योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-26, verse-40

उत्पन्नध्वंसिनः कालवडवानलपातिनः ।
संख्यातुं केन शक्यन्ते कल्लोला जीविताम्बुधौ ॥ ४० ॥

utpannadhvaṃsinaḥ kālavaḍavānalapātinaḥ ,
saṃkhyātuṃ kena śakyante kallolā jīvitāmbudhau 40

40. utpanna-dhvaṃsinaḥ kāla-vaḍavānala-pātinaḥ
saṃkhyātum kena śakyante kallolāḥ jīvita-ambudhau

40. jīvita-ambudhau utpanna-dhvaṃsinaḥ
kāla-vaḍavānala-pātinaḥ kallolāḥ kena saṃkhyātum śakyante

40. Who can count the waves in the ocean of life, which are born and perish, and fall into the submarine fire (vaḍavānala) of time?

Words meanings summery:

• उत्पन्न-ध्वंसिनः (utpanna-dhvaṁsinaḥ) - born and perishing, whose arising is destruction

• काल-वडवानल-पातिनः (kāla-vaḍavānala-pātinaḥ) - falling into the submarine fire of time, consumed by the submarine fire of time

• संख्यातुम् (saṁkhyātum) - to count, to enumerate

• केन (kena) - by whom

• शक्यन्ते (śakyante) - are they able, can they be

• कल्लोलाः (kallolāḥ) - waves

• जीवित-अम्बुधौ (jīvita-ambudhau) - in the ocean of life

Words meanings and morphology

उत्पन्न-ध्वंसिनः (utpanna-dhvaṁsinaḥ) - born and perishing, whose arising is destruction

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of utpanna-dhvaṃsin

utpanna-dhvaṁsin - arising and perishing, transient

Compound type : karmadhāraya (utpanna+dhvaṃsin)

• utpanna – born, produced, arisen
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root pad with prefix ut
  Prefix: ut
  Root: pad (class 4)
• dhvaṃsin – perishing, destructive, decaying
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun
  From root dhvaṃs with suffix in
  Root: dhvaṃs (class 1)

काल-वडवानल-पातिनः (kāla-vaḍavānala-pātinaḥ) - falling into the submarine fire of time, consumed by the submarine fire of time

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kāla-vaḍavānala-pātin

kāla-vaḍavānala-pātin - falling into the submarine fire of time

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāla+vaḍavānala+pātin)

• kāla – time, black
  noun (masculine)
• vaḍavānala – submarine fire (vaḍavānala)
  noun (masculine)
• pātin – falling, dropping, plunging
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun
  From root pat with suffix in
  Root: pat (class 1)

संख्यातुम् (saṁkhyātum) - to count, to enumerate

(verb)

active

Infinitive

Infinitive form of the verb saṃkhyā

Prefix: sam

Root: khyā (class 2)

केन (kena) - by whom

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

शक्यन्ते (śakyante) - are they able, can they be

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (laṭ) of śak

Root: śak (class 5)

कल्लोलाः (kallolāḥ) - waves

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kallola

kallola - wave, surge, billow

जीवित-अम्बुधौ (jīvita-ambudhau) - in the ocean of life

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of jīvita-ambudhi

jīvita-ambudhi - ocean of life

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa (jīvita+ambudhi)

• jīvita – life, living
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle (noun use)
  From root jīv
  Root: jīv (class 1)
• ambudhi – ocean, sea (holder of water)
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root dhā with prefix am (for ambhas)
  Root: dhā (class 3)