योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-10, verse-4

कथं वा नैव किंचित्स्यात्कथं वा सर्वमित्यपि ।
अनयैव वचोभङ्ग्या मम मोह इवोदितः ॥ ४ ॥

kathaṃ vā naiva kiṃcitsyātkathaṃ vā sarvamityapi ,
anayaiva vacobhaṅgyā mama moha ivoditaḥ 4

4. kathaṃ vā na eva kiṃcit syāt kathaṃ vā sarvam iti
api anayā eva vacobhaṅgyā mama mohaḥ iva uditaḥ

4. kathaṃ vā na eva kiṃcit syāt kathaṃ vā sarvam iti
api anayā eva vacobhaṅgyā mama mohaḥ iva uditaḥ

4. How, too, can it not be merely *something*, and how can it be *everything* as well? Through this very confusing mode of speech, my bewilderment has, as it were, arisen.

Words meanings summery:

• कथं (kathaṁ) - how, why

• वा (vā) - or, and

• न (na) - not, no

• एव (eva) - Emphasizes the preceding 'na'. 'na eva' means 'certainly not'. (indeed, certainly, only)

• किंचित् (kiṁcit) - something, anything, a little

• स्यात् (syāt) - may be, should be, could be

• कथं (kathaṁ) - how, why

• वा (vā) - or, and

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything, the whole

• इति (iti) - Indicates direct or indirect quotation, or simply 'thus'. (thus, so, as)

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• अनया (anayā) - by this

• एव (eva) - Emphasizes 'anayā'. (indeed, certainly, only)

• वचोभङ्ग्या (vacobhaṅgyā) - by this very paradoxical or confusing way of speaking (by the breaking of words, by the rhetorical device, by the convoluted speech)

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• मोहः (mohaḥ) - delusion, bewilderment, infatuation

• इव (iva) - as if, like, as it were

• उदितः (uditaḥ) - arisen, manifested, appeared

Words meanings and morphology

कथं (kathaṁ) - how, why

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, and

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - Emphasizes the preceding 'na'. 'na eva' means 'certainly not'. (indeed, certainly, only)

(indeclinable)

किंचित् (kiṁcit) - something, anything, a little

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiṃcid

kiṁcid - something, anything, a little, some

indefinite pronoun, neuter nominative singular of kim + cit

Note: Acts as a predicate.

स्यात् (syāt) - may be, should be, could be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

optative mood

root as, optative mood, 3rd person singular

Root: as (class 2)

कथं (kathaṁ) - how, why

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, and

(indeclinable)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything, the whole

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Acts as a predicate.

इति (iti) - Indicates direct or indirect quotation, or simply 'thus'. (thus, so, as)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

अनया (anayā) - by this

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

एव (eva) - Emphasizes 'anayā'. (indeed, certainly, only)

(indeclinable)

वचोभङ्ग्या (vacobhaṅgyā) - by this very paradoxical or confusing way of speaking (by the breaking of words, by the rhetorical device, by the convoluted speech)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of vacobhaṅgī

vacobhaṅgī - breaking of words, rhetorical twist, convoluted speech, paradox

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vacas+bhaṅgī)

• vacas – word, speech, saying
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vac (class 2)
• bhaṅgī – breaking, bending, rhetorical device, style
  noun (feminine)
  Root: bhañj (class 7)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

1st person singular pronoun, genitive case

मोहः (mohaḥ) - delusion, bewilderment, infatuation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of moha

moha - delusion, bewilderment, infatuation, confusion

from root muh (to be bewildered, to faint)

Root: muh (class 4)

इव (iva) - as if, like, as it were

(indeclinable)

उदितः (uditaḥ) - arisen, manifested, appeared

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of udita

udita - arisen, appeared, manifested, said, uttered

Past Passive Participle

from root ud + i (to go, to rise)

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Functions as a predicate adjective.