योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-15, verse-18

अभावादुपपत्तिस्थादेवं जगदहंत्वयोः ।
रूपालोकमनस्काराः शान्तास्तव न चेतरत् ॥ १८ ॥

abhāvādupapattisthādevaṃ jagadahaṃtvayoḥ ,
rūpālokamanaskārāḥ śāntāstava na cetarat 18

18. abhāvāt upapattisthāt evam jagat ahaṃtvayoḥ
rūpa āloka manaskārāḥ śāntāḥ tava na ca itarat

18. evam jagat ahaṃtvayoḥ upapattisthāt abhāvāt
tava rūpa āloka manaskārāḥ śāntāḥ ca itarat na

18. In this way, because the world and the ego-sense (ahaṃtva) are logically established as non-existent, your forms, perceptions, and mental impressions (manaskāra) have become peaceful, and nothing else (remains).

Words meanings summery:

• अभावात् (abhāvāt) - due to non-existence

• उपपत्तिस्थात् (upapattisthāt) - referring to the logical establishment of non-existence (from what is established by reason, from a logical basis)

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way

• जगत् (jagat) - of the world

• अहंत्वयोः (ahaṁtvayoḥ) - and of the ego-sense (ahaṃtva)

• रूप (rūpa) - forms

• आलोक (āloka) - perceptions

• मनस्काराः (manaskārāḥ) - mental impressions (manaskāra)

• शान्ताः (śāntāḥ) - have become peaceful, subsided

• तव (tava) - your

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and

• इतरत् (itarat) - other (thing)

Words meanings and morphology

अभावात् (abhāvāt) - due to non-existence

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of abhāva

abhāva - non-existence, absence, non-being

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+bhāva)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
• bhāva – existence, state, being
  noun (masculine)

उपपत्तिस्थात् (upapattisthāt) - referring to the logical establishment of non-existence (from what is established by reason, from a logical basis)

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, singular of upapattistha

upapattistha - established by reason, logically based, existing through demonstration

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (upapatti+stha)

• upapatti – reason, proof, logical demonstration
  noun (feminine)
• stha – standing, abiding, existing in
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun
  Derived from root 'sthā' (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `abhāvāt` or an implied noun.

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way

(indeclinable)

जगत् (jagat) - of the world

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, dual of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Part of a Dvandva compound `jagadahaṃtvayoḥ`.

अहंत्वयोः (ahaṁtvayoḥ) - and of the ego-sense (ahaṃtva)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, dual of ahaṃtva

ahaṁtva - the state of 'I', ego-sense (ahaṃtva)

Derived from 'aham' (I) with suffix 'tva'

Note: Part of a Dvandva compound `jagadahaṃtvayoḥ`.

रूप (rūpa) - forms

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of rūpa

rūpa - form, appearance, shape

Note: Part of a Dvandva compound `rūpālokamanaskārāḥ`.

आलोक (āloka) - perceptions

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of āloka

āloka - perception, seeing, light, observation

Note: Part of a Dvandva compound `rūpālokamanaskārāḥ`.

मनस्काराः (manaskārāḥ) - mental impressions (manaskāra)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of manaskāra

manaskāra - mental impression, attention, mental activity (manaskāra)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (manas+kāra)

• manas – mind, intellect
  noun (neuter)
• kāra – making, doing, agent of action
  noun (masculine)
  Agent Noun
  Derived from root 'kṛ' (to do)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

शान्ताः (śāntāḥ) - have become peaceful, subsided

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śānta

śānta - peaceful, tranquil, calm, subsided, ceased

Past Passive Participle

Root: śam (class 4)

Note: Agrees with `rūpālokamanaskārāḥ`.

तव (tava) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

इतरत् (itarat) - other (thing)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of itara

itara - other, another, different

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