योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-19, verse-37

न नाश इव हि भ्रातः परमार्थेन विद्यते ।
महत्यपि चिरातप्ते मराविव पयोलवाः ॥ ३७ ॥

na nāśa iva hi bhrātaḥ paramārthena vidyate ,
mahatyapi cirātapte marāviva payolavāḥ 37

37. na nāśaḥ iva hi bhrātaḥ paramārthena vidyate
mahati api cirātapte marau iva payolavāḥ

37. bhrātaḥ,
nāśaḥ paramārthena hi na vidyate iva; mahati cirātapte marau api payolavāḥ iva (na vidyante)

37. Indeed, O brother, destruction does not truly exist, just as drops of water are not found even in a vast desert (maru) that has been heated for a long time.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• नाशः (nāśaḥ) - destruction, annihilation, loss

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• भ्रातः (bhrātaḥ) - O brother

• परमार्थेन (paramārthena) - in ultimate reality, truly, in truth

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

• महति (mahati) - in a great, in a large, in a vast

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• चिरातप्ते (cirātapte) - in a long-heated, in a long-scorched

• मरौ (marau) - in a desert, in a mirage

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• पयोलवाः (payolavāḥ) - drops of water, water-drops

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

नाशः (nāśaḥ) - destruction, annihilation, loss

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nāśa

nāśa - destruction, annihilation, loss

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

भ्रातः (bhrātaḥ) - O brother

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

परमार्थेन (paramārthena) - in ultimate reality, truly, in truth

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of paramārtha

paramārtha - ultimate truth, supreme reality, highest meaning

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (parama+artha)

• parama – supreme, ultimate, highest
  adjective
• artha – meaning, purpose, reality, wealth
  noun (masculine)

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

(verb)

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

Root 'vid' (Divādi class 4, ātmanepada) meaning 'to be found, to exist'.

Root: vid (class 4)

महति (mahati) - in a great, in a large, in a vast

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, immense

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'mah' (to be great) or as a primary adjective.

Root: mah (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'marau'

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

चिरातप्ते (cirātapte) - in a long-heated, in a long-scorched

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of cirātapta

cirātapta - long-heated, scorched for a long time

Compound adjective: cira (long time) + ātapta (heated).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (cira+ātapta)

• cira – long time, ancient
  indeclinable
• ātapta – heated, scorched, made hot
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'tap' (to heat, to burn) with prefix 'ā'.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'marau'

मरौ (marau) - in a desert, in a mirage

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of maru

maru - desert, waste land, mirage

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

पयोलवाः (payolavāḥ) - drops of water, water-drops

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of payolava

payolava - water-drop, particle of water

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa (payas+lava)

• payas – water, milk, fluid
  noun (neuter)
• lava – drop, particle, fragment
  noun (masculine)