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vedana

vedana - cognition, perception, knowledge, feeling

Root: vid (class 2)