योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-139, verse-9

किलाहमिदमित्येव नाविद्या विद्यते क्वचित् ।
मोक्षोपायादृते नैतत्कुतश्चिदयतेऽन्यतः ॥ ९ ॥

kilāhamidamityeva nāvidyā vidyate kvacit ,
mokṣopāyādṛte naitatkutaścidayate'nyataḥ 9

9. kila aham idam iti eva na avidyā vidyate kvacit
mokṣopāyāt ṛte na etat kutaścit ayate anyataḥ

9. kila idam aham iti eva avidyā kvacit na vidyate
mokṣopāyāt ṛte etat anyataḥ kutaścit na ayate

9. The very notion 'I am this' is indeed ignorance (avidyā), and such ignorance does not truly exist anywhere. Except through the means to final liberation (mokṣa), this (ignorance) cannot be eliminated from any other source.

Words meanings summery:

• किल (kila) - indeed (emphasizing the statement) (indeed, verily, it is said, forsooth)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• इदम् (idam) - this

• इति (iti) - as a quotation marker (thus, so)

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, certainly

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• अविद्या (avidyā) - ignorance (avidyā) (ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance)

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

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - anywhere (with negation: nowhere) (anywhere, at some time, in some place)

• मोक्षोपायात् (mokṣopāyāt) - from the means to final liberation (mokṣa) (from the means to liberation, from the method of release)

• ऋते (ṛte) - except from, without, apart from

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• एतत् (etat) - this (ignorance) (this)

• कुतश्चित् (kutaścit) - from any other source (from anywhere, from some source)

• अयते (ayate) - is removed, is eliminated (literally 'goes away') (goes, proceeds, approaches)

• अन्यतः (anyataḥ) - from any other (source) (from another, from elsewhere, from other)

Words meanings and morphology

किल (kila) - indeed (emphasizing the statement) (indeed, verily, it is said, forsooth)

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

asmad - I, me

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

इति (iti) - as a quotation marker (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

अविद्या (avidyā) - ignorance (avidyā) (ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of avidyā

avidyā - ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance, false knowledge

Derived from 'a' (negation) and 'vidyā' (knowledge).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+vidyā)

• a – not, non-, un- (prefix of negation)
  indeclinable
• vidyā – knowledge, learning, science
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root 'vid' (to know).
  Root: vid (class 2)

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

(verb)

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

Present Middle Voice, 3rd Person Singular

Root 'vid' (4th conjugation, Atmanepada - meaning 'to be').

Root: vid (class 4)

क्वचित् (kvacit) - anywhere (with negation: nowhere) (anywhere, at some time, in some place)

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'ka' (who, what) + suffix 'cit'.

मोक्षोपायात् (mokṣopāyāt) - from the means to final liberation (mokṣa) (from the means to liberation, from the method of release)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of mokṣopāya

mokṣopāya - means to liberation (mokṣa), path to release

Compound of 'mokṣa' (liberation) and 'upāya' (means).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mokṣa+upāya)

• mokṣa – liberation, emancipation, release (mokṣa)
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'muc' (to release) with suffix 'sa'.
  Root: muc (class 6)
• upāya – means, method, way, resource
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from 'upa' (prefix) + root 'i' (to go).
  Prefix: upa
  Root: i (class 2)

ऋते (ṛte) - except from, without, apart from

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this (ignorance) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this here

कुतश्चित् (kutaścit) - from any other source (from anywhere, from some source)

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'kutaḥ' (whence, from where) + suffix 'cit'.

अयते (ayate) - is removed, is eliminated (literally 'goes away') (goes, proceeds, approaches)

(verb)

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

Present Middle Voice, 3rd Person Singular

Root 'i' (2nd conjugation, Atmanepada).

Root: i (class 2)

अन्यतः (anyataḥ) - from any other (source) (from another, from elsewhere, from other)

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'anya' (other) with the suffix 'tas'.

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