योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-11, verse-40

नष्टानष्टाः पुनर्जाता जाताजाताः पुनः पुनः ।
परस्परपरामर्शान्नान्यतामुपयान्त्यलम् ॥ ४० ॥

naṣṭānaṣṭāḥ punarjātā jātājātāḥ punaḥ punaḥ ,
parasparaparāmarśānnānyatāmupayāntyalam 40

40. naṣṭāḥ anaṣṭāḥ punaḥ jātāḥ jātāḥ ajātāḥ punaḥ
punaḥ paraspara-parāmarśāt na ānyatām upayanti alam

40. naṣṭāḥ anaṣṭāḥ jātāḥ ajātāḥ punaḥ punaḥ
paraspara-parāmarśāt ānyatām na alam upayanti

40. Entities that are both lost and not lost, repeatedly born and not born, do not attain ultimate difference through their mutual interaction.

Words meanings summery:

• नष्टाः (naṣṭāḥ) - lost, perished, destroyed

• अनष्टाः (anaṣṭāḥ) - not lost, not perished, not destroyed

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly, furthermore

• जाताः (jātāḥ) - born, produced, manifested

• जाताः (jātāḥ) - born, produced, manifested

• अजाताः (ajātāḥ) - unborn, not produced, not manifested

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly, furthermore

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly, furthermore

• परस्पर-परामर्शात् (paraspara-parāmarśāt) - due to mutual contact/interaction/consideration

• न (na) - not, no

• आन्यताम् (ānyatām) - difference, distinctness

• उपयन्ति (upayanti) - they attain, they approach, they acquire

• अलम् (alam) - fully, completely (sufficiently, indeed, truly, fully)

Words meanings and morphology

नष्टाः (naṣṭāḥ) - lost, perished, destroyed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of naṣṭa

naṣṭa - lost, perished, destroyed; ruined, undone; disappeared

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √naś (to be lost, perish)

Root: naś (class 4)

अनष्टाः (anaṣṭāḥ) - not lost, not perished, not destroyed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anaṣṭa

anaṣṭa - not lost, not destroyed; existing, imperishable

Past Passive Participle

Negation (a-) of naṣṭa (from root √naś)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+naṣṭa)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• naṣṭa – lost, perished, destroyed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √naś (to be lost, perish)
  Root: naś (class 4)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly, furthermore

(indeclinable)

जाताः (jātāḥ) - born, produced, manifested

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jāta

jāta - born, produced, arisen, manifested; grown

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √jan (to be born, produce)

Root: jan (class 4)

जाताः (jātāḥ) - born, produced, manifested

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jāta

jāta - born, produced, arisen, manifested; grown

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √jan (to be born, produce)

Root: jan (class 4)

अजाताः (ajātāḥ) - unborn, not produced, not manifested

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ajāta

ajāta - unborn, not born; not produced or manifested

Past Passive Participle

Negation (a-) of jāta (from root √jan)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+jāta)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• jāta – born, produced, arisen, manifested
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √jan (to be born, produce)
  Root: jan (class 4)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly, furthermore

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly, furthermore

(indeclinable)

परस्पर-परामर्शात् (paraspara-parāmarśāt) - due to mutual contact/interaction/consideration

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of paraspara-parāmarśa

paraspara-parāmarśa - mutual contact, reciprocal consideration, interaction

Derived from paraspara (mutual) and parāmarśa (touching, considering, reflection)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (paraspara+parāmarśa)

• paraspara – mutual, reciprocal, each other
  pronoun
• parāmarśa – touch, contact, consideration, reflection, deliberation
  noun (masculine)
  From pra-√mṛś (to touch, consider)
  Prefix: parā
  Root: mṛś (class 6)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

आन्यताम् (ānyatām) - difference, distinctness

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ānyatā

ānyatā - otherness, difference, distinctness

From anya (other) + tā (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns)

उपयन्ति (upayanti) - they attain, they approach, they acquire

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of upa-i

Present Active Indicative

Root √i (to go) with upasarga upa-

Prefix: upa

Root: i (class 2)

अलम् (alam) - fully, completely (sufficiently, indeed, truly, fully)

(indeclinable)

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