योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-23, verse-30

स्थितया संस्थितं सर्वं किंचिन्नष्टं न नष्टया ।
यया पुर्या महीयस्या सा कथं न सुखावहा ॥ ३० ॥

sthitayā saṃsthitaṃ sarvaṃ kiṃcinnaṣṭaṃ na naṣṭayā ,
yayā puryā mahīyasyā sā kathaṃ na sukhāvahā 30

30. sthitayā saṃsthitaṃ sarvaṃ kiṃcit naṣṭaṃ na
naṣṭayā yayā puryā mahīyasyā sā kathaṃ na sukhāvahā

30. sthitayā puryā sarvaṃ saṃsthitaṃ; naṣṭayā puryā kiṃcit na naṣṭaṃ.
yayā mahīyasyā puryā sā kathaṃ na sukhāvahā?

30. While the body exists, all [experiences] are established. When the body is destroyed, nothing [essential] is lost. How can such a glorious body not be a source of happiness?

Words meanings summery:

• स्थितया (sthitayā) - by the existing (body) (by the existing, by the standing, by the remaining, by the established)

• संस्थितं (saṁsthitaṁ) - all experiences are established (well-established, maintained, founded, placed, constituted)

• सर्वं (sarvaṁ) - all (experiences) (all, every, whole, complete)

• किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything (used with 'na' to mean 'nothing whatsoever') (something, anything, a little, somewhat)

• नष्टं (naṣṭaṁ) - is lost (lost, destroyed, perished, vanished)

• न (na) - not, no, neither

• नष्टया (naṣṭayā) - by the destroyed (body) (by the lost, by the destroyed, by the perished)

• यया (yayā) - by which, by whom

• पुर्या (puryā) - by the body (metaphorically) (by the city, by the abode, by the body)

• महीयस्या (mahīyasyā) - by the glorious, by the great, by the magnificent

• सा (sā) - (that) body (that, she, it)

• कथं (kathaṁ) - how? in what manner?

• न (na) - not, no, neither

• सुखावहा (sukhāvahā) - bringing happiness, pleasant, conducive to well-being

Words meanings and morphology

स्थितया (sthitayā) - by the existing (body) (by the existing, by the standing, by the remaining, by the established)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of sthita

sthita - standing, existing, remaining, established, firm, stable

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sthā (to stand, stay) with suffix -ta.

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with the implied 'puryā' (city/body).

संस्थितं (saṁsthitaṁ) - all experiences are established (well-established, maintained, founded, placed, constituted)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṃsthita

saṁsthita - well-established, maintained, founded, placed, constituted, stable, existing

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sthā (to stand) with prefix saṃ- and suffix -ta.

Prefix: sam

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'sarvaṃ'.

सर्वं (sarvaṁ) - all (experiences) (all, every, whole, complete)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything (used with 'na' to mean 'nothing whatsoever') (something, anything, a little, somewhat)

(indeclinable)

नष्टं (naṣṭaṁ) - is lost (lost, destroyed, perished, vanished)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of naṣṭa

naṣṭa - lost, destroyed, perished, vanished, ruined

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root naś (to perish, be lost) with suffix -ta.

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Used here predicatively, meaning 'is lost/destroyed'.

न (na) - not, no, neither

(indeclinable)

नष्टया (naṣṭayā) - by the destroyed (body) (by the lost, by the destroyed, by the perished)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of naṣṭa

naṣṭa - lost, destroyed, perished, vanished, ruined

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root naś (to perish, be lost) with suffix -ta.

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Agrees with the implied 'puryā' (city/body).

यया (yayā) - by which, by whom

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

Note: Refers to 'purī'.

पुर्या (puryā) - by the body (metaphorically) (by the city, by the abode, by the body)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of purī

purī - city, town, abode, stronghold

महीयस्या (mahīyasyā) - by the glorious, by the great, by the magnificent

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of mahīyas

mahīyas - more glorious, very great, magnificent

Comparative form of 'mahat' (great).

Note: Agrees with 'puryā'.

सा (sā) - (that) body (that, she, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'purī'.

कथं (kathaṁ) - how? in what manner?

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no, neither

(indeclinable)

सुखावहा (sukhāvahā) - bringing happiness, pleasant, conducive to well-being

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sukhāvaha

sukhāvaha - bringing happiness, pleasant, conducive to well-being, fortunate

Compound of sukha (happiness) + āvaha (bringing).

Compound type : tatpurusha (sukha+āvaha)

• sukha – happiness, joy, pleasure, comfort
  noun (neuter)
• āvaha – bringing, causing, producing, conducive to
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root vah (to carry) with prefix ā-.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'sā' (that body).