योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-142, verse-36

वस्तुतः कर्म नास्त्येव नाविद्यास्ति न सर्गधीः ।
स्वसंवेदनतः सर्वमसदेव प्रवर्तते ॥ ३६ ॥

vastutaḥ karma nāstyeva nāvidyāsti na sargadhīḥ ,
svasaṃvedanataḥ sarvamasadeva pravartate 36

36. vastutaḥ karma na asti eva na avidyā asti na sargadhīḥ
| svasaṃvedanataḥ sarvam asat eva pravartate ||

36. vastutaḥ karma na asti eva na avidyā asti na
sargadhīḥ svasaṃvedanataḥ sarvam asat eva pravartate

36. In reality, action (karma) does not exist at all, nor does ignorance (avidyā), nor even the perception of creation. From one's own self-awareness (svasaṃvedana), everything appears as if it were unreal.

Words meanings summery:

• वस्तुतः (vastutaḥ) - in reality, truly, essentially

• कर्म (karma) - action, deed, ritual, fate, consequence of actions

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

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

• न (na) - not, no, nor

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

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• सर्गधीः (sargadhīḥ) - the intellect/perception of creation, the thought of creation

• स्वसंवेदनतः (svasaṁvedanataḥ) - from self-perception, from one's own awareness, by self-experience

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, every, whole, everything

• असत् (asat) - unreal, non-existent, untrue, evil

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

• प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - proceeds, appears, happens, functions, turns out

Words meanings and morphology

वस्तुतः (vastutaḥ) - in reality, truly, essentially

(indeclinable)

From vastu (thing, reality) + tas (suffix for adverb of manner/origin)

कर्म (karma) - action, deed, ritual, fate, consequence of actions

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, ritual, fate, consequence of actions

From root kṛ (to do) + man suffix

Root: kṛ

Note: Also could be accusative singular. Here nominative fits context.

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Present Active Indicative

3rd person singular present indicative of root as

Root: as (class 2)

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

अविद्या (avidyā) - ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of avidyā

avidyā - ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance

a (not) + vidyā (knowledge)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vidyā)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• vidyā – knowledge, learning, science
  noun (feminine)
  From root vid (to know)
  Root: vid (class 2)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Present Active Indicative

3rd person singular present indicative of root as

Root: as (class 2)

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

सर्गधीः (sargadhīḥ) - the intellect/perception of creation, the thought of creation

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sargadhī

sargadhī - intellect/mind/perception of creation

sarga (creation) + dhī (intellect, mind, thought)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (sarga+dhī)

• sarga – creation, emanation, discharge
  noun (masculine)
  From root sṛj (to emit, create) with prefix saṃ
  Root: sṛj (class 6)
• dhī – intellect, mind, thought, understanding, perception
  noun (feminine)

स्वसंवेदनतः (svasaṁvedanataḥ) - from self-perception, from one's own awareness, by self-experience

(indeclinable)

sva (own) + saṃvedana (perception, knowledge)

Compound type : karmadhāraya or ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (sva+saṃvedana)

• sva – own, one's own
  pronoun
• saṃvedana – perception, sensation, knowledge, awareness
  noun (neuter)
  From saṃ + root vid (to know)
  Prefix: saṃ
  Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Here, tas suffix serves as an ablative.

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, every, whole, everything

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Could also be accusative. Nominative fits "everything appears".

असत् (asat) - unreal, non-existent, untrue, evil

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - unreal, non-existent, untrue, evil

Present Active Participle

a (not) + sat (being, existing - present participle of as)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sat)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• sat – existing, real, good, being
  adjective
  Present Active Participle
  Present active participle of root as (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)

Note: Functions here predicatively.

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - proceeds, appears, happens, functions, turns out

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of pra-vṛt

Present Middle Indicative

3rd person singular present middle indicative of root vṛt with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)