योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-7, chapter-31, verse-4
न नाशो नास्ति नानर्थो न जन्ममरणे न खम् ।
न शून्यता न नानास्ति सर्वं ब्रह्मैव नैव च ॥ ४ ॥
न शून्यता न नानास्ति सर्वं ब्रह्मैव नैव च ॥ ४ ॥
na nāśo nāsti nānartho na janmamaraṇe na kham ,
na śūnyatā na nānāsti sarvaṃ brahmaiva naiva ca 4
na śūnyatā na nānāsti sarvaṃ brahmaiva naiva ca 4
4.
na nāśaḥ na asti na anarthaḥ na janma-maraṇe na kham
na śūnyatā na nānā asti sarvam brahma eva na eva ca
na śūnyatā na nānā asti sarvam brahma eva na eva ca
4.
nāśaḥ na anarthaḥ na janma-maraṇe na kham na
śūnyatā na nānā na asti sarvam brahma eva ca na eva
śūnyatā na nānā na asti sarvam brahma eva ca na eva
4.
There is no destruction, no misfortune, no birth or death, no space (kha). There is no emptiness, no multiplicity. All is verily the ultimate reality (brahman), and yet it is also not (any specific thing).
Words meanings summery:
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- न (na) - not, no
- नाशः (nāśaḥ) - destruction, ruin
- न (na) - not, no
- अस्ति (asti) - is, exists
- न (na) - not, no
- अनर्थः (anarthaḥ) - misfortune, adversity, evil
- न (na) - not, no
- जन्म-मरणे (janma-maraṇe) - birth and death
- न (na) - not, no
- खम् (kham) - space, ether, sky, void
- न (na) - not, no
- शून्यता (śūnyatā) - emptiness, voidness
- न (na) - not, no
- नाना (nānā) - various, diverse, multiplicity
- अस्ति (asti) - is, exists
- सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything, whole
- ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman, the ultimate reality
- एव (eva) - only, indeed
- न (na) - not, no
- एव (eva) - only, indeed
- च (ca) - and, also
Words meanings and morphology
न (na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
नाशः (nāśaḥ) - destruction, ruin
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of nāśa
nāśa - destruction, ruin, loss
Derived from root 'naś' (to perish)
Root: naś (class 4)
न (na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
अस्ति (asti) - is, exists
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of as
Present active 3rd singular
From root as, class 2 P.
Root: as (class 2)
न (na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
अनर्थः (anarthaḥ) - misfortune, adversity, evil
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of anartha
anartha - misfortune, calamity, evil, uselessness
Negation of artha (purpose, good)
Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (na+artha)
- na – not, no
indeclinable - artha – meaning, purpose, advantage, wealth, good
noun (masculine)
न (na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
जन्म-मरणे (janma-maraṇe) - birth and death
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, dual of janma-maraṇa
janma-maraṇa - birth and death, cyclic existence
Compound type : dvandva (janman+maraṇa)
- janman – birth, origin, existence
noun (neuter)
Derived from root 'jan' (to be born)
Root: jan (class 4) - maraṇa – death, dying
noun (neuter)
Derived from root 'mṛ' (to die)
Root: mṛ (class 6)
न (na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
खम् (kham) - space, ether, sky, void
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of kha
kha - space, sky, atmosphere, ether, void
न (na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
शून्यता (śūnyatā) - emptiness, voidness
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of śūnyatā
śūnyatā - emptiness, void, nothingness
Derived from 'śūnya' (empty) with suffix '-tā' (abstract noun)
न (na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
नाना (nānā) - various, diverse, multiplicity
(indeclinable)
अस्ति (asti) - is, exists
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of as
Present active 3rd singular
From root as, class 2 P.
Root: as (class 2)
सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything, whole
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva
sarva - all, every, whole, entire
ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman, the ultimate reality
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman
brahman - the Absolute, the ultimate reality, sacred word, Veda, priest
Root: bṛh (class 1)
एव (eva) - only, indeed
(indeclinable)
न (na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
एव (eva) - only, indeed
(indeclinable)
च (ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)