योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-99, verse-17

अहंभावानुदयतः संसारः कस्य कीदृशः ।
संसाराभावतः सर्वं परमेवावशिष्यते ॥ १७ ॥

ahaṃbhāvānudayataḥ saṃsāraḥ kasya kīdṛśaḥ ,
saṃsārābhāvataḥ sarvaṃ paramevāvaśiṣyate 17

17. ahaṃbhāvānudayataḥ saṃsāraḥ kasya kīdṛśaḥ
saṃsārābhāvataḥ sarvam param eva avaśiṣyate

17. ahaṃbhāvānudayataḥ kasya kīdṛśaḥ saṃsāraḥ [asti]
? saṃsārābhāvataḥ sarvam param eva avaśiṣyate

17. When the 'I'-notion (ahaṃbhāva) does not arise, then whose cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra) is there, and of what nature? Because of the absence of such a cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra), only the Supreme (para) remains.

Words meanings summery:

• अहंभावानुदयतः (ahaṁbhāvānudayataḥ) - due to the non-arising of the 'I'-notion; from the absence of the ego-sense

• संसारः (saṁsāraḥ) - cycle of rebirth; transmigration; mundane existence

• कस्य (kasya) - whose?; of whom?

• कीदृशः (kīdṛśaḥ) - of what kind?; of what nature?; how?

• संसाराभावतः (saṁsārābhāvataḥ) - due to the absence of transmigration; from the non-existence of the cycle of rebirth

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; everything

• परम् (param) - the Supreme Reality; Brahman (supreme; highest; ultimate; superior)

• एव (eva) - indeed; only; just; even

• अवशिष्यते (avaśiṣyate) - remains; is left over; persists

Words meanings and morphology

अहंभावानुदयतः (ahaṁbhāvānudayataḥ) - due to the non-arising of the 'I'-notion; from the absence of the ego-sense

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ahaṃbhāva+anudaya)

• ahaṃbhāva – 'I'-notion, ego-sense, sense of individuality
  noun (masculine)
  from aham (I) + bhāva (state of being)
• anudaya – non-arising, absence of rising, non-appearance
  noun (masculine)
  verbal noun
  a + ud-i (to rise)
  Prefixes: a+ud
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Formed by adding the suffix -taḥ to the compound noun `ahaṃbhāvānudaya`.

संसारः (saṁsāraḥ) - cycle of rebirth; transmigration; mundane existence

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃsāra

saṁsāra - wandering through, transmigration, cycle of rebirth, mundane existence (saṃsāra)

verbal noun

from saṃ-sṛ (to flow together, run through)

Prefix: sam

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject of the rhetorical question.

कस्य (kasya) - whose?; of whom?

(interrogative pronoun)

Note: Refers to the possessor of `saṃsāra`.

कीदृशः (kīdṛśaḥ) - of what kind?; of what nature?; how?

(interrogative adjective)

संसाराभावतः (saṁsārābhāvataḥ) - due to the absence of transmigration; from the non-existence of the cycle of rebirth

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃsāra+abhāva)

• saṃsāra – transmigration, cycle of rebirth
  noun (masculine)
  verbal noun
  from saṃ-sṛ
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• abhāva – non-existence, absence
  noun (masculine)
  from a-bhū
  Prefix: a
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Formed by adding the suffix -taḥ to the noun saṃsārābhāva.

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; everything

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Can also be accusative singular neuter. Here, it acts as the subject of the clause 'everything remains'.

परम् (param) - the Supreme Reality; Brahman (supreme; highest; ultimate; superior)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of para

para - other, subsequent, distant, supreme, ultimate

Note: Qualifies an implied 'reality' or used substantively as 'the Supreme'.

एव (eva) - indeed; only; just; even

(indeclinable)

अवशिष्यते (avaśiṣyate) - remains; is left over; persists

(verb)

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

passive voice

from ava-śiṣ (to leave over), passive form

Prefix: ava

Root: śiṣ (class 7)