योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-101, verse-3

न विद्यते परो लोको बार्हस्पत्यस्य यस्य तु ।
विदोऽन्यत्तस्य किं सारं रागद्वेषावतः कुतः ॥ ३ ॥

na vidyate paro loko bārhaspatyasya yasya tu ,
vido'nyattasya kiṃ sāraṃ rāgadveṣāvataḥ kutaḥ 3

3. na vidyate paraḥ lokaḥ bārhaspatyasya yasya tu
vidaḥ anyat tasya kim sāram rāgadveṣāvataḥ kutaḥ

3. tu bārhaspatyasya yasya paraḥ lokaḥ na vidyate,
tasya vidaḥ anyat kim sāram (asti)? rāgadveṣāvataḥ kutaḥ (ete bhavanti)?

3. But for the follower of Bṛhaspati (a materialist), for whom no other world exists, what true essence (sāram) is there for him apart from mere perception (vido)? If that is so, for one who experiences attraction (rāga) and aversion (dveṣa), from where do these feelings arise?

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not (not, no, nor)

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

• परः (paraḥ) - another, a world beyond (other, another, supreme, distant)

• लोकः (lokaḥ) - world, realm of existence (e.g., afterlife) (world, region, people)

• बार्हस्पत्यस्य (bārhaspatyasya) - for the follower of Bṛhaspati (referring to the Cārvāka/Lokayata school of thought which denies an afterlife) (of Bṛhaspati, belonging to Bṛhaspati, of the follower of Bṛhaspati)

• यस्य (yasya) - for whom (whose, of which, for whom)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed (but, indeed, on the other hand)

• विदः (vidaḥ) - apart from mere perception (of knowledge, of perception, from knowledge, from perception)

• अन्यत् (anyat) - other (thing) (other, another, different)

• तस्य (tasya) - for him (the Bṛhaspati follower) (of him, for him, his)

• किम् (kim) - what (essence)? (what?, why?)

• सारम् (sāram) - true essence (essence, substance, reality, strength, core)

• रागद्वेषावतः (rāgadveṣāvataḥ) - for one who experiences attraction (rāga) and aversion (dveṣa) (of one possessing attraction and aversion)

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where (do these feelings arise)? (from where? whence? why?)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not (not, no, nor)

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

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

(verb)

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

Present tense, Middle voice, 3rd person singular

From root 'vid' (to be, exist), 4th class.

Root: vid (class 4)

परः (paraḥ) - another, a world beyond (other, another, supreme, distant)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of para

para - other, another, distant, subsequent, supreme

लोकः (lokaḥ) - world, realm of existence (e.g., afterlife) (world, region, people)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, region, people, space

From root 'lok' (to see).

Root: lok (class 1)

बार्हस्पत्यस्य (bārhaspatyasya) - for the follower of Bṛhaspati (referring to the Cārvāka/Lokayata school of thought which denies an afterlife) (of Bṛhaspati, belonging to Bṛhaspati, of the follower of Bṛhaspati)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bārhaspatya

bārhaspatya - belonging to or relating to Bṛhaspati, a follower of Bṛhaspati's doctrine

Taddhita derivation from 'bṛhaspati' with suffix 'ya'.

Note: Used substantively as 'for the follower of Bṛhaspati'.

यस्य (yasya) - for whom (whose, of which, for whom)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who, whose

Relative pronoun.

Note: Used with the dative/genitive sense of 'for whom'.

तु (tu) - but, indeed (but, indeed, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

Adversative or emphatic particle.

विदः (vidaḥ) - apart from mere perception (of knowledge, of perception, from knowledge, from perception)

(noun)

Ablative, feminine, singular of vid

vid - knowledge, understanding, perception, consciousness

From root 'vid' (to know).

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Ablative from 'vid' (feminine i-stem).

अन्यत् (anyat) - other (thing) (other, another, different)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different, distinct

तस्य (tasya) - for him (the Bṛhaspati follower) (of him, for him, his)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Used with dative/genitive sense 'for him'.

किम् (kim) - what (essence)? (what?, why?)

(interrogative pronoun)

सारम् (sāram) - true essence (essence, substance, reality, strength, core)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sāra

sāra - essence, substance, strength, best part, reality

From root 'sṛ' (to go, flow).

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Can also be accusative singular neuter, but here functions as subject to an implied verb.

रागद्वेषावतः (rāgadveṣāvataḥ) - for one who experiences attraction (rāga) and aversion (dveṣa) (of one possessing attraction and aversion)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rāgadveṣāvat

rāgadveṣāvat - possessing attraction and aversion

Tatpurusha compound of 'rāga' and 'dveṣa', then with possessive suffix '-vat'.

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (rāga+dveṣa+vat)

• rāga – color, passion, attachment, attraction (rāga)
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'rañj' (to color, dye).
  Root: rañj (class 1)
• dveṣa – hatred, aversion (dveṣa), enmity
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'dviṣ' (to hate).
  Root: dviṣ (class 2)
• vat – possessing, like, as
  suffix
  Taddhita suffix indicating possession.

Note: Used substantively.

कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where (do these feelings arise)? (from where? whence? why?)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form derived from 'kim'.