योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-68, verse-36

यत्र प्रत्यक्षमेवासदन्यत्किं तत्र सद्भवेत् ।
क्व तत्सत्यं भवेद्वस्तु यदसिद्धेन साध्यते ॥ ३६ ॥

yatra pratyakṣamevāsadanyatkiṃ tatra sadbhavet ,
kva tatsatyaṃ bhavedvastu yadasiddhena sādhyate 36

36. yatra pratyakṣam eva asat anyat kim tatra sat bhavet
kva tat satyam bhavet vastu yat asiddhena sādhyate

36. yatra pratyakṣam eva asat tatra anyat kim sat bhavet
yat asiddhena sādhyate tat satyam vastu kva bhavet

36. Where direct perception (pratyakṣa) itself is considered unreal (asat), what else could possibly be real (sat) in that context? Where would that real (satya) object (vastu) exist which is established by something unproven (asiddha)?

Words meanings summery:

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which case

• प्रत्यक्षम् (pratyakṣam) - direct sensory experience, a means of knowledge (pramāṇa) (direct perception, evident, visible)

• एव (eva) - emphasizes that 'pratyakṣa' itself is the point of contention (indeed, only, merely, certainly)

• असत् (asat) - lacking ultimate reality or substantiality (unreal, non-existent, untrue)

• अन्यत् (anyat) - other, another, different, something else

• किम् (kim) - what? which?

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that case, in that context

• सत् (sat) - truly existent, having objective reality (real, existent, true, good)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may it be, should it be, it would be

• क्व (kva) - where? to what place?

• तत् (tat) - that

• सत्यम् (satyam) - real, true, truth

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may it be, should it be, it would be

• वस्तु (vastu) - object, substance, thing, reality

• यत् (yat) - which, that which

• असिद्धेन (asiddhena) - by an argument or premise that is itself not proven or established (by the unproven, by that which is not established)

• साध्यते (sādhyate) - is proven, is established, is accomplished

Words meanings and morphology

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which case

(indeclinable)

प्रत्यक्षम् (pratyakṣam) - direct sensory experience, a means of knowledge (pramāṇa) (direct perception, evident, visible)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pratyakṣa

pratyakṣa - direct perception, evident, visible

Derived from 'prati' + 'akṣa' (eye/sense organ)

एव (eva) - emphasizes that 'pratyakṣa' itself is the point of contention (indeed, only, merely, certainly)

(indeclinable)

असत् (asat) - lacking ultimate reality or substantiality (unreal, non-existent, untrue)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - unreal, non-existent, untrue, bad

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sat)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• sat – real, existent, true
  adjective (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  Present participle of root 'as' (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)

अन्यत् (anyat) - other, another, different, something else

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

किम् (kim) - what? which?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - who? what? which?

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that case, in that context

(indeclinable)

सत् (sat) - truly existent, having objective reality (real, existent, true, good)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sat

sat - real, existent, true, good

Present Active Participle

Present participle of root 'as' (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

भवेत् (bhavet) - may it be, should it be, it would be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, potential mood (liṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

क्व (kva) - where? to what place?

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

सत्यम् (satyam) - real, true, truth

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - true, real, truth, reality

भवेत् (bhavet) - may it be, should it be, it would be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, potential mood (liṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

वस्तु (vastu) - object, substance, thing, reality

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vastu

vastu - object, substance, thing, reality, essence

यत् (yat) - which, that which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, that which, whoever

असिद्धेन (asiddhena) - by an argument or premise that is itself not proven or established (by the unproven, by that which is not established)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of asiddha

asiddha - unproven, unestablished, unconcluded, defective

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+siddha)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• siddha – proven, established, accomplished, perfected
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'sidh' (to accomplish, succeed, be proved)
  Root: sidh (class 4)

साध्यते (sādhyate) - is proven, is established, is accomplished

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of sādh

Root: sādh (class 5)