योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-193, verse-10

नाविद्यास्ति ह न भ्रान्तिर्न दुःखं न सुखोदयः ।
विद्याऽविद्या सुखं दुःखमिति ब्रह्मैव निर्मलम् ॥ १० ॥

nāvidyāsti ha na bhrāntirna duḥkhaṃ na sukhodayaḥ ,
vidyā'vidyā sukhaṃ duḥkhamiti brahmaiva nirmalam 10

10. na avidyā asti ha na bhrāntiḥ na duḥkham na sukhodayaḥ
vidyā avidyā sukham duḥkham iti brahma eva nirmalam

10. ha avidyā na asti na bhrāntiḥ na duḥkham na sukhodayaḥ
vidyā avidyā sukham duḥkham iti (sarvam) nirmalam brahma eva

10. Indeed, there is no ignorance (avidyā), no delusion, no suffering, and no emergence of happiness. [What appears as] knowledge (vidyā) and ignorance (avidyā), happiness and suffering – all this is nothing but the pure Brahman itself.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• अविद्या (avidyā) - spiritual ignorance (ignorance, nescience)

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• ह (ha) - indeed, certainly (an emphatic particle)

• न (na) - not, no

• भ्रान्तिः (bhrāntiḥ) - delusion, error, confusion

• न (na) - not, no

• दुःखम् (duḥkham) - suffering, pain, misery

• न (na) - not, no

• सुखोदयः (sukhodayaḥ) - emergence of happiness, rise of pleasure

• विद्या (vidyā) - knowledge, true knowledge

• अविद्या (avidyā) - spiritual ignorance (ignorance, nescience)

• सुखम् (sukham) - happiness, pleasure

• दुःखम् (duḥkham) - suffering, pain, misery

• इति (iti) - thus, in this way, (marks end of quotation/list)

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman, the Absolute Reality

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, alone

• निर्मलम् (nirmalam) - pure, spotless, unsullied

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अविद्या (avidyā) - spiritual ignorance (ignorance, nescience)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of avidyā

avidyā - ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance

A (negating prefix) + vidyā

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vidyā)

• a – not, non- (negating prefix)
  prefix
• vidyā – knowledge, learning, science
  noun (feminine)
  from √vid (to know)
  Root: vid (class 2)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

present active

3rd person singular present active

Root: as (class 2)

ह (ha) - indeed, certainly (an emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

भ्रान्तिः (bhrāntiḥ) - delusion, error, confusion

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhrānti

bhrānti - error, delusion, confusion, wandering

from √bhram (to wander, to err)

Root: bhram (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

दुःखम् (duḥkham) - suffering, pain, misery

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - suffering, pain, sorrow, misery

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

सुखोदयः (sukhodayaḥ) - emergence of happiness, rise of pleasure

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sukhodaya

sukhodaya - rise of happiness, emergence of pleasure

Compound type : tatpurusha (sukha+udaya)

• sukha – happiness, pleasure, joy, ease
  noun (neuter)
• udaya – rising, appearance, emergence, prosperity
  noun (masculine)
  from √i (to go) with ud
  Prefix: ud
  Root: i (class 2)

विद्या (vidyā) - knowledge, true knowledge

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vidyā

vidyā - knowledge, learning, science, true knowledge

from √vid (to know)

Root: vid (class 2)

अविद्या (avidyā) - spiritual ignorance (ignorance, nescience)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of avidyā

avidyā - ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance

A (negating prefix) + vidyā

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vidyā)

• a – not, non- (negating prefix)
  prefix
• vidyā – knowledge, learning, science
  noun (feminine)
  from √vid (to know)
  Root: vid (class 2)

सुखम् (sukham) - happiness, pleasure

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - happiness, pleasure, joy, ease

दुःखम् (duḥkham) - suffering, pain, misery

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - suffering, pain, sorrow, misery

इति (iti) - thus, in this way, (marks end of quotation/list)

(indeclinable)

ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman, the Absolute Reality

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman, the Absolute, the ultimate reality, the universal spirit

From √bṛh (to grow, swell)

Root: bṛh (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, alone

(indeclinable)

निर्मलम् (nirmalam) - pure, spotless, unsullied

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nirmala

nirmala - pure, spotless, unsullied, clean

Nir (without) + mala (impurity)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+mala)

• nis – without, out, free from (prefix)
  prefix
• mala – impurity, dirt, blemish
  noun (masculine/neuter)
  Root: mal (class 1)

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