योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-98, verse-21

समस्तकारणाभावाल्लोकशास्त्रानुभूतिभिः ।
युज्यन्ते च निराकर्तुं न महाप्रलयादयः ॥ २१ ॥

samastakāraṇābhāvāllokaśāstrānubhūtibhiḥ ,
yujyante ca nirākartuṃ na mahāpralayādayaḥ 21

21. samasta-kāraṇa-abhāvāt loka-śāstra-anubhūtibhiḥ
yujyante ca nirākartum na mahā-pralaya-ādayaḥ

21. Great cosmic dissolutions (mahāpralaya) and similar events cannot be refuted, as their occurrence is supported by the absence of all [sustaining] causes and by experiences (anubhūti) derived from both common knowledge and scriptures (śāstra).

21. בגלל היעדר כל סיבה מחוללת, בהתאם לניסיון העולם, לכתבים ולחוויה, אין לנסות לשלול אירועים כמו ההתפוגגות הקוסמית הגדולה.

Words meanings summery:

• समस्त-कारण-अभावात् (samasta-kāraṇa-abhāvāt) - due to the absence of all sustaining causes (for the world's continued existence) (due to the absence of all causes)

• लोक-शास्त्र-अनुभूतिभिः (loka-śāstra-anubhūtibhiḥ) - by means of experiences (anubhūti) from common knowledge (loka) and scriptures (śāstra) (by common observation, scriptures, and experiences)

• युज्यन्ते (yujyante) - are joined, are fit, are enabled, are supported

• च (ca) - and

• निराकर्तुम् (nirākartum) - to deny, to refute, to remove

• न (na) - not, no

• महा-प्रलय-आदयः (mahā-pralaya-ādayaḥ) - great dissolutions and so on, great cosmic dissolutions etc.

Words meanings and morphology

समस्त-कारण-अभावात् (samasta-kāraṇa-abhāvāt) - due to the absence of all sustaining causes (for the world's continued existence) (due to the absence of all causes)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of samasta-kāraṇa-abhāva

samasta-kāraṇa-abhāva - absence of all causes, lack of all reasons

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (samasta+kāraṇa+abhāva)

• samasta – all, entire, complete
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'as' (to be) with prefix 'sam'.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: as (class 2)
• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root 'kṛ' (to do, to make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• abhāva – absence, non-existence, annihilation
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: a
  Root: bhū (class 1)

लोक-शास्त्र-अनुभूतिभिः (loka-śāstra-anubhūtibhiḥ) - by means of experiences (anubhūti) from common knowledge (loka) and scriptures (śāstra) (by common observation, scriptures, and experiences)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of loka-śāstra-anubhūti

loka-śāstra-anubhūti - experiences from the world and scriptures

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (loka+śāstra+anubhūti)

• loka – world, people, common observation
  noun (masculine)
• śāstra – scripture, treatise, rule, science
  noun (neuter)
• anubhūti – experience, perception, feeling
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: anu
  Root: bhū (class 1)

युज्यन्ते (yujyante) - are joined, are fit, are enabled, are supported

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (lat) of yuj

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Used in a passive sense here: 'they are made fit' or 'they are supported'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

निराकर्तुम् (nirākartum) - to deny, to refute, to remove

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive form of the verb 'nirā-kṛ'.

Prefixes: nis+ā

Root: kṛ (class 8)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

महा-प्रलय-आदयः (mahā-pralaya-ādayaḥ) - great dissolutions and so on, great cosmic dissolutions etc.

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahā-pralaya-ādi

mahā-pralaya-ādi - great dissolution and others, beginning with great dissolution

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+pralaya+ādi)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• pralaya – dissolution, destruction, cosmic dissolution
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: lī (class 4)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etcetera
  indeclinable

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