योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-31, verse-12

असतामेव सद्भावमिव येषामुपेयुषाम् ।
न वयं निर्णयं विद्मो वन्ध्यापुत्रगिरामिव ॥ १२ ॥

asatāmeva sadbhāvamiva yeṣāmupeyuṣām ,
na vayaṃ nirṇayaṃ vidmo vandhyāputragirāmiva 12

12. asatām eva sadbhāvam iva yeṣām upeyuṣām na
vayam nirṇayam vidmaḥ vandhyāputragirām iva

12. yeṣām asatām eva sadbhāvam iva upeyuṣām (viṣaye),
vayam vandhyāputragirām iva nirṇayam na vidmaḥ.

12. We are unable to make any definite ascertainment concerning those who have adopted a state of perceived existence (sadbhāva) for that which is non-existent, just as we cannot make sense of the words of a barren woman's son.

Words meanings summery:

• असताम् (asatām) - of the non-existent, of the unreal

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• सद्भावम् (sadbhāvam) - existence, reality, state of being

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• येषाम् (yeṣām) - of whom, for whom

• उपेयुषाम् (upeyuṣām) - of those who have attained/reached

• न (na) - not

• वयम् (vayam) - we

• निर्णयम् (nirṇayam) - decision, ascertainment, conclusion

• विद्मः (vidmaḥ) - we know

• वन्ध्यापुत्रगिराम् (vandhyāputragirām) - Referring to something impossible or nonsensical, like the words spoken by a non-existent son of a barren woman. (of the words of a barren woman's son)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

असताम् (asatām) - of the non-existent, of the unreal

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, false

Negation of 'sat', the present participle of 'as' (to be)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sat)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negation prefix
• sat – existing, real, good, being
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  Present active participle of root 'as' (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

सद्भावम् (sadbhāvam) - existence, reality, state of being

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sadbhāva

sadbhāva - existence, reality, state of being, good disposition

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sat+bhāva)

• sat – existent, real, being
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  Present active participle of root 'as' (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)
• bhāva – being, existence, state, disposition
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

येषाम् (yeṣām) - of whom, for whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of yad

yad - which, who, what

उपेयुषाम् (upeyuṣām) - of those who have attained/reached

(verbal derivative)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of aham

aham - I

निर्णयम् (nirṇayam) - decision, ascertainment, conclusion

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nirṇaya

nirṇaya - decision, ascertainment, conclusion, judgment

Prefix: nis

Root: nī (class 1)

विद्मः (vidmaḥ) - we know

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 2)

वन्ध्यापुत्रगिराम् (vandhyāputragirām) - Referring to something impossible or nonsensical, like the words spoken by a non-existent son of a barren woman. (of the words of a barren woman's son)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of vandhyāputragira

vandhyāputragira - words of a barren woman's son (idiom for impossibility/nonsense)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (vandhyā+putra+gir)

• vandhyā – barren woman
  noun (feminine)
• putra – son
  noun (masculine)
• gir – word, speech
  noun (feminine)
  Root: gṛ (class 6)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

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