योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-159, verse-39

न संभवति चेत्तत्तत्कथं सर्वात्मतामियात् ।
कस्मात्संकल्पनगरं न मिथः श्लिष्यतीति सत् ॥ ३९ ॥

na saṃbhavati cettattatkathaṃ sarvātmatāmiyāt ,
kasmātsaṃkalpanagaraṃ na mithaḥ śliṣyatīti sat 39

39. na saṃbhavati cet tat tat katham sarvātmatām iyāt
| kasmāt saṅkalpanagaram na mithaḥ śliṣyati iti sat

39. cet tat tat na saṃbhavati,
katham sarvātmatām iyāt? kasmāt saṅkalpanagaram na mithaḥ śliṣyati iti sat?

39. If that (coexistence of opposites) is not possible, how could it attain the nature of the universal Self (ātman)? Why would a city born of imagination not mutually cohere, if it is truly existent (sat)?

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• संभवति (saṁbhavati) - is possible, originates, occurs

• चेत् (cet) - if

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• तत् (tat) - that (very thing), it

• कथम् (katham) - how?

• सर्वात्मताम् (sarvātmatām) - the state of being the universal Self, universality

• इयात् (iyāt) - would attain, would go

• कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why? from what?

• सङ्कल्पनगरम् (saṅkalpanagaram) - city of imagination, imagined city

• न (na) - not, no

• मिथः (mithaḥ) - mutually, reciprocally

• श्लिष्यति (śliṣyati) - unites, coheres, adheres

• इति (iti) - thus, so, this

• सत् (sat) - being, existent, real, true

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

संभवति (saṁbhavati) - is possible, originates, occurs

(verb)

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

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

तत् (tat) - that (very thing), it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

Note: Used for emphasis: 'that very thing'.

कथम् (katham) - how?

(indeclinable)

सर्वात्मताम् (sarvātmatām) - the state of being the universal Self, universality

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sarvātmatā

sarvātmatā - universality, the state of being the universal Self (ātman)

Derived from the compound noun `sarvātman` by adding the feminine suffix `-tā`.

इयात् (iyāt) - would attain, would go

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of i

Root: i (class 2)

कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why? from what?

(indeclinable)

Note: Ablative singular of `kim`, used adverbially as 'why?'.

सङ्कल्पनगरम् (saṅkalpanagaram) - city of imagination, imagined city

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṅkalpanagara

saṅkalpanagara - city of imagination, an imagined city

Compound type : tatpurusha (saṅkalpa+nagara)

• saṅkalpa – intention, resolve, imagination
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root `kḷp` with prefix `sam`
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• nagara – city, town
  noun (neuter)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

मिथः (mithaḥ) - mutually, reciprocally

(indeclinable)

श्लिष्यति (śliṣyati) - unites, coheres, adheres

(verb)

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

Root: śliṣ (class 4)

इति (iti) - thus, so, this

(indeclinable)

सत् (sat) - being, existent, real, true

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sat

sat - being, existing, real, true

Present Active Participle

Derived from root `as` (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Functions here as a predicate adjective meaning 'is real/existent'.

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