योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-116, verse-14

तत्रजननमरणसुखदुःखमोहादिकं संसरणं कल्पयन्ती कल्पानुरचना
बहुनाममन्थरं स्थित्वा स्वयं विलीयते हिमकणिकेवातपगता ॥ १४ ॥

tatrajananamaraṇasukhaduḥkhamohādikaṃ
saṃsaraṇaṃ kalpayantī kalpānuracanā
bahunāmamantharaṃ sthitvā
svayaṃ vilīyate himakaṇikevātapagatā 14

14. tatra jananamaraṇasukhaduḥkhamohādikam
saṃsaraṇam kalpayantī kalpānuracanā
bahunāmamantharam sthitvā svayam
vilīyate himakaṇikā iva ātapagatā

14. tatra kalpayantī (sā)
jananamaraṇasukhaduḥkhamohādikam saṃsaraṇam (ca)
kalpānuracanā bahunāmamantharam sthitvā
svayam ātapagatā himakaṇikā iva vilīyate

14. There, conceiving of transmigration (saṃsāra) with its cycle of birth, death, joy, sorrow, delusion, and other aspects, that structure of a cosmic period (kalpa), after existing slowly through many names and forms, itself dissolves, just like a snowflake melted away by the sun.

Words meanings summery:

• तत्र (tatra) - in that context of creation (there, then)

• जननमरणसुखदुःखमोहादिकम् (jananamaraṇasukhaduḥkhamohādikam) - encompassing birth, death, pleasure, pain, delusion, etc. (consisting of birth, death, pleasure, pain, delusion, and so on)

• संसरणम् (saṁsaraṇam) - the cycle of existence (saṃsāra) (transmigration, wandering, cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra))

• कल्पयन्ती (kalpayantī) - conceiving or generating (the cycle of saṃsāra) (creating, imagining, conceiving (feminine))

• कल्पानुरचना (kalpānuracanā) - a cosmic creation or arrangement lasting a kalpa (an arrangement/structure related to a kalpa (cosmic period))

• बहुनाममन्थरम् (bahunāmamantharam) - existing slowly and diffusely through many different forms and names (slow due to many names/forms, churned by many names)

• स्थित्वा (sthitvā) - after existing (having stood, having remained, having existed)

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

• विलीयते (vilīyate) - itself dissolves (into nothingness) (dissolves, melts away, disappears, vanishes)

• हिमकणिका (himakaṇikā) - a snowflake or tiny ice crystal (ice particle, snowflake)

• इव (iva) - just like (like, as, as it were)

• आतपगता (ātapagatā) - melted away by the sun (gone into the sun/heat, melted by the sun)

Words meanings and morphology

तत्र (tatra) - in that context of creation (there, then)

(indeclinable)

formed from pronominal stem tad + suffix tral

जननमरणसुखदुःखमोहादिकम् (jananamaraṇasukhaduḥkhamohādikam) - encompassing birth, death, pleasure, pain, delusion, etc. (consisting of birth, death, pleasure, pain, delusion, and so on)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jananamaraṇasukhaduḥkhamohādika

jananamaraṇasukhaduḥkhamohādika - relating to birth, death, joy, sorrow, delusion, etc.

A very long dvandva compound ending in ādika (etcetera, beginning with)

Compound type : dvandva/tatpuruṣa (janana+maraṇa+sukha+duḥkha+moha+ādika)

• janana – birth, production
  noun (neuter)
  From root jan (to be born, produce)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• maraṇa – death, dying
  noun (neuter)
  From root mṛ (to die)
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• sukha – pleasure, happiness, joy
  noun (neuter)
• duḥkha – pain, sorrow, suffering
  noun (neuter)
• moha – delusion, infatuation, bewilderment
  noun (masculine)
  From root muh (to be perplexed, deluded)
  Root: muh (class 4)
• ādika – beginning with, and so on, et cetera
  adjective/suffix (neuter)
  Suffix indicating 'etc.' or 'beginning with'

Note: Modifies saṃsaraṇam.

