योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-79, verse-4

गच्छन्न गच्छति च कः कोऽतिष्ठन्नपि तिष्ठति ।
कश्चेतनोऽपि पाषाणः कश्चिद्व्योम्नि विचित्रकृत् ॥ ४ ॥

gacchanna gacchati ca kaḥ ko'tiṣṭhannapi tiṣṭhati ,
kaścetano'pi pāṣāṇaḥ kaścidvyomni vicitrakṛt 4

4. gacchan na gacchati ca kaḥ kaḥ atiṣṭhan api tiṣṭhati
| kaḥ cetanaḥ api pāṣāṇaḥ kaścit vyomni vicitrakṛt ||

4. kaḥ gacchan na gacchati ca kaḥ atiṣṭhan api tiṣṭhati
kaḥ cetanaḥ api pāṣāṇaḥ kaścit vyomni vicitrakṛt

4. Who is it that goes, yet does not go? And who stands, though not standing still? Who is a stone, yet also conscious? Who indeed is a creator of wonders in space (vyoman)?

Words meanings summery:

• गच्छन् (gacchan) - going (going, moving)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• गच्छति (gacchati) - goes (goes, walks, moves)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• कः (kaḥ) - Who? (who?, which?)

• कः (kaḥ) - Who? (who?, which?)

• अतिष्ठन् (atiṣṭhan) - not standing, not staying still (not standing, not staying, not existing)

• अपि (api) - even though, although (also, even, though, moreover)

• तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - stands, stays still (stands, stays, remains)

• कः (kaḥ) - Who? (who?, which?)

• चेतनः (cetanaḥ) - conscious, sentient (conscious, sentient, intelligent, rational)

• अपि (api) - even though (also, even, though, moreover)

• पाषाणः (pāṣāṇaḥ) - stone (stone, rock)

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - who indeed, someone (someone, something, any, certain)

• व्योम्नि (vyomni) - in space (vyoman) (in the sky, in space, in the atmosphere)

• विचित्रकृत् (vicitrakṛt) - creator of wonders (wonder-worker, creator of wonders, ingenious maker)

Words meanings and morphology

गच्छन् (gacchan) - going (going, moving)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gacchat

gacchat - going, moving, walking

Present Active Participle

From gam (to go), 1st conjugation, gacch stem. Masculine nominative singular.

Root: gam (class 1)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

गच्छति (gacchati) - goes (goes, walks, moves)

(verb)

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

present active

3rd person singular present indicative active.

Root: gam (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction particle.

Note: Connects the two halves of the first line.

कः (kaḥ) - Who? (who?, which?)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who?, what?, which?

Masculine nominative singular form of the interrogative pronoun kim.

कः (kaḥ) - Who? (who?, which?)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who?, what?, which?

Masculine nominative singular form of the interrogative pronoun kim.

अतिष्ठन् (atiṣṭhan) - not standing, not staying still (not standing, not staying, not existing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of atiṣṭhat

atiṣṭhat - not standing, not staying, non-existent

Present Active Participle (negative)

From a- (not) + sthā (to stand), tiṣṭh stem. Masculine nominative singular.

Compound type : Nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+tiṣṭhat)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• tiṣṭhat – standing, staying
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  From sthā (to stand), 1st conjugation, tiṣṭh stem.
  Root: sthā (class 1)

अपि (api) - even though, although (also, even, though, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Particle.

तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - stands, stays still (stands, stays, remains)

(verb)

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

present active

3rd person singular present indicative active.

Root: sthā (class 1)

कः (kaḥ) - Who? (who?, which?)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who?, what?, which?

Masculine nominative singular form of the interrogative pronoun kim.

चेतनः (cetanaḥ) - conscious, sentient (conscious, sentient, intelligent, rational)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cetana

cetana - conscious, sentient, intelligent, rational, soul

From cit (to perceive, think). Masculine nominative singular.

Root: cit (class 1)

अपि (api) - even though (also, even, though, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Particle.

पाषाणः (pāṣāṇaḥ) - stone (stone, rock)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāṣāṇa

pāṣāṇa - stone, rock

Masculine nominative singular.

कश्चित् (kaścit) - who indeed, someone (someone, something, any, certain)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścid

kaścid - someone, something, any, a certain one

From kaḥ (who) + cid (indefinite enclitic). Masculine nominative singular.

व्योम्नि (vyomni) - in space (vyoman) (in the sky, in space, in the atmosphere)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vyoman

vyoman - sky, atmosphere, space, ether

Neuter noun, locative singular.

Root: vī

विचित्रकृत् (vicitrakṛt) - creator of wonders (wonder-worker, creator of wonders, ingenious maker)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vicitrakṛt

vicitrakṛt - wonder-worker, creator of wonders, ingenious maker

Compound: vicitra (diverse, wonderful) + kṛt (maker, doer, from √kṛ). Masculine nominative singular.

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (vicitra+kṛt)

• vicitra – various, diverse, variegated, wonderful, strange
  adjective (neuter)
  From vi- + citra.
  Prefix: vi
• kṛt – making, doing, creator, doer
  noun/adjective (masculine)
  Suffix -kṛt from root kṛ (to do, make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)