योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-21, verse-58

श्रीदेव्युवाच ।
यदस्ति नाम तत्रैव नाशानाशक्रमो भवेत् ।
वस्तुतो यच्च नास्त्येव नाशः स्यात्तस्य कीदृशः ॥ ५८ ॥

śrīdevyuvāca ,
yadasti nāma tatraiva nāśānāśakramo bhavet ,
vastuto yacca nāstyeva nāśaḥ syāttasya kīdṛśaḥ 58

58. śrīdevī uvāca yat asti nāma tatra eva nāśānāśakramaḥ bhavet
vastutaḥ yat ca na asti eva nāśaḥ syāt tasya kīdṛśaḥ

58. śrīdevī uvāca nāma yat asti tatra eva nāśānāśakramaḥ bhavet
ca vastutaḥ yat na asti eva tasya kīdṛśaḥ nāśaḥ syāt

58. Śrī Devī said: The process of coming into existence and passing away can only apply to that which truly exists. But how can there be destruction for that which fundamentally does not exist?

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीदेवी (śrīdevī) - Śrī Devī (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• यत् (yat) - whatever (which, what, whatever)

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• नाम (nāma) - truly (indeed, truly, namely, by name)

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• नाशानाशक्रमः (nāśānāśakramaḥ) - the sequence/process of destruction and non-destruction (existence)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may occur (may be, should be, would be, may occur)

• वस्तुतः (vastutaḥ) - in reality, truly, essentially, fundamentally

• यत् (yat) - what (which, what, whatever)

• च (ca) - and, also

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• नाशः (nāśaḥ) - destruction, annihilation

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

• तस्य (tasya) - for that (of that)

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

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीदेवी (śrīdevī) - Śrī Devī (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śrīdevī

śrīdevī - Śrī Devī (a proper name, often referring to Lakṣmī or a revered goddess)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śrī+devī)

• śrī – wealth, prosperity, glory, beauty, goddess Lakṣmī
  noun (feminine)
• devī – goddess, divine lady, queen
  noun (feminine)
  Root: div (class 4)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

perfect active

Perfect 3rd person singular, root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

यत् (yat) - whatever (which, what, whatever)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whoever, whatever

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

present active

Present 3rd person singular, root as (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

नाम (nāma) - truly (indeed, truly, namely, by name)

(indeclinable)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

Derived from pronominal base tad + tra suffix

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

नाशानाशक्रमः (nāśānāśakramaḥ) - the sequence/process of destruction and non-destruction (existence)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nāśānāśakrama

nāśānāśakrama - the sequence/process of destruction and non-destruction (existence)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nāśānāśa+krama)

• nāśānāśa – destruction and non-destruction, existence and non-existence
  noun (masculine)
• krama – order, sequence, succession, process
  noun (masculine)
  verbal noun
  derived from root kram + a
  Root: kram (class 1)

भवेत् (bhavet) - may occur (may be, should be, would be, may occur)

(verb)

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

optative active

Optative 3rd person singular, root bhū (to be)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Expresses possibility or potential.

वस्तुतः (vastutaḥ) - in reality, truly, essentially, fundamentally

(indeclinable)

Derived from vastu + tas (ablative suffix indicating 'from, by')

यत् (yat) - what (which, what, whatever)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whoever, whatever

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation particle.

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

present active

Present 3rd person singular, root as (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

नाशः (nāśaḥ) - destruction, annihilation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nāśa

nāśa - destruction, annihilation, loss

verbal noun

derived from root naś + a

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Subject of 'syāt'.

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

(verb)

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

optative active

Optative 3rd person singular, root as (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Expresses possibility or potential.

तस्य (tasya) - for that (of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, that one

Note: Refers to 'yat (na asti)'.

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

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kīdṛśa

kīdṛśa - of what kind, what sort, how

Note: Agrees with 'nāśaḥ'.