योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-39, verse-8

अविद्यमानमेवेदं जगद्यदनुभूयते ।
असद्रूपोपलम्भस्य सैषा वस्तुस्वभावता ॥ ८ ॥

avidyamānamevedaṃ jagadyadanubhūyate ,
asadrūpopalambhasya saiṣā vastusvabhāvatā 8

8. avidyamānam eva idam jagat yat anubhūyate
asadrūpopalambhasya sā eṣā vastusvabhāvatā

8. idam jagat yat anubhūyate avidyamānam eva.
sā eṣā vastusvabhāvatā asadrūpopalambhasya.

8. This world (jagat), which is experienced, is in fact non-existent. This very thing is the intrinsic nature (vastusvabhāvatā) of the perception of unreal forms.

Words meanings summery:

• अविद्यमानम् (avidyamānam) - non-existent, unreal, not present

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, just

• इदम् (idam) - this (neuter singular)

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

• यत् (yat) - which, that

• अनुभूयते (anubhūyate) - is experienced, is perceived

• असद्रूपोपलम्भस्य (asadrūpopalambhasya) - of the perception of unreal forms; of the apprehension of non-existent forms

• सा (sā) - that (feminine singular)

• एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine singular)

• वस्तुस्वभावता (vastusvabhāvatā) - the intrinsic nature of things; the inherent nature of reality

Words meanings and morphology

अविद्यमानम् (avidyamānam) - non-existent, unreal, not present

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of avidyamāna

avidyamāna - not existing, absent, unreal

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'vid' (to exist) with the negative prefix 'a-'.

Prefix: a

Root: vid (class 2)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, just

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this (neuter singular)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, that which moves

Present Active Participle

From root 'gam' (to go) with 'śatṛ' suffix.

Root: gam (class 1)

यत् (yat) - which, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Note: Relative pronoun introducing a clause.

अनुभूयते (anubhūyate) - is experienced, is perceived

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of anubhū

Present Passive

Root 'bhū' (to be, become) with prefix 'anu'.

Prefix: anu

Root: bhū (class 1)

असद्रूपोपलम्भस्य (asadrūpopalambhasya) - of the perception of unreal forms; of the apprehension of non-existent forms

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of asadrūpopalambha

asadrūpopalambha - perception of unreal forms

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (asat+rūpa+upalambha)

• asat – non-existent, unreal, untrue
  adjective (neuter)
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance, nature
  noun (neuter)
• upalambha – perception, apprehension, acquisition
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: upa
  Root: labh (class 1)

सा (sā) - that (feminine singular)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine singular)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this

वस्तुस्वभावता (vastusvabhāvatā) - the intrinsic nature of things; the inherent nature of reality

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vastusvabhāvatā

vastusvabhāvatā - intrinsic nature of things, inherent nature of reality

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vastu+svabhāva+tā)

• vastu – thing, object, reality, substance
  noun (neuter)
• svabhāva – own nature, inherent quality, intrinsic disposition
  noun (masculine)
• tā – suffix for abstract noun, -ness, -hood
  indeclinable
  Suffix forming feminine abstract nouns from adjectives or nouns.

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