योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-143, verse-76

जीवधर्मः सोऽपि संश्चेन्मृतधर्मोऽपि किं न सन् ।
यादृगनुभवस्त्वस्मिन्समे न्यायद्वये स्थिते ॥ ७६ ॥

jīvadharmaḥ so'pi saṃścenmṛtadharmo'pi kiṃ na san ,
yādṛganubhavastvasminsame nyāyadvaye sthite 76

76. jīva-dharmaḥ saḥ api san cet mṛta-dharmaḥ api kim na
san yādṛk anubhavaḥ tu asmin same nyāya-dvaye sthite

76. jīva-dharmaḥ saḥ api san cet,
mṛta-dharmaḥ api kim na san? asmin same nyāya-dvaye sthite,
tu yādṛk anubhavaḥ [jāyate]?

76. If that [previously discussed idea] is indeed the intrinsic nature (dharma) of a living being, then why does the intrinsic nature (dharma) of a dead being not also exist [in a comparable manner]? What kind of experience (anubhava) can arise when these two similar logical arguments are equally established?

76. אם תכונה זו שייכת לחיים, מדוע שלא תהיה שייכת גם למתים? כאשר שני ההגיונות הללו שקולים, הניסיון שנחווה תואם את התפיסה שקיימת.

Words meanings summery:

• जीव-धर्मः (jīva-dharmaḥ) - the intrinsic nature or characteristic of a living being (the characteristic of a living being, the natural law of life)

• सः (saḥ) - that, he

• अपि (api) - also, even

• सन् (san) - existing, being, true

• चेत् (cet) - if

• मृत-धर्मः (mṛta-dharmaḥ) - the intrinsic nature or characteristic associated with being dead (the characteristic of a dead being, the natural law of death)

• अपि (api) - also, even

• किम् (kim) - why, what

• न (na) - not

• सन् (san) - existing, being, true

• यादृक् (yādṛk) - what kind, such as, just as

• अनुभवः (anubhavaḥ) - experience (anubhava) (experience, perception, apprehension)

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

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

• समे (same) - in the similar, in the same

• न्याय-द्वये (nyāya-dvaye) - in the pair of arguments, in the two logical situations

• स्थिते (sthite) - when established, when existing, being in place

Words meanings and morphology

जीव-धर्मः (jīva-dharmaḥ) - the intrinsic nature or characteristic of a living being (the characteristic of a living being, the natural law of life)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīvadharma

jīvadharma - the characteristic of a living being, natural law of life

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jīva+dharma)

• jīva – living, alive, a living being, soul
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jīv (class 1)
• dharma – intrinsic nature, characteristic, constitution, natural law, duty, righteousness, virtue
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - that, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

सन् (san) - existing, being, true

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sat

sat - existing, being, good, real

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root 'as' (to be).

Root: as (class 2)

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

मृत-धर्मः (mṛta-dharmaḥ) - the intrinsic nature or characteristic associated with being dead (the characteristic of a dead being, the natural law of death)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtadharma

mṛtadharma - the characteristic of a dead being, natural law of death

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛta+dharma)

• mṛta – dead, deceased, died
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root 'mṛ' (to die).
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• dharma – intrinsic nature, characteristic, constitution, natural law, duty, righteousness, virtue
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

किम् (kim) - why, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

सन् (san) - existing, being, true

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sat

sat - existing, being, good, real

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root 'as' (to be).

Root: as (class 2)

यादृक् (yādṛk) - what kind, such as, just as

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yādṛś

yādṛś - what kind of, such as, as

अनुभवः (anubhavaḥ) - experience (anubhava) (experience, perception, apprehension)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anubhava

anubhava - experience, perception, apprehension, understanding

Prefix: anu

Root: bhū (class 1)

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

(indeclinable)

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

समे (same) - in the similar, in the same

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of sama

sama - same, equal, similar, even

न्याय-द्वये (nyāya-dvaye) - in the pair of arguments, in the two logical situations

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of nyāyadvaya

nyāyadvaya - a pair of arguments or logical statements

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nyāya+dvaya)

• nyāya – justice, rule, method, logical argument, logic, maxim
  noun (masculine)
• dvaya – a pair, duality, two
  noun (neuter)

स्थिते (sthite) - when established, when existing, being in place

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of sthita

sthita - stood, situated, established, existing

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'sthā' (to stand, to be). Used here in a locative absolute construction.

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'nyāyadvaye'.

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