योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-45, verse-64

अवस्तुत्वादतो मोक्षो
नात्मनाशे प्रवर्तते ॥ ६४ ॥

avastutvādato mokṣo
nātmanāśe pravartate 64

64. avastutvāt ataḥ mokṣaḥ
na ātman-nāśe pravartate

64. ataḥ avastutvāt mokṣaḥ
ātman-nāśe na pravartate

64. Therefore, because of its unsubstantiality, liberation (mokṣa) does not occur through the destruction of the self (ātman).

64. מאחר שאינה בעלת קיום ממשי, השחרור (מוֹקְשָׁה) אינו כרוך בהרס העצמי.

Words meanings summery:

• अवस्तुत्वात् (avastutvāt) - due to unsubstantiality, because of being unreal

• अतः (ataḥ) - therefore, hence

• मोक्षः (mokṣaḥ) - liberation, release, emancipation

• न (na) - not, no

• आत्मन्-नाशे (ātman-nāśe) - in the destruction of the self

• प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - proceeds, occurs, takes place, sets in motion

Words meanings and morphology

अवस्तुत्वात् (avastutvāt) - due to unsubstantiality, because of being unreal

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of avastutva

avastutva - unsubstantiality, unreality, non-existence of a thing

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vastu+tva)

• a – not, non-
  prefix
• vastu – thing, object, reality, substance
  noun (neuter)
• tva – abstract noun suffix (ness, hood)
  suffix

Note: Acts as a causal adverb.

अतः (ataḥ) - therefore, hence

(indeclinable)

Note: Causal conjunction.

मोक्षः (mokṣaḥ) - liberation, release, emancipation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mokṣa

mokṣa - liberation, release, emancipation

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Refers to final liberation (mokṣa).

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

आत्मन्-नाशे (ātman-nāśe) - in the destruction of the self

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ātman-nāśa

ātman-nāśa - destruction of the self

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (ātman+nāśa)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)
• nāśa – destruction, ruin, loss
  noun (masculine)
  Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Refers to the self (ātman).

प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - proceeds, occurs, takes place, sets in motion

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vṛt

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: pra-vṛt often implies beginning, occurring, or acting.

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