योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-42, verse-19

स्याच्चेत्तत्कल्पनामात्रमेवैतन्नान्यवस्तुता ।
शून्यता नभसीवात्र द्रवत्वमिव चाम्भसि ॥ १९ ॥

syāccettatkalpanāmātramevaitannānyavastutā ,
śūnyatā nabhasīvātra dravatvamiva cāmbhasi 19

19. syāt cet tat kalpanāmātram eva etat na anyavastutā
śūnyatā nabhasi iva atra dravatvam iva ca ambhasi

19. cet syāt tat etat kalpanāmātram eva na anyavastutā
atra nabhasi śūnyatā iva ambhasi dravatvam iva ca

19. If that (independent reality of the world) were to exist, then this would merely be an imagination; it is not a separate substantiality. (It is) just like the voidness (śūnyatā) in space, and like liquidity in water.

Words meanings summery:

• स्यात् (syāt) - if it were to exist (may be, let it be, if it were)

• चेत् (cet) - if

• तत् (tat) - that (independent reality of the world) (that, it)

• कल्पनामात्रम् (kalpanāmātram) - mere imagination, only a mental construct

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, merely

• एतत् (etat) - this (world's perceived reality) (this)

• न (na) - not, no

• अन्यवस्तुता (anyavastutā) - separate substantiality (other reality, distinct substantiality)

• शून्यता (śūnyatā) - voidness (as an inherent quality) (emptiness, voidness, nothingness)

• नभसि (nabhasi) - in space (in the sky, in space, in the atmosphere)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

• अत्र (atra) - here (in this context) (here, in this matter)

• द्रवत्वम् (dravatvam) - liquidity, fluidity

• इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

• च (ca) - and, also

• अम्भसि (ambhasi) - in water

Words meanings and morphology

स्यात् (syāt) - if it were to exist (may be, let it be, if it were)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Optative Mood, 3rd Person, Singular

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Forms part of a conditional clause with 'cet'.

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that (independent reality of the world) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Refers to the hypothetical existence of independent reality.

कल्पनामात्रम् (kalpanāmātram) - mere imagination, only a mental construct

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kalpanāmātra

kalpanāmātra - mere imagination, only a mental construct

Compound type : tatpurusha (kalpanā+mātra)

• kalpanā – imagination, mental construction
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root 'kḷp' (to arrange, form)
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• mātra – mere, only, measure
  adjective (neuter)
  Suffix -mātra, also used as an adjective

Note: Predicate noun for 'etat'.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, merely

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this (world's perceived reality) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

Note: Subject of the clause 'etat kalpanāmātram'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अन्यवस्तुता (anyavastutā) - separate substantiality (other reality, distinct substantiality)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anyavastutā

anyavastutā - state of being another thing, other reality

Derived from 'anya' (other) + 'vastu' (thing, substance) + '-tā' (abstract noun suffix)

Compound type : tatpurusha (anya+vastu+tā)

• anya – other, different
  pronoun (neuter)
• vastu – thing, substance, reality
  noun (neuter)
• tā – state of being, -ness (suffix)
  noun (feminine)
  Taddhita suffix

Note: Predicate noun for the implied subject (this imagination).

शून्यता (śūnyatā) - voidness (as an inherent quality) (emptiness, voidness, nothingness)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śūnyatā

śūnyatā - emptiness, voidness, nothingness

Derived from 'śūnya' (empty) + suffix '-tā'

Note: Subject of the implied comparison.

नभसि (nabhasi) - in space (in the sky, in space, in the atmosphere)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of nabhas

nabhas - sky, atmosphere, space

Root: nah (class 4)

इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

(indeclinable)

अत्र (atra) - here (in this context) (here, in this matter)

(indeclinable)

द्रवत्वम् (dravatvam) - liquidity, fluidity

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dravatva

dravatva - liquidity, fluidity

Derived from 'drava' (liquid) + suffix '-tva'

Root: dru (class 1)

Note: Subject of the second comparison.

इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अम्भसि (ambhasi) - in water

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ambhas

ambhas - water