योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-113, verse-41

नष्टा दीपशिखेवैषा न जाने क्वेव गच्छति ।
मिहिकेवाग्रदृष्टापि गृह्यमाणा न किंचन ॥ ४१ ॥

naṣṭā dīpaśikhevaiṣā na jāne kveva gacchati ,
mihikevāgradṛṣṭāpi gṛhyamāṇā na kiṃcana 41

41. naṣṭā dīpaśikhā iva eṣā na jāne kva iva gacchati
mihikā iva agradṛṣṭā api gṛhyamāṇā na kiṃcana

41. eṣā dīpaśikhā iva naṣṭā.
kva iva gacchati na jāne.
mihikā iva agradṛṣṭā api gṛhyamāṇā na kiṃcana.

41. This (existence/world) vanishes like a lamp flame; I do not know where it goes. Like mist, though it is seen at first, nothing is grasped when one tries to seize it.

Words meanings summery:

• नष्टा (naṣṭā) - vanished, destroyed, lost

• दीपशिखा (dīpaśikhā) - lamp flame

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• एषा (eṣā) - this (she)

• न (na) - not, no

• जाने (jāne) - I do not know (with na) (I know)

• क्व (kva) - where?

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, moves

• मिहिका (mihikā) - mist, fog

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• अग्रदृष्टा (agradṛṣṭā) - seen in front, perceived beforehand

• अपि (api) - though (even, also, though)

• गृह्यमाणा (gṛhyamāṇā) - being grasped, being seized

• न (na) - not, no

• किंचन (kiṁcana) - nothing (when preceded by na) (anything, something; nothing (with na))

Words meanings and morphology

नष्टा (naṣṭā) - vanished, destroyed, lost

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of naṣṭa

naṣṭa - lost, destroyed, vanished, ruined

Past Passive Participle

From root naś (to perish, be lost)

Root: naś (class 4)

दीपशिखा (dīpaśikhā) - lamp flame

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dīpaśikhā

dīpaśikhā - lamp flame, wick of a lamp

Compound of dīpa (lamp) and śikhā (flame, crest).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dīpa+śikhā)

• dīpa – lamp, light
  noun (masculine)
  From root dīp (to shine)
  Root: dīp (class 4)
• śikhā – flame, crest, tuft
  noun (feminine)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

एषा (eṣā) - this (she)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

जाने (jāne) - I do not know (with na) (I know)

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of jñā

Present Middle

From root jñā (to know), middle voice.

Root: jñā (class 9)

क्व (kva) - where?

(indeclinable)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, moves

(verb)

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

Present Active

From root gam (to go).

Root: gam (class 1)

मिहिका (mihikā) - mist, fog

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mihikā

mihikā - mist, fog, hoar-frost

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

अग्रदृष्टा (agradṛṣṭā) - seen in front, perceived beforehand

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of agradṛṣṭa

agradṛṣṭa - seen in front, perceived beforehand, first seen

Past Passive Participle

Compound of agra (front, beginning) and dṛṣṭa (seen).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (agra+dṛṣṭa)

• agra – front, tip, beginning, chief
  noun (neuter)
• dṛṣṭa – seen, perceived
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root dṛś (to see)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

अपि (api) - though (even, also, though)

(indeclinable)

गृह्यमाणा (gṛhyamāṇā) - being grasped, being seized

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gṛhyamāṇa

gṛhyamāṇa - being grasped, being taken, being seized

Present Passive Participle

From root grah (to seize, take), passive voice, present participle.

Root: grah (class 9)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

किंचन (kiṁcana) - nothing (when preceded by na) (anything, something; nothing (with na))

(indeclinable)

Compound of kim (what?) and cana (a particle for indefinite or universal sense).

Compound type : avyayībhāva (kim+cana)

• kim – what, which, anything
  pronoun
• cana – indeed, even, also (used for indefiniteness)
  indeclinable