योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-28, verse-30

आगमापायपरया क्षणसंस्थितिनाशया ।
न बिभेति हि संसारे धीरोऽपि क इवानया ॥ ३० ॥

āgamāpāyaparayā kṣaṇasaṃsthitināśayā ,
na bibheti hi saṃsāre dhīro'pi ka ivānayā 30

30. āgama-apāya-parayā kṣaṇa-saṃsthiti-nāśayā na
bibheti hi saṃsāre dhīraḥ api kaḥ iva anayā

30. āgama-apāya-parayā kṣaṇa-saṃsthiti-nāśayā
anayā saṃsāre dhīraḥ api kaḥ iva na bibheti hi

30. Who, even if courageous, would indeed not fear this [nature of existence] in the cycle of transmigration (saṃsāra) which is ultimately characterized by beginning and end, and whose stability is destroyed in an instant?

Words meanings summery:

• आगम-अपाय-परया (āgama-apāya-parayā) - ultimately characterized by beginning and end (having arrival and departure as supreme/principal)

• क्षण-संस्थिति-नाशया (kṣaṇa-saṁsthiti-nāśayā) - whose stability is destroyed in an instant (having its stability/existence destroyed in a moment)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• बिभेति (bibheti) - fears (fears, is afraid)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for)

• संसारे (saṁsāre) - in the cycle of transmigration (saṃsāra) (in the world, in the cycle of transmigration)

• धीरः (dhīraḥ) - courageous (person) (courageous, steadfast, wise person)

• अपि (api) - even if (even, also, too)

• कः (kaḥ) - who (who, what)

• इव (iva) - (rhetorical question indicator) (like, as, as if)

• अनया (anayā) - by this (referring to the impermanent nature described) (by this (feminine))

Words meanings and morphology

आगम-अपाय-परया (āgama-apāya-parayā) - ultimately characterized by beginning and end (having arrival and departure as supreme/principal)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of āgamāpāyapara

āgamāpāyapara - having arrival and departure as supreme/principal

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (āgama+apāya+para)

• āgama – arrival, coming, origin
  noun (masculine)
• apāya – departure, cessation, end
  noun (masculine)
• para – supreme, ultimate, highest, next, other
  adjective (feminine)

Note: Modifies an implied feminine noun, likely referring to the nature of saṃsāra, or agreeing with 'anayā'.

क्षण-संस्थिति-नाशया (kṣaṇa-saṁsthiti-nāśayā) - whose stability is destroyed in an instant (having its stability/existence destroyed in a moment)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of kṣaṇasaṃsthiti-nāśa

kṣaṇasaṁsthiti-nāśa - having its stability/existence destroyed in a moment

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṣaṇa+saṃsthiti+nāśa)

• kṣaṇa – moment, instant
  noun (masculine)
• saṃsthiti – stability, existence, abiding, firm state
  noun (feminine)
• nāśa – destruction, perishing, loss
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies an implied feminine noun, likely referring to the nature of saṃsāra, or agreeing with 'anayā'.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

बिभेति (bibheti) - fears (fears, is afraid)

(verb)

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

Present Indicative

3rd singular, present active, reduplicated class 3 verb, parasmaipada

Root: bhī (class 3)

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

संसारे (saṁsāre) - in the cycle of transmigration (saṃsāra) (in the world, in the cycle of transmigration)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃsāra

saṁsāra - cycle of transmigration, mundane existence, world

धीरः (dhīraḥ) - courageous (person) (courageous, steadfast, wise person)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhīra

dhīra - courageous, steadfast, wise, a brave or firm person

अपि (api) - even if (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here to convey 'even if X'.

कः (kaḥ) - who (who, what)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Interrogative pronoun.

इव (iva) - (rhetorical question indicator) (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Often accompanies interrogatives to form rhetorical questions (e.g., 'who indeed would...').

अनया (anayā) - by this (referring to the impermanent nature described) (by this (feminine))

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one (near speaker)

Note: Refers to the feminine qualities of constant change and momentary existence described by the preceding adjectives.