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.

17. כשתחושת ה"אני" אינה עולה, של מי הוא הַסַמְסָארָה (סבך הקיום התופעתי) ומהו כלל? בהיעדר סַמְסָארָה, רק המציאות העליונה נותרת.

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)

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