योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-23, verse-4

न तदस्तीह यदयं कालः सकलघस्मरः ।
ग्रसते तज्जगज्जातं प्रोत्थाब्धिमिव वाडवः ॥ ४ ॥

na tadastīha yadayaṃ kālaḥ sakalaghasmaraḥ ,
grasate tajjagajjātaṃ protthābdhimiva vāḍavaḥ 4

4. na tat asti iha yat ayam kālaḥ sakalaghsmaraḥ
grasate tat jagat jātam protthābdhim iva vāḍavaḥ

4. iha tat na asti yat ayam sakalaghsmaraḥ kālaḥ
tat jagat jātam grasate vāḍavaḥ protthābdhim iva

4. There is nothing here that this all-consuming Time does not devour, just as the submarine fire consumes the rising ocean.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• यत् (yat) - which, that

• अयम् (ayam) - this

• कालः (kālaḥ) - time

• सकलघ्स्मरः (sakalaghsmaraḥ) - all-devouring, consuming everything

• ग्रसते (grasate) - devours, consumes

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

• जातम् (jātam) - born, created, produced

• प्रोत्थाब्धिम् (protthābdhim) - the rising ocean

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• वाडवः (vāḍavaḥ) - submarine fire

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, such

Note: Refers to 'that which exists'.

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of as

Root: as (class 2)

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

यत् (yat) - which, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, that (relative pronoun)

अयम् (ayam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

कालः (kālaḥ) - time

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season, death

सकलघ्स्मरः (sakalaghsmaraḥ) - all-devouring, consuming everything

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sakalaghsmara

sakalaghsmara - all-devouring, consuming everything

Compound type : tatpurusha (sakala+ghasmara)

• sakala – all, entire, complete, with parts
  adjective (masculine)
• ghasmara – devouring, voracious, gluttonous
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root `ghas` (to eat) with suffix `mara`.
  Root: ghas (class 1)

ग्रसते (grasate) - devours, consumes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of gras

Root: gras (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, such

Note: Refers to `jagat jātam`.

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, living beings

Root: gam (class 1)

जातम् (jātam) - born, created, produced

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, arisen

Past Passive Participle

From root `jan` (to be born) + suffix `kta`.

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Modifies `jagat`.

प्रोत्थाब्धिम् (protthābdhim) - the rising ocean

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of protthābdhi

protthābdhi - rising ocean

Compound type : karmadhāraya (pra-uttha+abdhi)

• pra-uttha – risen, emerged
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle (derived)
  From `pra-ud-sthā` (to rise up).
  Prefixes: pra+ud
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• abdhi – ocean, sea (bearer of water)
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

वाडवः (vāḍavaḥ) - submarine fire

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāḍava

vāḍava - submarine fire, horse, resident of a Vāḍava village