योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-11, verse-5

न चोत्पन्ने न च ध्वंसि यत्किलादौ न विद्यते ।
उत्पत्तिः कीदृशी तस्य नाशशब्दस्य का कथा ॥ ५ ॥

na cotpanne na ca dhvaṃsi yatkilādau na vidyate ,
utpattiḥ kīdṛśī tasya nāśaśabdasya kā kathā 5

5. na ca utpanne na ca dhvaṃsi yat kila ādau na vidyate
| utpattiḥ kīdṛśī tasya nāśaśabdasya kā kathā || 5 ||

5. yat kila ādau na vidyate,
tat na ca utpanne na ca dhvaṃsi.
tasya kīdṛśī utpattiḥ? tasya nāśaśabdasya kā kathā?

5. That which truly does not exist in the beginning is neither born nor destroyed. What kind of origin could such a thing have? And what relevance does the word "destruction" have for it?

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• उत्पन्ने (utpanne) - born, originated, arisen

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• ध्वंसि (dhvaṁsi) - perishing, destructive, liable to decay

• यत् (yat) - that which, what

• किल (kila) - indeed, certainly, surely

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

• न (na) - not, no

• विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found

• उत्पत्तिः (utpattiḥ) - origin, birth, production

• कीदृशी (kīdṛśī) - of what kind, what sort of

• तस्य (tasya) - of that, its

• नाशशब्दस्य (nāśaśabdasya) - of the word 'destruction'

• का (kā) - what (feminine)

• कथा (kathā) - relevance, point (talk, story, discussion, relevance)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

Note: Forms a correlative pair with the second 'ca'.

उत्पन्ने (utpanne) - born, originated, arisen

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of utpanna

utpanna - born, produced, arisen, happened, originated

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of √pad with upasarga ut-

Prefix: ut

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: The context implies 'it is not born'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

Note: Forms a correlative pair with the first 'ca'.

ध्वंसि (dhvaṁsi) - perishing, destructive, liable to decay

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dhvaṃsin

dhvaṁsin - perishing, destroying, liable to decay, mortal

from √dhvaṃs (to fall, perish, destroy) + -in (agent suffix)

Root: dhvaṃs (class 1)

Note: The context implies 'it is not destroyed'.

यत् (yat) - that which, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that which, whoever

relative pronoun, neuter singular nominative

किल (kila) - indeed, certainly, surely

(indeclinable)

आदौ (ādau) - in the beginning, at first

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ādi

ādi - beginning, commencement, first

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of vid

present tense

root √vid (4th class, Ātmanepada, passive sense of 'to be found' or 'to exist'), present active 3rd person singular

Root: vid (class 4)

उत्पत्तिः (utpattiḥ) - origin, birth, production

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of utpatti

utpatti - origin, birth, production, generation

from ut-√pad (to arise)

Prefix: ut

Root: pad (class 4)

कीदृशी (kīdṛśī) - of what kind, what sort of

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kīdṛśa

kīdṛśa - of what appearance, of what sort, what kind of

Note: Adjectivally agrees with dṛśyatā and nāstitā.

तस्य (tasya) - of that, its

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

pronominal stem tad, genitive singular

Note: Refers to the subject of the questions.

नाशशब्दस्य (nāśaśabdasya) - of the word 'destruction'

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of nāśaśabda

nāśaśabda - the word 'destruction'

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (nāśa+śabda)

• nāśa – destruction, disappearance, ruin
  noun (masculine)
  from √naś (to perish)
  Root: naś (class 4)
• śabda – word, sound, term
  noun (masculine)

का (kā) - what (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

pronominal stem kim, nominative singular feminine

कथा (kathā) - relevance, point (talk, story, discussion, relevance)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kathā

kathā - talk, story, narrative, discussion, question

from √kath (to tell)

Root: kath (class 10)