योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-80, verse-53

अर्कांशुभिः सूक्ष्मतरनिर्माणं यदनामयम् ।
अस्तितानास्तिते तत्र कल्पादेरिव कैव धीः ॥ ५३ ॥

arkāṃśubhiḥ sūkṣmataranirmāṇaṃ yadanāmayam ,
astitānāstite tatra kalpāderiva kaiva dhīḥ 53

53. arkāṃśubhiḥ sūkṣmataranirmāṇam yat anāmayam
astitā nāstite tatra kalpādeḥ iva kā eva dhīḥ

53. arkāṃśubhiḥ yat sūkṣmataranirmāṇam anāmayam [asti],
tatra astitā nāstite [viṣaye] kalpādeḥ iva kā eva dhīḥ [bhavati]?

53. When something possesses an exceedingly subtle structure, formed by the sun's rays and free from affliction, what intellect (dhī) could possibly ascertain its existence or non-existence there, just as it is difficult to grasp the beginning of a cosmic cycle (kalpa)?

Words meanings summery:

• अर्कांशुभिः (arkāṁśubhiḥ) - by the sun's rays

• सूक्ष्मतरनिर्माणम् (sūkṣmataranirmāṇam) - (that which has) an exceedingly subtle structure (a very subtle creation/structure, exceedingly subtle structure)

• यत् (yat) - that which (which, that)

• अनामयम् (anāmayam) - free from affliction (free from illness, healthy, unimpaired, free from affliction)

• अस्तिता (astitā) - existence, being, reality

• नास्तिते (nāstite) - its non-existence (non-existence)

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that case

• कल्पादेः (kalpādeḥ) - of the beginning of a cosmic cycle (kalpa)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

• का (kā) - what (kind of) (what)

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

• धीः (dhīḥ) - discernment, intellect (intellect, understanding, discernment, thought)

Words meanings and morphology

अर्कांशुभिः (arkāṁśubhiḥ) - by the sun's rays

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of arkāṃśu

arkāṁśu - sunbeam, ray of the sun

Compound type : tatpurusha (arka+aṃśu)

• arka – sun, ray, flash
  noun (masculine)
  Root: arc (class 1)
• aṃśu – ray, beam, point
  noun (masculine)

सूक्ष्मतरनिर्माणम् (sūkṣmataranirmāṇam) - (that which has) an exceedingly subtle structure (a very subtle creation/structure, exceedingly subtle structure)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sūkṣmataranirmāṇa

sūkṣmataranirmāṇa - exceedingly subtle creation/structure

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sūkṣmatara+nirmāṇa)

• sūkṣmatara – more subtle, exceedingly subtle
  adjective
  comparative degree of sūkṣma
• nirmāṇa – creation, formation, structure
  noun (neuter)
  from nir- + √mā
  Prefix: nis
  Root: mā (class 2)

Note: Predicate nominative to "yat"

यत् (yat) - that which (which, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

अनामयम् (anāmayam) - free from affliction (free from illness, healthy, unimpaired, free from affliction)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anāmaya

anāmaya - free from illness, healthy, unimpaired, free from affliction

a- (negation) + āmaya (illness)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (a+āmaya)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• āmaya – illness, disease, affliction
  noun (masculine)
  Root: am (class 10)

Note: Agrees with "yat"

अस्तिता (astitā) - existence, being, reality

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of astitā

astitā - existence, being, reality

from asti (is) + tā (suffix for abstract noun)

Root: as (class 2)

नास्तिते (nāstite) - its non-existence (non-existence)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, dual of nāstitā

nāstitā - non-existence

na (not) + astitā (existence)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (na+astitā)

• na – not, no
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• astitā – existence, being, reality
  noun (feminine)
  from asti (is) + tā (suffix for abstract noun)
  Root: as (class 2)

Note: Here used as a dual noun for "existence and non-existence" or "both existence and non-existence".

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that case

(indeclinable)

कल्पादेः (kalpādeḥ) - of the beginning of a cosmic cycle (kalpa)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kalpādi

kalpādi - beginning of a kalpa (cosmic cycle)

Compound type : tatpurusha (kalpa+ādi)

• kalpa – cosmic cycle, aeon, rule, theory
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• ādi – beginning, etc., first
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

(indeclinable)

का (kā) - what (kind of) (what)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

interrogative pronoun

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

(indeclinable)

emphasising particle

धीः (dhīḥ) - discernment, intellect (intellect, understanding, discernment, thought)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dhī

dhī - intellect, understanding, thought, discernment, mind, wisdom

Root: dhyai (class 1)