योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-52, verse-12

इमा विचित्राः कलना भावाभावमयात्मिकाः ।
दुःखायैव तवोग्राय न सुखाय कदाचन ॥ १२ ॥

imā vicitrāḥ kalanā bhāvābhāvamayātmikāḥ ,
duḥkhāyaiva tavogrāya na sukhāya kadācana 12

12. imāḥ vicitrāḥ kalanāḥ bhāvābhāvamayātmikāḥ
duḥkhāya eva tava ugrāya na sukhāya kadācana

12. imāḥ vicitrāḥ kalanāḥ bhāvābhāvamayātmikāḥ
tava ugrāya duḥkhāya eva sukhāya kadācana na

12. These diverse mental constructions, which are by nature comprised of 'being' and 'non-being', lead only to your intense sorrow, and never to happiness.

Words meanings summery:

• इमाः (imāḥ) - these

• विचित्राः (vicitrāḥ) - diverse, variegated, wondrous, strange

• कलनाः (kalanāḥ) - mental constructions, fancies, calculations, processes

• भावाभावमयात्मिकाः (bhāvābhāvamayātmikāḥ) - having the nature of existence and non-existence, consisting of being and non-being

• दुःखाय (duḥkhāya) - for sorrow, for suffering

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• तव (tava) - your

• उग्राय (ugrāya) - for your intense suffering (for fierce, for intense)

• न (na) - not

• सुखाय (sukhāya) - for happiness, for joy

• कदाचन (kadācana) - never (ever, at any time, never (with na))

Words meanings and morphology

इमाः (imāḥ) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

Note: Agrees with vicitrāḥ kalanāḥ.

विचित्राः (vicitrāḥ) - diverse, variegated, wondrous, strange

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vicitra

vicitra - diverse, variegated, wondrous, strange

Prefix: vi

Root: citr

Note: Agrees with kalanāḥ.

कलनाः (kalanāḥ) - mental constructions, fancies, calculations, processes

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kalanā

kalanā - mental construction, fancy, calculation, art, process

From √kal (to count, compute, make).

Root: kal (class 10)

Note: Subject of the sentence (implied 'are').

भावाभावमयात्मिकाः (bhāvābhāvamayātmikāḥ) - having the nature of existence and non-existence, consisting of being and non-being

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of bhāvābhāvamayātmika

bhāvābhāvamayātmika - having the nature of existence and non-existence

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhāva+abhāva+maya+ātman)

• bhāva – existence, being, state, nature, emotion
  noun (masculine)
  From √bhū (to be)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• abhāva – non-existence, non-being, absence
  noun (masculine)
  Negation of bhāva
  Prefix: a
• maya – consisting of, full of (suffix)
  adjective
  Suffix indicating 'made of' or 'full of'
• ātman – self, soul, essence, true nature (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with kalanāḥ.

दुःखाय (duḥkhāya) - for sorrow, for suffering

(noun)

Dative, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - sorrow, suffering, pain, unhappiness

Note: Indicates purpose or destination.

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

तव (tava) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Genitive indicating possession or relation, here related to ugrāya duḥkhāya.

उग्राय (ugrāya) - for your intense suffering (for fierce, for intense)

(adjective)

Dative, neuter, singular of ugra

ugra - fierce, terrible, intense, powerful

Note: Agrees with duḥkhāya.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

सुखाय (sukhāya) - for happiness, for joy

(noun)

Dative, neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - happiness, joy, ease, pleasure

Note: Indicates purpose.

कदाचन (kadācana) - never (ever, at any time, never (with na))

(indeclinable)

Formed from kadā (when) + cana (indefinite particle).