योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-98, verse-3

अतोऽज्ञानात्मकं यत्तज्जगदेव न विद्यते ।
तत्राहंत्वंतदित्यादिकल्पिताः कलनाः कुतः ॥ ३ ॥

ato'jñānātmakaṃ yattajjagadeva na vidyate ,
tatrāhaṃtvaṃtadityādikalpitāḥ kalanāḥ kutaḥ 3

3. ataḥ ajñānātmakam yat tat jagat eva na vidyate
tatra aham tvam tat ityādi kalpitāḥ kalanāḥ kutaḥ

3. ataḥ yat ajñānātmakam tat jagat eva na vidyate
tatra aham tvam tat ityādi kalpitāḥ kalanāḥ kutaḥ

3. Therefore, that world (jagat) which is intrinsically constituted by ignorance (ajñāna) simply does not exist. In that case, how can there be notions like 'I', 'you', 'that', and so forth, which are merely imagined constructs within it?

Words meanings summery:

• अतः (ataḥ) - therefore, hence, from this

• अज्ञानात्मकम् (ajñānātmakam) - intrinsically constituted by ignorance (ajñāna) (of the nature of ignorance, intrinsically ignorance-based)

• यत् (yat) - which, that which

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• न (na) - not, no

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

• तत्र (tatra) - in that (non-existent) case/world (there, in that case)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (singular)

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• इत्यादि (ityādi) - et cetera, and so on, beginning with 'iti'

• कल्पिताः (kalpitāḥ) - merely imagined constructs (imagined, created, fabricated, constructed)

• कलनाः (kalanāḥ) - notions, imaginings, calculations, creations

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where (do they arise)? (rhetorical, implying they don't) (from where, whence, why)

Words meanings and morphology

अतः (ataḥ) - therefore, hence, from this

(indeclinable)

अज्ञानात्मकम् (ajñānātmakam) - intrinsically constituted by ignorance (ajñāna) (of the nature of ignorance, intrinsically ignorance-based)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ajñānātmaka

ajñānātmaka - of the nature of ignorance, consisting of ignorance

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ajñāna+ātmaka)

• ajñāna – ignorance (ajñāna), nescience, want of knowledge
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: a
• ātmaka – having the nature of, consisting of, relating to the self
  adjective

यत् (yat) - which, that which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that which

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, living beings

Root: gam (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

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

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of vid

Root: vid (class 4)

तत्र (tatra) - in that (non-existent) case/world (there, in that case)

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I, ego (ahaṅkāra)

त्वम् (tvam) - you (singular)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular and plural)

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

इत्यादि (ityādi) - et cetera, and so on, beginning with 'iti'

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (iti+ādi)

• iti – thus, so
  indeclinable
• ādi – beginning, start, and so on
  noun (masculine)

कल्पिताः (kalpitāḥ) - merely imagined constructs (imagined, created, fabricated, constructed)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kalpita

kalpita - imagined, created, fabricated, arranged, supposed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root kḷp (to arrange, produce, imagine)

Root: kḷp (class 10)

कलनाः (kalanāḥ) - notions, imaginings, calculations, creations

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kalanā

kalanā - notion, imagining, calculation, creation, thought

Root: kal (class 1)

कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where (do they arise)? (rhetorical, implying they don't) (from where, whence, why)

(indeclinable)