योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-143, verse-37

मुनिरुवाच ।
धर्माधर्मौ वासना च कर्मात्मा जीव इत्यपि ।
पर्यायशब्दभारोऽत्र कल्प्यते न तु वास्तवः ॥ ३७ ॥

muniruvāca ,
dharmādharmau vāsanā ca karmātmā jīva ityapi ,
paryāyaśabdabhāro'tra kalpyate na tu vāstavaḥ 37

37. muniḥ uvāca | dharma-adharmau vāsanā ca karma-ātmā jīvaḥ iti
api | paryāya-śabda-bhāraḥ atra kalpyate na tu vāstavaḥ ||

37. muniḥ uvāca atra dharma-adharmau,
vāsanā ca,
karma-ātmā,
jīvaḥ iti api (ayam) paryāya-śabda-bhāraḥ kalpyate,
tu na vāstavaḥ

37. The sage said: "Righteousness (dharma) and unrighteousness (adharma), latent impressions (vāsanā), the self that acts (karmātman), and also the individual soul (jīva)—these are merely a collection of synonymous terms that are conceptually constructed here, but they are not fundamentally real."

Words meanings summery:

• मुनिः (muniḥ) - sage, ascetic

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• धर्म-अधर्मौ (dharma-adharmau) - righteousness (dharma) and unrighteousness (adharma) (virtue and vice, merits and demerits (dual))

• वासना (vāsanā) - latent impressions (vāsanā) (latent impression, mental trace, habit)

• च (ca) - and, also

• कर्म-आत्मा (karma-ātmā) - the self that acts (karmātman) (the self that acts, the doer-self, the embodied self)

• जीवः (jīvaḥ) - individual soul (jīva) (individual soul, living being)

• इति (iti) - thus, so, indicates end of list

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• पर्याय-शब्द-भारः (paryāya-śabda-bhāraḥ) - a collection of synonymous terms (a collection/burden of synonymous words)

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

• कल्प्यते (kalpyate) - is imagined, is constructed, is assumed

• न (na) - not

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• वास्तवः (vāstavaḥ) - real, actual, existing

Words meanings and morphology

मुनिः (muniḥ) - sage, ascetic

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, an inspired person, hermit

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Subject of uvāca.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

perfect active third person singular

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice of root vac.

Root: vac (class 2)

धर्म-अधर्मौ (dharma-adharmau) - righteousness (dharma) and unrighteousness (adharma) (virtue and vice, merits and demerits (dual))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of dharma-adharma

dharma-adharma - virtue and vice, merit and demerit, righteous and unrighteous action

Dvandva compound of dharma and adharma.

Compound type : dvandva (dharma+adharma)

• dharma – constitution, natural law, intrinsic nature, righteousness, virtue, duty (dharma)
  noun (masculine)
  From root dhṛ (to hold, support).
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• adharma – unrighteousness, vice, demerit, injustice
  noun (masculine)
  Formed by a- (negation) + dharma.

Note: One of the terms considered synonymous.

वासना (vāsanā) - latent impressions (vāsanā) (latent impression, mental trace, habit)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vāsanā

vāsanā - latent impression, mental trace, tendency, habit, desire (vāsanā)

From root vas (to dwell, perfume), implying an impression residing in the mind.

Root: vas (class 1)

Note: One of the terms considered synonymous.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

Note: Connects vāsanā to the previous term.

कर्म-आत्मा (karma-ātmā) - the self that acts (karmātman) (the self that acts, the doer-self, the embodied self)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of karma-ātman

karma-ātman - the self engaged in action, the doer-self, the embodied soul

Tatpuruṣa compound (karma is the action of the ātman, or the ātman associated with karma).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (karma+ātman)

• karma – action, deed, ritual, fate, consequence of action (karma)
  noun (neuter)
  From root kṛ (to do, make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• ātman – self, soul, essence, individual soul, supreme soul (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

Note: One of the terms considered synonymous.

जीवः (jīvaḥ) - individual soul (jīva) (individual soul, living being)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - individual soul, living being, life (jīva)

From root jīv (to live).

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: One of the terms considered synonymous.

इति (iti) - thus, so, indicates end of list

(indeclinable)

Quotative particle.

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

Particle.

पर्याय-शब्द-भारः (paryāya-śabda-bhāraḥ) - a collection of synonymous terms (a collection/burden of synonymous words)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paryāya-śabda-bhāra

paryāya-śabda-bhāra - collection of synonymous words, a load of interchangeable terms

Tatpuruṣa compound of paryāya-śabda (synonymous word) and bhāra (burden, collection).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (paryāya-śabda+bhāra)

• paryāya-śabda – synonymous word, an equivalent term
  noun (masculine)
  Compound.
• bhāra – burden, load, mass, quantity, collection
  noun (masculine)
  From root bhṛ (to bear, carry).
  Root: bhṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject of kalpyate.

अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

(indeclinable)

Adverb of place/context.

कल्प्यते (kalpyate) - is imagined, is constructed, is assumed

(verb)

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

present middle third person singular

Present tense, 3rd person singular, middle voice of root kḷp. Often passive in meaning.

Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: The passive sense 'is constructed/imagined' is appropriate here.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

Particle indicating contrast.

वास्तवः (vāstavaḥ) - real, actual, existing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāstava

vāstava - real, actual, true, existing, essential

From vastu (thing, reality) + suffix -a.