योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-97, verse-15

अशेषं शून्यमेवेति बौद्धानामेतदेव सत् ।
लभ्यते तद्विचारेण यत्र किंचन नैव हि ॥ १५ ॥

aśeṣaṃ śūnyameveti bauddhānāmetadeva sat ,
labhyate tadvicāreṇa yatra kiṃcana naiva hi 15

15. aśeṣam śūnyam eva iti bauddhānām etat eva sat
labhyate tad-vicāreṇa yatra kiṃcana na eva hi

15. bauddhānām etat eva sat (yad) aśeṣam śūnyam eva
iti tad-vicāreṇa yatra kiṃcana na eva hi labhyate

15. For the Buddhists, this alone is the reality: that everything is indeed emptiness. Through deep inquiry into that (emptiness), one reaches a state where absolutely nothing whatsoever exists.

Words meanings summery:

• अशेषम् (aśeṣam) - entirely, completely, without remainder

• शून्यम् (śūnyam) - void, empty, nothingness

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• इति (iti) - thus, so; indicating quotation

• बौद्धानाम् (bauddhānām) - of the Buddhists

• एतत् (etat) - this

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• सत् (sat) - existent, real, reality

• लभ्यते (labhyate) - is obtained, is found

• तद्-विचारेण (tad-vicāreṇa) - by the consideration of emptiness (by its consideration/inquiry)

• यत्र (yatra) - where

• किंचन (kiṁcana) - anything whatsoever

• न (na) - not

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• हि (hi) - indeed, truly, for

Words meanings and morphology

अशेषम् (aśeṣam) - entirely, completely, without remainder

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of aśeṣa

aśeṣa - entire, complete, without remainder

Negation of śeṣa (remainder)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+śeṣa)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• śeṣa – remainder, residue
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śiṣ (class 7)

Note: Functions adverbially here.

शून्यम् (śūnyam) - void, empty, nothingness

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śūnya

śūnya - empty, void, null, absent, nothingness

Note: Functions as a predicate adjective.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - thus, so; indicating quotation

(indeclinable)

बौद्धानाम् (bauddhānām) - of the Buddhists

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of bauddha

bauddha - Buddhist, relating to Buddha

Derived from Buddha

Note: Indicates possession or perspective.

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

सत् (sat) - existent, real, reality

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sat

sat - existent, real, good, reality, truth

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of as (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Used here as a noun 'the real'.

लभ्यते (labhyate) - is obtained, is found

(verb)

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

Root: labh (class 1)

Note: Root is ātmanepada in the 1st class (labh), often used with passive sense.

तद्-विचारेण (tad-vicāreṇa) - by the consideration of emptiness (by its consideration/inquiry)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad-vicāra

tad-vicāra - consideration of that, inquiry into that

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (tad+vicāra)

• tad – that, its
  pronoun (neuter)
• vicāra – inquiry, investigation, deliberation, consideration
  noun (masculine)
  action noun
  Derived from vi-car (to move about, to consider)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: car (class 1)

यत्र (yatra) - where

(indeclinable)

किंचन (kiṁcana) - anything whatsoever

(indeclinable)

Formed from kim (what) + cana (particle)

Note: Often used with 'na' for 'nothing whatsoever'.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, truly, for

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle here.

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