योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-45, verse-15

न वृद्धिमेति नो ह्रासं यन्न किंचित्कदाचन ।
किं वा तनु भवेत्तत्र कस्य का नाम खण्डना ॥ १५ ॥

na vṛddhimeti no hrāsaṃ yanna kiṃcitkadācana ,
kiṃ vā tanu bhavettatra kasya kā nāma khaṇḍanā 15

15. na vṛddhim eti na u hrāsam yat na kiñcit kadācana
kim vā tanu bhavet tatra kasya kā nāma khaṇḍanā

15. yat kiñcit kadācana na vṛddhim eti na u hrāsam (eti)
tatra kim vā tanu bhavet? kasya kā nāma khaṇḍanā?

15. That which never experiences growth nor diminution, which is never anything at all, ever – how could a body (tanu) exist there? And whose fragmentation (khaṇḍanā) could there possibly be?

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• वृद्धिम् (vṛddhim) - growth, increase, prosperity

• एति (eti) - goes, attains, experiences

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• उ (u) - and, also, indeed

• ह्रासम् (hrāsam) - decrease, diminution, decay

• यत् (yat) - Refers to the ultimate reality or self. (which, what, that)

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything, something, whatsoever

• कदाचन (kadācana) - ever, at any time

• किम् (kim) - what? how? why?

• वा (vā) - used here in "kiṃ vā" for emphasis, meaning "how then?" or "what indeed?" (or, either)

• तनु (tanu) - Here, 'body' or 'form'. (body, form, subtle, slender)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, should be, would be

• तत्र (tatra) - Refers to the state of ultimate reality. (there, in that case)

• कस्य (kasya) - whose, of whom

• का (kā) - what, which (feminine)

• नाम (nāma) - Emphatic particle, "indeed". (indeed, truly, by name, an emphatic particle)

• खण्डना (khaṇḍanā) - fragmentation, breaking, refutation, destruction

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

वृद्धिम् (vṛddhim) - growth, increase, prosperity

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vṛddhi

vṛddhi - growth, increase, prosperity, development

Derived from root vṛdh- (to grow).

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

Note: Object of 'eti'.

एति (eti) - goes, attains, experiences

(verb)

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

Present tense, active voice

Class 2, Parasmaipada.

Root: i (class 2)

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

उ (u) - and, also, indeed

(indeclinable)

ह्रासम् (hrāsam) - decrease, diminution, decay

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of hrāsa

hrāsa - decrease, diminution, decay, loss

Derived from root hrās- (to diminish).

Root: hrās (class 1)

Note: Object of implied 'eti'.

यत् (yat) - Refers to the ultimate reality or self. (which, what, that)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that (relative pronoun)

Note: Functions as the subject of the relative clause.

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything, something, whatsoever

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiñcit

kiñcit - something, anything, a little, whatsoever

Formed from kim + cit.

कदाचन (kadācana) - ever, at any time

(indeclinable)

Formed from kadā + cana.

किम् (kim) - what? how? why?

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of kim

kim - what? why? how?

वा (vā) - used here in "kiṃ vā" for emphasis, meaning "how then?" or "what indeed?" (or, either)

(indeclinable)

तनु (tanu) - Here, 'body' or 'form'. (body, form, subtle, slender)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tanu

tanu - body, form, subtle, slender, weak

Root: tan (class 8)

Note: Subject of 'bhavet'.

भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, should be, would be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

Optative mode, active voice

Class 1, Parasmaipada.

Root: bhū (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - Refers to the state of ultimate reality. (there, in that case)

(indeclinable)

Derived from tad (that) + tral (suffix for place).

कस्य (kasya) - whose, of whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of kim

kim - what? who? which?

का (kā) - what, which (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - what? who? which?

Note: Subject of implied 'bhavet' or similar verb, agreeing with 'khaṇḍanā'.

नाम (nāma) - Emphatic particle, "indeed". (indeed, truly, by name, an emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

खण्डना (khaṇḍanā) - fragmentation, breaking, refutation, destruction

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of khaṇḍanā

khaṇḍanā - breaking, dividing, refutation, destruction, fragmentation

Derived from root khaṇḍ- (to break, divide).

Root: khaṇḍ (class 10)

Note: Subject of the implied verb (e.g., 'is there').