योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-55, verse-29

बहुनात्र किमुक्तेन न किंचिदपि विद्यते ।
पत्रं यत्र तरौ यत्र नोष्यते वा न युज्यते ॥ २९ ॥

bahunātra kimuktena na kiṃcidapi vidyate ,
patraṃ yatra tarau yatra noṣyate vā na yujyate 29

29. bahunā atra kim uktena na kiṃcit api vidyate
patram yatra tarau yatra na uṣyate vā na yujyate

29. atra bahunā kim uktena? kiṃcit api na vidyate;
yatra tarau patram yatra na uṣyate vā na yujyate

29. What more is to be said at length here? Nothing at all exists—not even a leaf on a tree—that is not inhabited or not put to use.

Words meanings summery:

• बहुना (bahunā) - at length, with many words (by much, by many, with abundance)

• अत्र (atra) - here (in this context of describing the forest) (here, in this place, in this matter)

• किम् (kim) - what (purpose), why (what? why?)

• उक्तेन (uktena) - by speaking (much) (by what has been said, by speech)

• न (na) - not, no

• किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything (in negative construction: nothing) (something, anything)

• अपि (api) - even, at all (intensifier) (even, also, too)

• विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found, is present

• पत्रम् (patram) - leaf (of a tree) (leaf, feather, letter)

• यत्र (yatra) - where (on a tree) (where, in which case)

• तरौ (tarau) - on a tree, in a tree

• यत्र (yatra) - where (a leaf is not used/inhabited) (where, in which case)

• न (na) - not, no

• उष्यते (uṣyate) - is lived in, is inhabited

• वा (vā) - or, either

• न (na) - not, no

• युज्यते (yujyate) - is put to use, is utilized (is joined, is united, is employed, is utilized)

Words meanings and morphology

बहुना (bahunā) - at length, with many words (by much, by many, with abundance)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of bahu

bahu - much, many, abundant

Note: Used adverbially here, 'at length'.

अत्र (atra) - here (in this context of describing the forest) (here, in this place, in this matter)

(indeclinable)

किम् (kim) - what (purpose), why (what? why?)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what? which? why? whether?

Note: Functions as an interrogative adverb/particle here.

उक्तेन (uktena) - by speaking (much) (by what has been said, by speech)

(participle)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of ukta

ukta - said, spoken, declared

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vac (to speak), irregular past participle.

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Functions as a noun here, 'by what has been said'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything (in negative construction: nothing) (something, anything)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiṃcit

kiṁcit - something, anything (used with na means nothing)

अपि (api) - even, at all (intensifier) (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found, is present

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of vid

present middle

Derived from root vid (to be, exist), 4th class, Ātmanepada.

Root: vid (class 4)

पत्रम् (patram) - leaf (of a tree) (leaf, feather, letter)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of patra

patra - leaf, feather, wing, letter, vehicle

यत्र (yatra) - where (on a tree) (where, in which case)

(indeclinable)

तरौ (tarau) - on a tree, in a tree

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of taru

taru - tree

यत्र (yatra) - where (a leaf is not used/inhabited) (where, in which case)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here to introduce a relative clause for the negation.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

उष्यते (uṣyate) - is lived in, is inhabited

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of vas

present passive

Derived from root vas (to dwell), 1st class, Ātmanepada passive form.

Root: vas (class 1)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

युज्यते (yujyate) - is put to use, is utilized (is joined, is united, is employed, is utilized)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of yuj

present passive

Derived from root yuj (to join), 7th class, Ātmanepada passive form.

Root: yuj (class 7)