योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-21, verse-61

कल्पनापि निवर्तेत कल्पिता यदि केनचित् ।
सा शिला समपास्तैव या नेहास्ति कदाचन ॥ ६१ ॥

kalpanāpi nivarteta kalpitā yadi kenacit ,
sā śilā samapāstaiva yā nehāsti kadācana 61

61. kalpanā api nivarteta kalpitā yadi kenacit sā
śilā samapāstā eva yā na iha asti kadācana

61. yadi kalpanā api kenacit kalpitā nivarteta yā
śilā iha kadācana na asti sā samapāstā eva

61. Even an imagination would cease to exist if it were merely conceived by someone. It is like a stone that is already completely removed, one that never truly existed here.

Words meanings summery:

• कल्पना (kalpanā) - imagination, conception, mental creation, illusion

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• निवर्तेत (nivarteta) - would cease, would turn back, would disappear

• कल्पिता (kalpitā) - imagined, conceived, created (feminine nominative singular)

• यदि (yadi) - if

• केनचित् (kenacit) - by someone, by something

• सा (sā) - that (feminine nominative singular)

• शिला (śilā) - a stone, a rock

• समपास्ता (samapāstā) - completely cast away, entirely removed, completely rejected

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, certainly

• या (yā) - which, who (feminine nominative singular)

• न (na) - not, no

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• कदाचन (kadācana) - ever, at any time

Words meanings and morphology

कल्पना (kalpanā) - imagination, conception, mental creation, illusion

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kalpanā

kalpanā - imagination, conception, mental creation, illusion

Root: kḷp (class 1)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

निवर्तेत (nivarteta) - would cease, would turn back, would disappear

(verb)

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

optative mood

root vṛt with prefix ni

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Can imply 'should cease' or 'would cease'.

कल्पिता (kalpitā) - imagined, conceived, created (feminine nominative singular)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kalpita

kalpita - imagined, conceived, created

Past Passive Participle

derived from root kḷp

Root: kḷp (class 1)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

केनचित् (kenacit) - by someone, by something

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine/neuter, singular of kimcid

kimcid - someone, something, any

'kim' + 'cid' (indefinite particle)

Note: Here, used in a general sense, 'by any means' or 'by anyone'.

सा (sā) - that (feminine nominative singular)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that

शिला (śilā) - a stone, a rock

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śilā

śilā - a stone, a rock

समपास्ता (samapāstā) - completely cast away, entirely removed, completely rejected

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of samapāsta

samapāsta - completely cast away, entirely removed, rejected

Past Passive Participle

derived from root as (to throw) with prefixes sam and apa

Prefixes: sam+apa

Root: as (class 4)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, certainly

(indeclinable)

या (yā) - which, who (feminine nominative singular)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which, what

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

कदाचन (kadācana) - ever, at any time

(indeclinable)

'kadā' + 'cana' (indefinite particle)