योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-11, verse-13

आदावेव हि यन्नास्ति कारणासंभवात्स्वयम् ।
वर्तमानेऽपि तन्नास्ति नाशः स्यात्तत्र कीदृशः ॥ १३ ॥

ādāveva hi yannāsti kāraṇāsaṃbhavātsvayam ,
vartamāne'pi tannāsti nāśaḥ syāttatra kīdṛśaḥ 13

13. ādau eva hi yat na asti kāraṇa-asaṃbhavāt svayam
vartamāne api tat na asti nāśaḥ syāt tatra kīdṛśaḥ

13. hi yat svayam kāraṇa-asaṃbhavāt ādau eva na asti
tat vartamāne api na asti tatra kīdṛśaḥ nāśaḥ syāt

13. That which truly does not exist at its very beginning due to the impossibility of its own cause (or inherent nature), also does not exist in the present. Therefore, what kind of destruction (nāśa) could there be for it?

Words meanings summery:

• आदौ (ādau) - in the beginning, at first

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• यत् (yat) - that which, what

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• कारण-असंभवात् (kāraṇa-asaṁbhavāt) - due to the impossibility of the cause, from the non-existence of the cause

• स्वयम् (svayam) - by itself, oneself, spontaneously

• वर्तमाने (vartamāne) - in the present, in the existing state

• अपि (api) - even, also, though

• तत् (tat) - that

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• नाशः (nāśaḥ) - destruction, annihilation

• स्यात् (syāt) - may be, let there be, would be

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that case, then

• कीदृशः (kīdṛśaḥ) - of what kind, what sort of

Words meanings and morphology

आदौ (ādau) - in the beginning, at first

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ādi

ādi - beginning, commencement

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

यत् (yat) - that which, what

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Note: Refers to the non-existent entity.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

कारण-असंभवात् (kāraṇa-asaṁbhavāt) - due to the impossibility of the cause, from the non-existence of the cause

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kāraṇa-asaṃbhava

kāraṇa-asaṁbhava - impossibility of a cause, non-existence of a cause

Compound of kāraṇa (cause) and asaṃbhava (impossibility/non-existence)

Compound type : tatpurusha (kāraṇa+asaṃbhava)

• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root kṛ (to do)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• asaṃbhava – impossibility, non-existence, absence
  noun (masculine)
  'a' (not) + 'saṃbhava' (possibility/existence)
  Prefixes: a+sam
  Root: bhū (class 1)

स्वयम् (svayam) - by itself, oneself, spontaneously

(indeclinable)

वर्तमाने (vartamāne) - in the present, in the existing state

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of vartamāna

vartamāna - present, existing, being

Present Middle Participle

From root vṛt (to be, to exist)

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Can refer to time or state.

अपि (api) - even, also, though

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

Note: Refers back to 'yat'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

नाशः (nāśaḥ) - destruction, annihilation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nāśa

nāśa - destruction, annihilation, loss

From root naś (to perish)

Root: naś (class 4)

स्यात् (syāt) - may be, let there be, would be

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Potential mood.

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that case, then

(indeclinable)

Note: Refers to the non-existent entity.

कीदृशः (kīdṛśaḥ) - of what kind, what sort of

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kīdṛśa

kīdṛśa - of what kind, what sort of

Note: Agrees with 'nāśaḥ'.