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?

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'.