योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-54, verse-7

हिमादिषु कथं शैत्यं का सत्ता कालखादिषु ।
भावाभावग्रहोत्सर्गस्थूलसूक्ष्मदृशः कथम् ॥ ७ ॥

himādiṣu kathaṃ śaityaṃ kā sattā kālakhādiṣu ,
bhāvābhāvagrahotsargasthūlasūkṣmadṛśaḥ katham 7

7. himādiṣu katham śaityam kā sattā kālakhādiṣu
bhāvābhāvagrahotṣargasthūlasūkṣmadṛśaḥ katham

7. himādiṣu śaityam katham? kālakhādiṣu kā sattā?
bhāvābhāvagrahotṣargasthūlasūkṣmadṛśaḥ katham?

7. How is there coldness (śaitya) in snow and similar things? What is the nature of existence (sattā) in time, space, and so forth? How is the perception (dṛś) of gross and subtle phenomena, encompassing both the apprehension and relinquishment of existence and non-existence?

Words meanings summery:

• हिमादिषु (himādiṣu) - in snow, ice, or similar things

• कथम् (katham) - how?, in what manner?

• शैत्यम् (śaityam) - coldness, frigidity

• का (kā) - what?

• सत्ता (sattā) - existence, being, reality

• कालखादिषु (kālakhādiṣu) - in time, space, and so forth

• भावाभावग्रहोत्षर्गस्थूलसूक्ष्मदृशः (bhāvābhāvagrahotṣargasthūlasūkṣmadṛśaḥ) - the perception of gross and subtle, apprehending and relinquishing existence and non-existence

• कथम् (katham) - how?, in what manner?

Words meanings and morphology

हिमादिषु (himādiṣu) - in snow, ice, or similar things

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of himādi

himādi - snow/ice and so forth

Compound of hima and ādi.

Compound type : tatpurusha (hima+ādi)

• hima – snow, ice, frost, cold
  noun (neuter)
• ādi – beginning, and so forth, etc.
  indeclinable

कथम् (katham) - how?, in what manner?

(indeclinable)

शैत्यम् (śaityam) - coldness, frigidity

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śaitya

śaitya - coldness, frigidity, coolness (śaitya)

From śīta (cold) + ya (suffix forming abstract nouns).

का (kā) - what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ka

ka - who?, what?, which?

Interrogative pronoun.

सत्ता (sattā) - existence, being, reality

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sattā

sattā - existence, being, reality, essence (sattā)

From root as (to be) + tā (suffix forming abstract nouns).

Root: as (class 2)

कालखादिषु (kālakhādiṣu) - in time, space, and so forth

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of kālakhādi

kālakhādi - time, space, and so forth

Compound of kāla, kha, and ādi.

Compound type : dvandva (kāla+kha+ādi)

• kāla – time, period, season
  noun (masculine)
• kha – sky, atmosphere, space, ether
  noun (neuter)
• ādi – beginning, and so forth, etc.
  indeclinable

भावाभावग्रहोत्षर्गस्थूलसूक्ष्मदृशः (bhāvābhāvagrahotṣargasthūlasūkṣmadṛśaḥ) - the perception of gross and subtle, apprehending and relinquishing existence and non-existence

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of bhāvābhāvagrahotṣargasthūlasūkṣmadṛś

bhāvābhāvagrahotṣargasthūlasūkṣmadṛś - perception or the nature of seeing/perceiving gross and subtle, apprehending and releasing existence and non-existence

Long compound.

Compound type : dvandva-tatpurusha-dvandva (bhāva+abhāva+graha+utsarga+sthūla+sūkṣma+dṛś)

• bhāva – existence, state, being, sentiment
  noun (masculine)
  From root bhū (to be).
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• abhāva – non-existence, absence, negation
  noun (masculine)
  Negation of bhāva (existence).
  Prefix: a
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• graha – seizing, grasping, apprehension, perception
  noun (masculine)
  From root grah (to seize, grasp).
  Root: grah (class 9)
• utsarga – sending forth, emission, relinquishment, abandonment
  noun (masculine)
  From ut- + sṛj (to release).
  Prefix: ut
  Root: sṛj (class 6)
• sthūla – gross, large, coarse, material
  adjective (masculine)
• sūkṣma – subtle, minute, fine, delicate
  adjective (masculine)
• dṛś – seeing, perceiving, perception, observer
  noun (feminine)
  From root dṛś (to see).
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Refers to the nature of 'perception' (dṛś) in this context.

कथम् (katham) - how?, in what manner?

(indeclinable)