योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-47, verse-26

उन्मज्जन्त्यो निमज्जन्त्यो न सत्या नाप्यसच्छ्रियः ।
जडारम्भा वितन्वन्त्यस्ता एव खलता इव ॥ २६ ॥

unmajjantyo nimajjantyo na satyā nāpyasacchriyaḥ ,
jaḍārambhā vitanvantyastā eva khalatā iva 26

26. unmajjantyaḥ nimajjantyaḥ na satyāḥ na api asat-śriyaḥ
jaḍa-ārambhāḥ vitanvanti tāḥ eva khalatā iva

26. unmajjantyaḥ nimajjantyaḥ na satyāḥ na api asat-śriyaḥ
jaḍa-ārambhāḥ tāḥ eva khalatā iva vitanvanti

26. Continuously emerging and submerging, these splendors are neither truly existent nor entirely non-existent. Originating from inertia, they merely expand themselves, like sheer futility.

Words meanings summery:

• उन्मज्जन्त्यः (unmajjantyaḥ) - continuously emerging (emerging, rising up (feminine plural))

• निमज्जन्त्यः (nimajjantyaḥ) - and submerging (submerging, sinking (feminine plural))

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• सत्याः (satyāḥ) - truly existent (real, true, existent (feminine plural))

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अपि (api) - nor (in combination with 'na') (also, even, too, moreover, and, although)

• असत्-श्रियः (asat-śriyaḥ) - entirely non-existent splendors (unreal glories/splendors)

• जड-आरम्भाः (jaḍa-ārambhāḥ) - originating from inertia (whose origin is inert, born from inertia)

• वितन्वन्ति (vitanvanti) - they merely expand themselves, they manifest (they spread, extend, expand, manifest)

• ताः (tāḥ) - they (referring to the splendors) (they, those (feminine plural))

• एव (eva) - merely (only, just, indeed, merely, very)

• खलता (khalatā) - futility (wickedness, villainy, worthlessness, futility, emptiness)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as it were, as if)

Words meanings and morphology

उन्मज्जन्त्यः (unmajjantyaḥ) - continuously emerging (emerging, rising up (feminine plural))

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of unmajjat

unmajjat - emerging, rising, appearing

Present Active Participle

From root 'majj' (to sink) with prefix 'ud' (up, out). 'ud-majj + śatṛ'.

Prefix: ud

Root: majj (class 6)

निमज्जन्त्यः (nimajjantyaḥ) - and submerging (submerging, sinking (feminine plural))

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of nimajjat

nimajjat - submerging, sinking, disappearing

Present Active Participle

From root 'majj' (to sink) with prefix 'ni' (down, into). 'ni-majj + śatṛ'.

Prefix: ni

Root: majj (class 6)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

सत्याः (satyāḥ) - truly existent (real, true, existent (feminine plural))

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of satya

satya - true, real, actual, existent

Derived from 'sat' (being, existence)

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Refers to 'śriyaḥ'

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - nor (in combination with 'na') (also, even, too, moreover, and, although)

(indeclinable)

Note: With 'na', it means "nor"

असत्-श्रियः (asat-śriyaḥ) - entirely non-existent splendors (unreal glories/splendors)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of asat-śrī

asat-śrī - unreal splendor/glory

Compound type : tatpurusha (asat+śrī)

• asat – non-existent, unreal, false, untrue
  adjective
  Present Active Participle
  Negative of 'sat' (being, existent)
  Root: as (class 2)
• śrī – splendor, glory, prosperity, beauty, wealth, goddess Lakṣmī
  noun (feminine)

Note: Refers to the splendors

जड-आरम्भाः (jaḍa-ārambhāḥ) - originating from inertia (whose origin is inert, born from inertia)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of jaḍa-ārambha

jaḍa-ārambha - having an inert beginning or origin

Compound type : bahuvrihi (jaḍa+ārambha)

• jaḍa – inert, lifeless, dull, senseless, cold, rigid
  adjective
• ārambha – beginning, commencement, undertaking, origin
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'rabh' (to begin) with prefix 'ā'
  Prefix: ā
  Root: rabh (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'śriyaḥ'

वितन्वन्ति (vitanvanti) - they merely expand themselves, they manifest (they spread, extend, expand, manifest)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of tan

Present indicative, 3rd person plural

Prefix: vi

Root: tan (class 8)

Note: Subject is 'śriyaḥ'

ताः (tāḥ) - they (referring to the splendors) (they, those (feminine plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it, they

Feminine nominative plural of demonstrative pronoun 'tad'

Note: Subject of 'vitanvanti' (implied)

एव (eva) - merely (only, just, indeed, merely, very)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

खलता (khalatā) - futility (wickedness, villainy, worthlessness, futility, emptiness)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of khalatā

khalatā - wickedness, malice, villainy, depravity, worthlessness, emptiness, triviality

Derived from 'khala' (wicked, worthless) + 'tā' (abstract suffix)

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as it were, as if)

(indeclinable)

Particle indicating comparison