योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-67, verse-66

नेह प्रजायते किंचिन्नेह किंचिद्विनश्यति ।
जगद्गन्धर्वनगररूपेण ब्रह्म जृम्भते ॥ ६६ ॥

neha prajāyate kiṃcinneha kiṃcidvinaśyati ,
jagadgandharvanagararūpeṇa brahma jṛmbhate 66

66. na iha prajāyate kiṃcit na iha kiṃcit vinaśyati
jagat gandharvanagararūpeṇa brahma jṛmbhate

66. iha kiṃcit na prajāyate.
iha kiṃcit na vinaśyati.
brahma gandharvanagararūpeṇa jagat jṛmbhate.

66. Nothing is born here, nor does anything perish here. Brahman manifests as the world (jagat), which is like a phantom city (gandharva-nagara).

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• इह (iha) - here, in this world/context

• प्रजायते (prajāyate) - is born, originates, appears

• किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything, something, a little

• न (na) - not, no

• इह (iha) - here, in this world/context

• किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything, something, a little

• विनश्यति (vinaśyati) - perishes, is destroyed, disappears

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

• गन्धर्वनगररूपेण (gandharvanagararūpeṇa) - in the form of a phantom city, like a mirage city

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman, the Absolute Reality

• जृम्भते (jṛmbhate) - it expands, it manifests, it opens out

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

इह (iha) - here, in this world/context

(indeclinable)

प्रजायते (prajāyate) - is born, originates, appears

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of prajāyate

present indicative

from root jan, class 4, with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: jan (class 4)

किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything, something, a little

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiṃcid

kiṁcid - something, anything, a little

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

इह (iha) - here, in this world/context

(indeclinable)

किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything, something, a little

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiṃcid

kiṁcid - something, anything, a little

विनश्यति (vinaśyati) - perishes, is destroyed, disappears

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of vinaśyati

present indicative

from root naś, class 4, with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, all that moves

Present Active Participle

from root gam (to go), used as a noun

Root: gam (class 1)

गन्धर्वनगररूपेण (gandharvanagararūpeṇa) - in the form of a phantom city, like a mirage city

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of gandharvanagararūpa

gandharvanagararūpa - form of a phantom city

compound noun

Compound type : tatpurusha (gandharva+nagara+rūpa)

• gandharva – celestial musician; (here) phantom, illusory
  noun (masculine)
• nagara – city, town
  noun (neuter)
• rūpa – form, shape, nature
  noun (neuter)

ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman, the Absolute Reality

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman, the Absolute, ultimate reality

जृम्भते (jṛmbhate) - it expands, it manifests, it opens out

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of jṛmbh

present indicative

from root jṛmbh, class 1

Root: jṛmbh (class 1)

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