संसरणम् (saṁsaraṇam) - the cycle of existence (saṃsāra) (transmigration, wandering, cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra))

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of saṃsaraṇa

saṁsaraṇa - transmigration, wandering, cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra), mundane existence

From sam + root sṛ (to move) + suffix ana

Prefix: sam

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Direct object of the participle kalpayantī.

कल्पयन्ती (kalpayantī) - conceiving or generating (the cycle of saṃsāra) (creating, imagining, conceiving (feminine))

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kḷp

kḷp - to form, create, imagine, determine

Present Active Participle

From causative stem kalpaya + suffix ant (feminine antī)

Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: Qualifies the subject kalpānuracanā (or the implied subject, sā from previous verse).

कल्पानुरचना (kalpānuracanā) - a cosmic creation or arrangement lasting a kalpa (an arrangement/structure related to a kalpa (cosmic period))

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kalpānuracanā

kalpānuracanā - arrangement of a cosmic period, creation of a kalpa

Compound of kalpa (cosmic period) and anuracanā (subsequent arrangement/creation)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kalpa+anuracanā)

• kalpa – a cosmic period, eon, aeon; rule, custom, ceremony
  noun (masculine)
  From root kḷp (to be in order)
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• anuracanā – subsequent arrangement, creation, composition
  noun (feminine)
  From anu + root rac (to arrange, make, compose) + suffix anā
  Prefix: anu
  Root: rac (class 1)

Note: Subject of the main verb vilīyate.

बहुनाममन्थरम् (bahunāmamantharam) - existing slowly and diffusely through many different forms and names (slow due to many names/forms, churned by many names)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bahunāmamanthara

bahunāmamanthara - slow due to many names, confused/churned by many names/forms

Compound of bahunāma (many names) and manthara (slow, sluggish, churning). Here neuter accusative adverbial.

Compound type : karmadhāraya/tatpuruṣa (bahunāman+manthara)

• bahunāman – having many names, manifold, various
  adjective (neuter)
  Compound of bahu (many) and nāman (name)
• manthara – slow, sluggish, gentle, churning
  adjective (masculine)
  From root manth (to churn, agitate)
  Root: manth (class 1)

Note: Adverbial usage, describing the manner of existence.

स्थित्वा (sthitvā) - after existing (having stood, having remained, having existed)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Formed from root sthā + suffix tvā

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Absolutive.

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

(indeclinable)

adverbial form of sva (self)

Note: Adverbial.

विलीयते (vilīyate) - itself dissolves (into nothingness) (dissolves, melts away, disappears, vanishes)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of lī

Present Middle Indicative

From vi + root lī (to dissolve). Often used in passive/middle sense. Here Dhatupatha lī class 4 dīvyādigaṇa. Passive/middle form.

Prefix: vi

Root: lī (class 4)

Note: Main verb of the sentence.

हिमकणिका (himakaṇikā) - a snowflake or tiny ice crystal (ice particle, snowflake)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of himakaṇikā

himakaṇikā - ice particle, snowflake, hoar-frost

Compound of hima (ice, snow) and kaṇikā (small particle)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hima+kaṇikā)

• hima – cold, frost, snow, ice
  noun (masculine/neuter)
• kaṇikā – small particle, atom, grain, drop
  noun (feminine)
  From kaṇa (particle) + ika suffix (diminutive) + ā (feminine)

Note: Part of the simile.

इव (iva) - just like (like, as, as it were)

(indeclinable)

particle

आतपगता (ātapagatā) - melted away by the sun (gone into the sun/heat, melted by the sun)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ātapagata

ātapagata - gone into the sun, exposed to heat

Past Passive Participle (for gata)

Compound of ātapa (sunshine, heat) and gata (gone, reached). ātapagatā is feminine nominative singular.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātapa+gata)

• ātapa – sunshine, heat, warmth
  noun (masculine)
  From ā + root tap (to heat)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: tap (class 1)
• gata – gone, departed, reached, understood
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies himakaṇikā.