योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-12, verse-17

तदेतद्भगवन्ब्रूहि किमिदं परिणश्यति ।
किमिदं जायते भूयः किमिदं परिवर्धते ॥ १७ ॥

tadetadbhagavanbrūhi kimidaṃ pariṇaśyati ,
kimidaṃ jāyate bhūyaḥ kimidaṃ parivardhate 17

17. tat etat bhagavan brūhi kim idam pariṇaśyati
kim idam jāyate bhūyaḥ kim idam parivardhate

17. Therefore, O Blessed One (Bhagavan), please explain this: What is it that perishes? What is it that is born again? What is it that grows?

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - therefore (adverbial use) (therefore, that)

• एतत् (etat) - this

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - O Blessed One (Bhagavan) (O Blessed One! O Venerable One!)

• ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell, speak

• किम् (kim) - what?

• इदम् (idam) - this

• परिणश्यति (pariṇaśyati) - perishes, is destroyed

• किम् (kim) - what?

• इदम् (idam) - this

• जायते (jāyate) - is born, arises

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, repeatedly, further

• किम् (kim) - what?

• इदम् (idam) - this

• परिवर्धते (parivardhate) - grows, increases, thrives

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - therefore (adverbial use) (therefore, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

भगवन् (bhagavan) - O Blessed One (Bhagavan) (O Blessed One! O Venerable One!)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - blessed, fortunate, divine, venerable

Possessive adjective from bhaga (fortune, glory)

ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell, speak

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here

परिणश्यति (pariṇaśyati) - perishes, is destroyed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pariṇaś

Compound verb from upasarga pari (around, completely) + root naś (to perish)

Prefix: pari

Root: naś (class 4)

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here

जायते (jāyate) - is born, arises

(verb)

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

Passive voice of root jan (to be born). Often treated as a deponent verb in Middle voice (ātmanepada).

Root: jan (class 4)

भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, repeatedly, further

(indeclinable)

Comparative adverb from root bhū (to be)

Root: bhū (class 1)

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here

परिवर्धते (parivardhate) - grows, increases, thrives

(verb)

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

Compound verb from upasarga pari (around, completely) + root vṛdh (to grow)

Prefix: pari

Root: vṛdh (class 1)