योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-103, verse-54

भावास्तु यदि विद्यन्ते तद्धिते वस्तुभावना ।
किं त्वेते नैव सन्तीह शशश्रृङ्गादयो यथा ॥ ५४ ॥

bhāvāstu yadi vidyante taddhite vastubhāvanā ,
kiṃ tvete naiva santīha śaśaśrṛṅgādayo yathā 54

54. bhāvāḥ tu yadi vidyante tat hi te vastubhāvanā kim
tu ete na eva santi iha śaśaśr̥ṅga ādayaḥ yathā

54. yadi bhāvāḥ tu vidyante tat hi te vastubhāvanā kim
tu ete iha na eva santi yathā śaśaśr̥ṅga ādayaḥ

54. If, however, phenomena (bhāvāḥ) truly exist, then indeed those (phenomena) are the basis for a perception of reality (vastubhāvanā). But these (phenomena) certainly do not exist here, just like the horns of a hare and so forth.

Words meanings summery:

• भावाः (bhāvāḥ) - phenomena, entities (bhāvāḥ) (entities, states of being, existences, phenomena)

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

• यदि (yadi) - if (if, in case that)

• विद्यन्ते (vidyante) - they exist (they exist, they are found, they are)

• तत् (tat) - then (as an adverbial connector) (that, therefore, then)

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely (emphatic particle) (indeed, surely, for, because)

• ते (te) - those (referring to 'bhāvāḥ') (those, they (masculine plural nominative), to you (dative singular), of you (genitive singular))

• वस्तुभावना (vastubhāvanā) - perception of reality (vastubhāvanā), the basis for a perception of reality (perception of reality, conception of a substance, notion of an object)

• किम् (kim) - but, however (as part of 'kim tu') (what, why, whether)

• तु (tu) - but, however (as part of 'kim tu') (but, yet, however, on the other hand, indeed)

• एते (ete) - these (referring to 'bhāvāḥ' implied from the first half) (these, they)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• एव (eva) - certainly, at all (emphatic) (indeed, only, just, quite)

• सन्ति (santi) - they exist (they are, they exist)

• इह (iha) - here, in this world (of phenomena) (here, in this world, in this case)

• शशश्र्̥ङ्ग (śaśaśr̥ṅga) - hare's horn (an example of something non-existent) (hare's horn)

• आदयः (ādayaḥ) - and so forth, and the like (beginning with, and so forth, others)

• यथा (yathā) - just as, like (as, just as, according to)

Words meanings and morphology

भावाः (bhāvāḥ) - phenomena, entities (bhāvāḥ) (entities, states of being, existences, phenomena)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhāva

bhāva - being, existence, state, condition, nature, substance, entity, emotion

From root 'bhū' (to be, to become).

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'vidyante'.

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

(indeclinable)

यदि (yadi) - if (if, in case that)

(indeclinable)

विद्यन्ते (vidyante) - they exist (they exist, they are found, they are)

(verb)

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

present middle indicative

3rd person plural, present tense, middle voice. From root 'vid' (class 4).

Root: vid (class 4)

तत् (tat) - then (as an adverbial connector) (that, therefore, then)

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely (emphatic particle) (indeed, surely, for, because)

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - those (referring to 'bhāvāḥ') (those, they (masculine plural nominative), to you (dative singular), of you (genitive singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Masculine nominative plural form.

वस्तुभावना (vastubhāvanā) - perception of reality (vastubhāvanā), the basis for a perception of reality (perception of reality, conception of a substance, notion of an object)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vastubhāvanā

vastubhāvanā - conception of reality, idea of a substance, perception of an object

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vastu+bhāvanā)

• vastu – object, thing, substance, reality, wealth
  noun (neuter)
• bhāvanā – conception, contemplation, imagination, formation, bringing into existence
  noun (feminine)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Predicate nominative.

किम् (kim) - but, however (as part of 'kim tu') (what, why, whether)

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - but, however (as part of 'kim tu') (but, yet, however, on the other hand, indeed)

(indeclinable)

एते (ete) - these (referring to 'bhāvāḥ' implied from the first half) (these, they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

Masculine nominative plural form.

Note: Subject of 'santi'.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - certainly, at all (emphatic) (indeed, only, just, quite)

(indeclinable)

सन्ति (santi) - they exist (they are, they exist)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of as

present active indicative

3rd person plural, present tense, active voice.

Root: as (class 2)

इह (iha) - here, in this world (of phenomena) (here, in this world, in this case)

(indeclinable)

शशश्र्̥ङ्ग (śaśaśr̥ṅga) - hare's horn (an example of something non-existent) (hare's horn)

(noun)

neuter, singular of śaśaśr̥ṅga

śaśaśr̥ṅga - hare's horn (a proverbial impossibility)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (śaśa+śr̥ṅga)

• śaśa – hare, rabbit
  noun (masculine)
• śr̥ṅga – horn, peak, summit
  noun (neuter)

Note: Base for 'ādayaḥ'.

आदयः (ādayaḥ) - and so forth, and the like (beginning with, and so forth, others)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ādi

ādi - beginning, commencement, first, etcetera, and so forth

Note: Agrees with 'ete' and refers to 'bhāvāḥ'.

यथा (yathā) - just as, like (as, just as, according to)

(indeclinable)